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0 INGF1ELD NEW 2J KKJirnCKNTII YIOAIl KrillNCFiKIJ). LANH COUNTY. OIU-XJON, THURSDAY, AI'KII, 1 1, 1921. NUMBER 13. PI m FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OKED BY CITY COUNCIL '111., following an- tin- minute r llm laM ineelllig of Hi" (Hy couni ll held last Monday lilKlil. "I'd deal Vnl'tllllM Subjects (if Interest (i nil f UN. Tin- next meeting f tlm fin de partment will held ""t Monday nlKlit nl Hi" iHy li" whirl time organlullou pinna will li" i otiipleled hihI a ilnl" ni t for Hi" first drill Council I In regular session with . Miivnr Kiri'limni nrrsldliiK Council IIIIMIllrtTH .r"H"llt WIT"! M"MK"rH. Jnrri'tt, Laxton, Long, and Attorney rotter. j Minutes of last meeting read uml approved. ( Th" following bill wire allowed by the finance commit.!", and on inotloiu tl" recorder wan Instructed; to draw warraiitH for the payment of Hani": j Win. Donaldson, $lor.; Vina Mo- I.ean. $r,r,!7; Mountain States Power Co. $2:iH; Springfield Ne'". $ r': Eugene Concrete Works. $70. fit); Wni. Donaldson, I4T. r.O; James Laxton. $7; Kred lllnson. $100; O. H. Keaaey. $l!i; I .aim County Abstract Co.. $43; Ilooth Kelly Co.. $14 KK; Itnhcrt Sid well. $4; F.d. Kesler. $3; Win. Lunsbcrry. $30. Total $747 nr.. An ordinance to 4-atahlfph the grade on K. K an (J streets from Mll to .h Clara Snodgrnss and Mrs. Minnie streets was read the second time by Glrard were electedl as delegates to title only, upon suspension of the represent the local lodge at the an rul"s. Mr. Iotig moved the rules bn nual Itebekah Assembly of Oregon at suspended and th" ordinance be read Albany on May 17. the third time by number and title About thirty five Iti-bekahn and and be placed upon Its final passage, ' Odd Fellows from Junction City at motion caiTleil, Mid) ordinance was ' tended a Joint meeting of the two read Oiktitmtiro Vo 40 hdn idaeed on Its final passage, and the roll being call".! the vote was "Yea- unanl-ithe moiiHly. The mayor then declared Ordinance No. 450 duly passed. The recorder was here Instructed to notify Knglneer Klovdahl that the ordinance was In force and to begin bis work as socn as he could. At this time the fire boys appeared before the council asking to be al ' lowed to organize a volunteer flro department. Motion mule that Jess Rmltson be i.onnloil n flr rhli.f wttli a com- pany of fifteen assistants; tl at f 2.50 ' ner member be allowed for a real fire and $1 00 for a "run" on a false alarm; that the fire apparatus te given to I... I r ran. Motion carried. Motion mad" ai:d carried that the recorder order an awning for the town hall. The matter of renting the mad,"" iisi.-rreu m r.ugene. h0 .spring-; roller was laid over till Monday night (April ISth) at adjourned meeting. After a general discussion on sev eral matters concerning tie good if the town, council adjourned lo meet April 18th. 1921. Vina McLean, Recorder. BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. H C. Miller, pastor. r. i i Sunday evening, April 10. tho young people of the ltaptlst church organ!- a """ " - " .-J . V lli.nt.Lku I'll nit ' The rollowing onicers w "'! President. Mrs. MiFarland; vice president, Vlda MeClintic; corres ponding secretary. Daro Harvey; r" cordlng secretary. Gladys Edwards; treasurer. Homer Chase. The Chair- man of each of the flowing coin-,. mlttees were apiMilntect: rrayer tneetlng. Elmo Chase; look out com mittee. Myrtle Harvey; missionary, Venlla Chase; social, Maude Chase; reception. Stella Pengra A. 11. Y. P. V. meeting will be l.eld next Sundlay at fi:30. lead by Georgi Day. Directly after tho meeting the regular church services will be con ducted by Rev. Miller. All. are cor dially Invited. 8UCCESSFUL DAIRYING Mr. C. n. Swango is one of the prosperous farmers of tils region with whom the News lias nau pleasant business relations. His home is near Rattlesnake Tlutte be yond Coburg. on Eugene motor route "B." He Is the manager of the Wild Rose stock farms, devoted chiefly to dairying. From a conversation with him, a few day ago, we drew a few points which show what somo of tin farmers of western Oregon are doing CIVIC CLUB NOTES Unit Tii"Miliiy evening. In spile of tlm weather, a goodly number of wlilit nwnk members of tlm league uriswcrcd roll ill Though only n bunch of hens, BR somu mlKht say, there waa cortald 1'inMii crowing doii" on account of 11 In km iilri'iiily accomplished In tlm In tiT"Htn of tli city ami thlnga yet lo In-. W wish to call attention to the fart that ijultu a number of places w(,r), ,.,,,.,, could be made, are