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SPMNOKIISM), LANR COUNTY. OIIEGON, TIIURSDA Y, APJUL, 7, 1921.
NUMBER 12.
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THE TATTLts 1
' A new high school building
noon (oiiio to Springfield and wti
will Inevitably com a new In,
fcchoot, lnrpr mul bHr linn tht.
tld. Old Minimis will return and
new on' will come with tho advent
of equipment to compote with n'lKh-
boring school, hut a fln bulldng j drawn : from interviews with Portland
and Its 'equipment ore not the only ( official of the rallroiida most directly
lirccssltles. j affected in this region. Tlo contem-
Students must have recreation and plated c tangos which wore especially
a school la dead without Interschol- dealt with in the Oregonlan's artlcif
astlc atltlo contest The gymna- would-be of vital interest to the
eluin whirl must bo a part of" the ( people of Western Oregon and espeel
building will servo for part of these ally to the people of Springfield.
but baseball and football are out door
Kumea that redulre apace. The new
school cannot aucceed without an
athletic field and for athletic success
4he field must be near the building.
In years past ws have always
managed to find aoma vacant lot
large enough for a gridiron or dia
mond but they lave always been at
a distance from the building and
have never been equipped, . aavo
temporarily. This year we are for
tunate In getting a lot Just across
the street but we must be at con
siderable expense to clean It up and
then have no aaaurance that we may
have the aame place next year ao
that it U not worth our while to spend
muct. money on it and our baseball
team must again work under a dis
couraging handicap.
The fate of a new school must bi
the aame unless an athletic field la
provided. If nothing better can be article and which especially concerns
done at least give the school tbejua is this: To transfer those parts
'apace, a space that it can be aure of.ff the old Central Pacific lines run-
year after ar. The old school has
done great things on a new and dif
ferent fields each year, but aave for
the Immediate benefit of that year,
the effort haa been wasted. Let the
new school put their efforts to an
ever accruing good.
BASEBALL PROSPECTS
8o far thla year, the bawebatl out
look aeema very promising. A largj
number turn out for practise and
much enthusiasm is at own.
The school baa rented a Dractlai
field across the street from the school j The knowledge that such a rear
house. The field has not been put Jrangment was pending seems to have
Into shape but has been used some, i awakened a lively discussion among
regardless of tils. A field ao close Portland business men, and some
to the school will give much more (tnxIous Inquiry ss to how ft would
practise to those who go out for base ( be likely to affect Portland's lnter
hall, as the noon hour can be usodests. In these discussions as. showed
and no t!me Is lost going to and from forth In the Oregonlan's article, It
the field. The elgrth period is to be'feme(' to be held that in the event
used for practise, twice a week. j of such a change, the Natron Klamatn
The Booth Kelly team haa loaned : Falls cutoff and the line from Port-
tholr baaeball outfit for the uae of.
the high school and thin, togHher
.wltt what the high school has and th
stuff furnished by the students. U
plenty for the present
A meeting of baseball enthusiasts
was held at which Lowell Slkes was
elected manager and a committee ap
pointed to aee about fixing ud the
field,
state
Springfield belongs to
athletic association.
the
iwoiiy uoane has returned to school
after a abort absence, necessitated
hy a severe case of tonsllltls.
Kuinilh HI.. .J -I . , , '
.u .u.ont rriaay
because of an Injured foot receive J
while chopping wood. He la again
... . in lDe wounded mem-
Old clothes dav was not m,h nf .
.uccl ! inn
- " " ma ioit
Tew attended .school. Some students
think another day should be pro
claimed. The Junior girls are all suffering
from severe cases of sunburn. (We
wonder why?)
Visitors at the 11. S. recently have
... . . . ' ,
been. Miss Fern TravlH, a member
of the S
II. 8. Alumni, and Mlis
Dorothy Chase.
Tte boys and girls of the S. II. ft.
have been taking turns . at working
over (he tennis court 'with hoes and
rises at vacant periods. It Is now
In good order and these same people
are Increasing their ability at tennis
playing.
RE8TURANT CHANGES HANDS
Mrs. Griffin has sold her resturant
,to Mr. and Mrs. George McClure,
who took possession yesterday after
,noon. Mrs. McClure had been em
ployed in the dinning room most of
the time for two or three months,
and Mr. McClure had been helping In
tte kitchen. They expect to do their
own work as far as possible.
READJUSTMENT
NOW CONTEMPLATED
n Orogonlan of last Friday on
.ed a lengthy article concerning
.ertaln radical readjustment ot the
ml I rood syatemsof the country which
MMm to , ba pending.
The article
In format Ion
ta based largely
on
These changes are one of the
features of a plan or plana recently
aubmltted to the Interstate Com
merce commission on behalf of thi
railroad interest, and now under
consideration by that body. Jt pr
v!dea for a rearrangment and recom
mitting of all principal railroad
system of the United Slates. The
plea made In favor of the plan ia ttat
It will prepare the way for a mow
economical operation of the railroad
and by thla means serve the Interests
pf both the railroad companies and
the general public. Thla seems to be
a reasonsble view of the matter, so
far aa Information concerning the
he plan haa come to light. Some
recent legislation seems to have pre
pared the way for sucn readjust
ment That part of the contemplated
changes dealt wltt in the Oregonlans
nlng from Ogden to Roaevllle, Cali
fornia, and from Roaevllle to Tehama
and that part of tie Southern Pacific
Ijne front Tehama to Portland from
the Southern Pacific to the Union
Pacific. We would thus be attached
to a system whose principal lines
would run from Omaha to Portland.
via Granger and Huntington; with
another line leaving this line at
Granger and running West to Rose
villa and North to Portland; with
ftther 1'nes outside of that field and
numerous branches Inside
land to
Coos Day tl rough Eugene
would assume a greater Importance
than has been attached 'to them In
lato years. j
The people of Springfield have
considered for years that the future
prospects of this town are to a great
extent Involvntl In lha rnmnLilnn
the Klamath Falls line, and the
location of great railroad sLops hera
which is expected to follow since tho
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iiisoiuiion oi me oia Harnman mer-
MP and th intrn.niinn r n,..
building by the war. following soonl
after, the people In this region have
cea8ed to cherish any Immediate ex-
pectatlon of a revival along th's line,
put U was bound to come some time;
RAILROAD
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nd our people may be on the eve of:tion to b tel n Portland April 5 to
ll hUt n0t un,,,ea8ant en!ng. !
comes,
FRUIT TREE8 IN BLOOM
ARE DAMAGED BY STORM
The following items are clippings
rnM t a a . j l
Dally Independent and were handed
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w iiib-inti, wiiuBt) luniier
home was Alda, Nebraska, within a
:w miles of Grand Island. Mr.
Mountjoy figure
he didn't miss anyamount ot anow. A pullman con-
thing by not being Here at that time. I
Frost Ruins Many Cherries and
Peaches Many peach trees in North
eastern Kansas along the line of the
St. Joe and Grand Island Ry.,were In
bloom, when fit by the recent cold
snap. Around Council Bluffs and
Omaha many cherry trees were iu
full bloom and south of Counc'l Bluffs
a few apple trees had burst their
buds. AH prospects of a fruit crop
are cut Into, according to predictions.
' Care Carried Snow Practically
all of the freight and passenger cars
that came through Grand Island from
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Thla paper gives" Its readers a
summary of payrolls, Industries, anl
Invest mnts for development enter
prises and you are asked to .send
copies to your friend in the Hast
showing our states activities,.
Salfm. Hroccoll growers form an
organization to plant fifty acres this
year.
Mans completed for $100,000 hotel
to be built at Nortt Bend.
Naval station at Youngs Day to
cost $75,000.
Several thousand acres leased near
Merrill to make tests for oil and gas.
Albany. First National bank de
posits increased from $300,000 to $2,
000,000, v
Marlon and Linn county mint grow
ers have organized.
St. Helens. Three road .contracts
awarded aggregating about $25,000.
Gold Deacb to have $10,000 com
munity social center.
Baker. Den Harrison gold mine in
Greenhorn district to resume opera
tions. Dallas. Valley sawmill and log
ging camps resume at $3.00 a day.
Two Bend sawmiUs sent out 86
kar loads lumber last week
Port of Astoria will complete Im
provements on Sklpanon river.
State farm bureaus will open of
fices In Portland.
Wheeler. Contract let for $28,000
steel span over north fork of Nehalem
near Covell place.
Portland issued 314 building per
mits, total $1,069,650, during March.
Forest service will plant 460)000
trees in Oregon and Washington.
Salem. $18,000 will be spent on
state capltol Improvements.
Portlend exports for first quarter
1921 break records $10,879,547.
Vale will spend $35,000 on water
.system
Klamath Falls banks to Import two
carloads dairy cattle.