not an yet, connected with th" sewer, This should be looked after for warn, .weather will soon be here, whert germs and foul odors will originate from these places. Civic pride si ould come to the rescue. At th" next inecilng Aprl 20. plans for the Annual Rose Show, to be held soiiwi time In June, will be started find the league cordially Invites all the ladles of tho city. Interested In that loveliest of nil flowers, to attend ;,h( m,.tnK. whether lucmbf-rs or 0t. DOINGS AMONG LOCAL REBEKAK8 AND ODDFELLOWS At a meeting of Juanlta He tick ah Iodge on Monday Apr!) 4, Mrs. Piffle McKlncey was elected district deputy president and Mm. McKlnzey, Mr". lodges In Springfield on Wednesday evenlnr. Alirll ft. The nhlect nf the meeting was to' Man -and boost for '-'nc piani on icnan creeK. countv celebration of the 103 1 North woat sawmills show order" annlverslty of Oddfellow! Ip to be 1000000 above production last I held at Junction City on Aprlj 2C. ie'k' After the business meeting. Ice cream An 'wealing P 'older las -ake and coffee were served and i J"Ht b""n ,SRUed by th mrclal , everyone spent a. pleasant hour or so!8 ,n Co8 coun,y- 0reon- wh,ch vlslt'ng and getting acquainted with I 1 1.... . t the visitors. E. E. MORRISON WILL OPEN OFFICE IN EUCENE.W0,k ,here ln 1914 E. K. Morrison Is removing his of - fr Sprlimfleld to Eugene. H,nien. I wt" located In the Oregon Elec-' ,,0'1 Hlver orchard wages reduced '" 'retgni nouse. Me will carry on,""'" ' i""' ". wholesale business covering transient help reduced from $5 a day ......... 1.... 1 1 .. .1 ii . 1 to 3!i iptil nn hour 1 """" ones as neie-i f,,lv A" menhand'se will be re- '""ved there and delivered or shipped i from there. Ills entire buslnwss will ' .. . . . a . 4 ., I tM w,,iu has been for several years one of Its heaviest business , establishments. L'ttW Cl,rrv ,m'"'' H1 be first to O. C. nean. who some time aKo1bull,, tf p Roosevelt highway. M'rc'iasod Mr. Morrison's retail feed; ' i . ... . i I'romice nusiness. on Main ami lUi stcelM h.is IwM.n op. iml..,! tl.la' week in rt'arraiiif lnr and ren en Islilnir week in rearranging and replenishing his stock, and preparirg to handle all business as before. and what more might do. give some Idea of what the iney dairy I business, under right handling mav j become In tils region; and what it factor It Is becoming and may become in the prosperity of Oregon. Mr. Swango at present has 211 registered Hoisted) cows And seven grades. He sells his milk to the Harrlsburg che. se factory. He Is a member of the (lnpaon Dalrvmen'i a copprat)ve RKSO(.iaton. The league seels ts products direcct to the consumer, without the inter- ventlon of any middlemen. It con- trols 2S factories In the state ami handles about two fifths of the butter se sold In Oregon. The returns to tl o producers belonging to the league for the mouth of Jan. were about $247,000. Here is a line of business dealing necessaries based on the soil, In which production goes on winter and summer, the product of which is mostly disposed of near home; less dependent tlan most industries on the activity or Inactivity of general business, and less subject than most ouier.i m iiuou iiiuiow - '' of business built around the home, and assuring to the man engaged In it a large measuro of independence. We carry a comploto line ot type writer paper and ribbons. Magnified adverUnlag pari- CHRiiTIAN ENDEAVOR HA8 CONVENTION RALLY Th" Lane County Christian Endeav or convention wllj be li"ldl In the Christian church at Eugene thin corn In)? Frldlay, Saturdlay and Hunday. Th" pre convention rally of the Spring Tl"lil ChrUtlan End:avor wan held at th" home of Minn Agatha Hrabham Tuesday evening. A goodly rornpany wax In attendance, a good nodal time wan enjoyed and plana were laid to secure a full attendance of the local society ut the convention. INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Heedsport planing mill has order for doom that will take two months to fill. Fifth oil drilling company operating In Klamath Fell" district. 