St Helens shipyard resumes after
being idle several months.
Condon to get $JS,600 grsie school
Crosswell. Bear Creek sawmill to
be rebuilt
Gresham. Northwest Potato"
Starch Co. to start plant here.
Portland. Lower rates on East
bound lumber effective March 31.
Malln. Bonds Issued for Union
, high school here..
Klamath County Creamery Co. start
work on new plant....
Marstfield. Smith mill opens with
force of 150 men.
! Pendleton. Addition to county hos-
pltal may be built
Banks Herald sold-to Hallett and
Graber of Washington,
Coqullle. Contract let for bridge
here at $76,668.
Expenses of s fecial election to be.
ne,( June ' b $145,000.- The 7
bills, will cause additional utpi
Newberg Graphic sold to Nottage ,
Diamond,' experienced newspaper'
men-
l'l. At.. MA . . . I
"cntir. oo acres loganoerries to
be nlanted ln'NphaJm vniisv
Condon will vote on water and im-
Provement bonds June 7,
Clatskanle has taken bids on a new
Bchoolhouse.
The International mining conven-
9 W'U be ,f rea1t Importance to the
mrngr ,ndu9try com,n at
this lima whan n,t. i
BBKHlnn nf rnno.o A . I
w. vuufti v uu, Ati yb'i sun in
tending the convention is a delegate
and aa such Is subject to reduced . ' .
,0"ul'ouknown by experience to combine
rates on railroads. I . . .
Kreater coverinjt oroDerties and dur-
Salem. Oregon Pulp & Paper Co.
flleB for 465 feet of water from Mill !
LreeK ana bantiam river for develop-
ment 1300 h. p.
the west Monday, carried a small
ductor, ou Burliugton train 42, east
uounu," passea tnrougn oranil
isiana Monday morning, said that the
uocu iu m jjouciuai snow
storm all of the way from Yakima,
Wash'ngton to Deer Lodge, Mont
and from Butte to Billings.
Rev. B. C. Miller, of CreBwell, las Oils, Turpeutlne, White and Red Led,
taken the place of George R. Varney ''Putty, Sand Paper. Paint' Brushes
as pastor of the Baptist church,' Rev. 'ami etc. All absolutely guaranteed,
resigning owing to poor health. Roy. Oregon Standard Pure Paint Is made
Miller was pastor here some fifteen ia Oregon. Buy Oregon made pro
years ago. He will continue to make duets demand 'em use 'em and
his home at Creswell for the present,
WEST SPRINGFIELD'S
NEW IMPROVEMENTS
O. V.. Devere had been running the
W;st Springfield store at the old site '
between the railroad and tie street
car line, for three years, and had
built up with it a gasoline service
station, located at the roads'dw In
i front of the store. Last fall hs
lonse cxolred and he bought a oalch
of ground at the road croHsing south
of the railroad, and began to preparo
to remove tls business to the new
location. Little by little. In the open.nesday,
chinks of the long wet season, with
pick and shovel and plow and scraper
he filled the hollow alongside the
Pacific highway, and prepared a site
for a snug little service station. He
erected a building for his store on
pillars over the follow, a little further
south. He has converted an unsightly
spot into a respectable business stand
and seems to be doing a good business
there.
About the beginning of winter.
James Precett bought of Ed Griffin
the residence property which used to
be known as the Ham property, west
of tie school house. Later he bought
of the county a strip of ground which
brought his premises out to the road
running to Springfield Junction. He
repaired the house and barn; enclosed
the eastern part of his tract with the
best of fencing, .part wire and part
wood, for chicken parking. He las
built two large chicken houses back
of the old buildings, and. seems to be
laying out an extensive chicken ranch
which will be one of the important
industries .of the community) Lately
he has built the forms for a concrete
foundation and Is preparing to erect
a dwelling on a scale in keeping wltt
the rest of his farm.
BAPTIST CHURCH
B. C. Miller, pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. The
falling health of Dr. Varney made H
necessary for him to resign tie past
oral of the church. He preached his
last sermon last Sunday to a large
and appreciative aiudlencej The
church called Rev. C. B. Miller to th
J pastorate. Preaching next'Sunday at
11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. At 6 p. m.
tLe young people will meet for th.
purpose of reorganizing their society.
A cordial invitation extended to alL
METHODIST CHURCH
Thomas D Yarnes, pastor.
Rev.