'Nine building permits Issued In Salem In one day last week, "totaling $24, GOO. Indlustrlal Insurance In northwest ern states Is secured as low as one per cent on tho payrolls under optional systems not used In Oregon. Kugene will vote on $75,0,00 bridge and street bonds at June election. Oregon sawmills work at $3.25 and $3 per day for labor. Heedsport cutting 10.000.000 feet pulp wood for Oregon City paper mill. Salern wood products company turning out C000 broom handles per day. Albany votes $40,000 for addition to Madison school. Grants Pass strikes of gold, platl num and iridium yields $712 per ton. Jordan Valley. $100,000 to be spent on valley Irrigation plant this year. Danner to have flouring mill and "n"w" ,n rjpmc n "e great resources of this icountrv which was opened up to the outside world by the Southern Pacific construction j Salem. Another mad Ine added at I ,,ne P'P" mil's here will employ 12 j Gervals - Shipping mint roofs for planting jete an industry here. Stonecutters asking wage Increase fl'mn tJ f t tQ linr lai nf fi hniipa - Independence to have $14,000 hlg'i i 8(1,001 Kymnnsiuin. Portland gets overall factory to cm nlo v 70 hinids - ; - - iiiie leicai (lejarinieni noios scnooi " " i--' ( (nation of school children under j i orders of health officials. 1 Portland has 10,000 unemployed men nut not ail are without iunds. In spite of promise of dollar wheat a large acreage is being sown. Hood River Two new lumber compunles organized here. ' Weston Much new equipment for lighting systems to be installed. Cottage Grove Street Improve- nients ordered by city. ' Portland.- Articles of lecorpora - Hons nf tn million .Inl!,.- r,.i, o .n. tiing combine backed bv leading banks and canneries of Oregon and Wasl lngton filedl. The giant organization will be known as the Oregon-Wash- lngton Canning and Preserving com- pany. Marshfieldl to have new school building Roseburg. P-akerles announce in bread prices. Eugene Issued 30 building permits j in March, totaling $36,775. Portland. The Oregon public ser vice commission has ordered a cut in gas rates for Portland and environs i served by the Portland Gas and Coke I Co. This order amends an order Is- , sued January 15 which increased , i -oi iiuiiu s gas mm. i iiu now ruiea are equivalent to a reduction of $100,' 000 ln the company's revenues, and are based on a new oil contract whereby the gas company Is enabled to obtain oil al a reduction of 15 cents a barrel under the rate pre vailing January li. TOWN AND VICINITY Tin American Iglon meets at the V O. W. hall Friday evening. April 1 Last Friday night was not th" regular meeting night,, aa was an nounced. Hand practice and organl .a Hon will follow the regular meeting. Rpr'ngficld Taxi Service. Phone 2. Ona Mulligan, who has been 111 for for a ,on tlme- Tne question of the past two weeks Is reported a" ubmltlng to the electors of the dls biing greatly improved. ri'-t a proposition to bond the dis trict for the erection of a hlgr school Itev. F. W. Wltham, of Marcola, building was taken op. and the fol- bili',g pra,ctl(lly disabled from preai hli'.g last Sunday, took Rev. If. C. Ktr.ell with h!m to fill his preach ing engagements at Fall Creek in the fon. noon, 1 ,0 well In the afternoon, ami Unity church In the evening. Dr. S. Ralph Dlppel, dentist, Spring field. Oregon. Mrs. Ralph Clark and small son home after a weeks visit at tte home of Mr. and Mrs. Mason and family of Jasper. Tte Progressive 22 club met last Friday evening in the I. O. O. F. hall for their regular monthly meeting. Mrs. Lee Clark and Mrs. George Catch'ng were hostesses (or the evening. J. W. Coffin, assessor for Spring field, finished his work and turned In his supplies at the county assess or's office the latter part of last week. Plere Vandebogart, who Is work ing above Powers, was in Springfield a day or two the fore part of this week. He reports the sawmills in that region all running, everybody busy, and the country prosperous. Ask your dealer for Springfield poultry and dairy feeds manufactured by the Springfield Mill and Grain Co. Tom Billings went down into the Tillamook region Tuesday morning, to seek employment. He is an ex pert logger. E. E. Brattaln returned from his trip to his ranch near Cushman last Saturday. He will go and come be tween this place and that during the Reason. Rev. F. W. Wltham spent the most jof last week at Salem, undergoing a severe course oi aentai surgery. Mrs. Witham accompanied, him. Palem was their home for a short time before they came to Marcola. Chan. Count, of Roseburg, visited last week at the home of his daughter iMrs. Frank Sidwell. Mr and Mrs. William Dawson, of Albany, are visiting for a few day V jat tne nome of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. j Adrian. I A sop was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hughes, Sunday morning. For results use Springfield dairy r,i mnnufactnreH hv the Snrinefield . MjU & firain Co A. M. Ellison, of Springfield's new carpenter shop, suffered a painful in- Jury last Friday evening, while cut- ;ting wood. The axe caught on a wire over head