Next Sunday moraine the e will be
a special feature at the preaching
bo vice, mere will oe a oapiuimai
-service for Infants, to which, all par-
ents are Invited to bring their Infants
V..BNi,nm
jand present them for baptism. Th
pastor willthen preach on "The Re-'
Jatlon of the Child to the Kingdom of
Gd "
, , evenIn the of tne
mental Doctrines of the Christian
Religion" will be given. This number
will be on "The Justice of God." You
are cordially invited to these services
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H. B. CORSAW ADDS NEW
LINE OF STANDARD PAINT
We I ave- added to our stock a com-
fete ,lne of 0regon standard
p.mt tw. p k ., one
r" "
noint la V nAum aa nna
"
, first place it is strictly pure, having
in It only such materials as are
'nhiiitv and In hiehlv rncnmondnd and
absolutely guaranteed. And yet sells'
ror less than some of the common
paintS. I
Oregon Standard Pure Paint can be
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used satisfactorily by any one but to !
.
save time and expense and make tho
paint spread over more surface, and
to Ket better results we'recomend
practical painters be employed to
apply tne pajnt. You will be Bur-
prised wren you get our prices.
We carry In stock:
Outside and
inside paints all colors. Varjiishes
and Sttns, Raw and Boiled Linseed
boost 'em.
(paid adv).
TOWN AND VICINITY
flpr'ngfleld Taxi Service. Phone 2.
Friday evening. April 8th, there
will be a meeting of tfle Chamber ot
Commerce' In Steven .' hall at which
time election of officers will be held
and plans laid for the Spring work.
Every business man owes it to him
self and community to attend these
meet,n''-
John Smith from up the McKcnzle
was a business visitor in town Wed-
Dr. 8. Ralph DlppeL dentist Spring
field, Oregon.
Bill Dawson was. in town Wednes
day from Albany.
Arthur McCracken and; family
moved Wednesday to Eugene. Mr.
McCracken recently sold tls property
on E street between 9th and 10th to
Billie Rodenbaush.
Ask your dealer for Springfield
poultry and dairy feeds manufactured
by the Springfield Mill and Grain Co.
Mrs. W. M. Rouse returned Tuei
day evening from Monmouth.
There will be an American Legion
meeting and band practice at the W.
O. W. hall Friday night .
Mra, W. H. Adrian has recovered
(sufficiently to be up and about again.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Tyson are re
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a nine pound daughter, Tuesday.
Mrs. John Robertson underwent a
major operation at tte local hospital
Monday.
A. C. Miller was badly cut about
the face last Saturday when his team
ran away and upset the wagon. His
daughter with him at the time was
not injured.
F. O. Spencer and L. M. Anderson
and families motored to Portland
last week-end.
E. A. Castle, of Salem, who Is
helping to compile a history of Ore
gon soldiers during the war, was In
town Wednesday. TLe history con
sists of three volumes and will be out
of the publishers hands this coming
fall , . r
For results use Springfield dairy
feed manufactured by the Springfield
Mill & Grain Co..
M. N. Thompson left this morning
for Portland to attend the mininar
'convention.
M. M. Male has purchased tie
fntprost nf Harrv Whltnar n . r.
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mlth Whitney Tulcanizing shop
Wednesday.
Demand Egglmann's
your grocer.
bread from
F, G. Lewis, traveling agent for the
trafffo deparment of the Southern
Pacific was in town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Tennis moved
Wednesday to Sta)r, Oregon where
Mr. Tennis will be employed In the
woods. '
The Junction City lodge, A. F. &
A. M. will meet with the local lodge
inext Tuesday evening at wlich time
tk. & sr j
iicr muBon aegree win oe con-
1UUK.
Richard Cook of Irving spent Mon
day in town on business.
Dell HinSOn Vi8ited at Shedd OV6r
Sunday
Mr and Mm T T. Plarlr mnvoil a
U'unt aon Cotnrdair tk.l. V. n n
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mo uuoudu iuou wuert) lacy
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will remain for the summer. Joe
Clark will make Lis home in Eugera
until school is out.
At the regular meeting of the A.
f . & A. M. No. 171. Tuesday night,
the Master Mason degree was con-
ered on Hugh Kester of Springfield
nd Rlllle Sales of Wendling.
Last week the American Paving
iCo., completed laying cemont side
walks in front of the H.. M. Stewatt
property on 2nd street;the Frank
Powers property on 5th and A, and
the John Winzenreld property on A
street.