anil struck hm on the neck 'and shoulder making it necessary to take eight stitches to close the wound. I , ' , ! Mrs. A. w. xuirananu children left Saturday for Coachella. Ca,if- wtere she wiH V,8lt for.8everal weeks w,th her paren,s ana olnr relat,ve8- oacl.ella is situated 1 1 ,the lmPerial valley and ls 76 feet j be,ow 808 ,eve1, L. E. Danks and family returned Frldav from San Diego. Calif., where i " . . , . , . Uiiov hnvn heen located since leaving ' fut.iere last October. Mr. and Mrs. Danks made the trip by auto a-.ul re port only two punctures on tho round trip. Dr. S. Ralph Dippel, dentist. Spring field, Oregon. The Junior class gave a surprise birthday party iu honor of Miss Vera !1)erflinger on Monday evenlng.at her j Pnle hjj street. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Klzer have visiting them tils week, their daugh ter, Mrs. Ada Hurlbutt, son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. King and son Howard . KUer, all from North Bend. SCHOOL BOND ELECTION' TO BE VOTED ON MAY 4 Tl e school board met In regular HHlon at the commercial State bank rooms, Jast Tuesday evening, all mem bers Drcsent. Considering the mat- ter Mofe ,t an(, the buf)lneM tran(l. acted, thla was one of the most Im portant sessions the board has held lowing resolution was adrrpted. Whereas, the district school board of Dlstrlst No. 19 of Lane County, Oregon, Is of the opinion, and does hereby unanimously decide that the district should, upon the approval of the legal voters of the district, con tract a bonded indebtedness ln the outn of Forty-seven Thousand Five hundred dollars ($47,600.00), for th9 purpose of providing funds with which to erect and construct a high school building and purchasing a site there for, ln and for the said district: Now, therefore, be It resolved, by the school district board of District No. 19, of Lane county, state of Ore gon: 1. That a meeting of the legal voters of this dmrictrtee-held. at tha-j city hall In the town of Springild, Jn said district, on the 4tt day of May, A. D. 1921, at which election there shall be submitted to such legal voters tte following question: "Shall the district school board contract a .bonded Indebtedness in the sum of , Forty-seven Thousand Fire Hundred dollars ($47,500.00). for the purpose .of erecting and constructing a high school building and purchasing a site therefor, in and for said district?" 2. That the district clerk shall post a notice of election at three public and conspicuous places in tts district At the same meeting the board took up the matter of the election cf teachers. F. M. Roth was elected superintendent, at a salary ot $1800. Mr. Roth was principal of the high school for two years. He was prin cipal of a union high school at Tturs ton this year. We are not informed as to Cant. Hamlin's engagements or plans for the coming year, but it has been In timated that he has other positions under consideration. j All tte grade teachers, except Miss j Boisen, were willing to serve next I year, and all were raelerf ml nt a to- , duction of $? 5Q & mQnth rQm .years salaries. Miss Boisen desired i to attend Willamette university the 1 coming year, so she was granted a leave af absense for one year. None of the places in the high ' scn001 oa.ve been ruled, except that . Miss Forsythe was reelected at a 8alery of $120. instertd of $125 as last year. Some of the higt school i"r lUrlr pl i sent Positions for the coming year. ine teacning rorce will probably be completed at a meeting to be held next Tuesday evening. Why not let us print your next order of butter wrappers. The Springfield Creamery has re placedi their Ford delivery with a new Chevrolet I A boy waa born t0 Mr and Mra I H. J. Hopper Monday. Mrs. Hoppers tome is in Astoria but she has been ( 8taying for a time at the home of her mother. Mrs. Queen, in Pruneville. n-i, " .. , a tie nuuicu b au&iiiar ul lut? E.U- gene post of the American Legion in- .L ... vuea me lames oi ine spnngrieia . . . . ! Legion to meet with them Monday night. Those who were able to ac- cept the invitat'on report a very fine meeting wtich included a short Inter esting program followed by a social hour. Mr. Virgil Newman of Reserve was accidently shot through the left side of the neck by a small boy lat Sat urday while they were examining a loaded gun. He was taken im mediately to Eugene where his wound was cared for. He ls getting along well toward recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Will ( ulver suffered a sad affliction in the birth of a girl. I tors dead, Tasatay awmUg. I