P 17?TTTT? Jl ItK lb 3 III! I I II 10 vv K10UTKKNTII YEAR v "KINQFIISLD, LANR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUOUST 18, 1921. NUMBER 31. W NOTES FROM THE AUTO CAMP GROUND This not was not picked up on the campground, but It will be In good company with lhoti which were' The Pacific Highway ha a total length of 177 miles from Vancouver n. C, to Tla Juana, Mexico. With the completion of thla aeaaon work, 13115 ml leu of Ul length will bo paved. Of thla milage of pavewn, kM mil are In California, 218.8 In Oregon, 187 In Washington ami 22.7 In British Columbia. The tllnpropor Won between the state la not so greet aa It might seem, when we con sider that th highway traverses the whole l-ngih of California, the long eat atate In the I'nlon; while It only rroRfl the breadth of Oregon ami Wellington. A party from Hookurft;, traveling In two earn, at loaat three men In the party, were on the ground FrUay night The men were Inquiring about tlwj farm land up the vallcya rudiat- . Ing from Springfield, tie la of the farms, and so on, The oldeat man of the -party waa wishing to find a tn acre tract. We are of the opinion that a comrluVrable percentage of the trawler who atop, many more than we ever hear from to that effwt, are keeping owe eye on the country through which they are passing with a rlew of selecting a future locatloi. It might pay a man who I Interested In selling ival estate, Instead of tak lag a ten day vexation because bual dm la dull, to apend ten half hours In the evenings on the auto camp ground. A young couple from the nelglbor hood of Wichita. Kansas, were on the ground over Sunday nfgtt. They bad a record of over 4400 mile of travel since they left bom. They cahie Into Pueblo. Colorado, Just a little be fore Uve great flood. They were for tunate tenough to get out of l be flood area and over Into the Gunnison couutry before the flood came. They ranged through a rood part of 8outt era Idaho, touching Pocatella. Idaho Falls. Mjackvy. Halley, Mountain Home UoIm and Caldwell. They ex pect to visit Crater Lake, awing across to the const and stop a month or eo between Civscent City and Eu reka, California, where the man'a uncle owna a sawmill; then hack to Kansas by a aoutbern route. A party from Portland, father anl eon an1 their wives, apparently, ramped on our ground Tuesday night. The men bad taken up homesteads on one of the upper branches of the Umpqua; and the two couples were going to live on them for tre nevt aeven months, and then provw up. The younger man of this party Inquired about the Ruddlman family, whom h? had known aome years ago In the No halem valley. STRAWBERRIES SENT EAST IN BARRELS Two carloads of barreled dt raw berries were recently shipped from the Salem warehouse of the Oregon Grower's Cooperative association . to the Chicago market. Upon their ar rival the follow. nr rommnni maa rtr Telved: "This morning wo Inspected tho cars of barreled strawberries and our hats are certainly off to you. They are the bent handled, the cleanest and nicest cara of barreled straw berries we have seen. There Is only one thing which we could object to: the fruit Is a litrlo small. Put tine method of tandllng, in cieanllneHS of packing and In ex cellence of fehlpptng containers, you have done a noble Job. We congratu late you." It la this Htaisilard that the associa tion Ju trying to uphold In all Its pro ducts and though auch comment Id favorabl received by the organisa tion. It Is not tie purpose to put a good pack for favorable comment i rr l i a atuuo. i no aitsot'iaiiou is wonting to build up. a reputation for duality and . I - a. .1 . -1 I ... I A .1 - A . .1 a lauuBiurzuu pact in us prwucis umi will create a demand for Oregon fruit above that from any other auction. Mrs. Wallace Carney Is - up and about again, after being shut In for two or throi weeks with a rather serious sickness, OURITi HERN CALIFORNIA IN The News office received the fol lowing Interesting communication by postcard, Monday morning, from the Hrulth Dean-Mcllenry party, which Wt here two weeka ago for the neigh borhood of Eureka, California, Tht point from wtlch ft was written ap pears to be about 26 mile south of Eureka, and about the seme distance northeast of the point where the steamer Alaska went on the rocks a few day ago: Kohnervllle. Calif., Aug. 10, 1921. Editor Springfield News: I am alttlng on the Bid of the mountains In the redwood lands of California, In alght of the Ell river. We got through all O. K. No puncture. We broke on hub but It !ld not delay tia any. If the world Is as big north of 8j rtiuffc-ld as It la south, It la a big ono. It la quite foggy here. We ar? 20 mlW-s from the coast. Honvo great country from Grants Pass on to Crescent City, Cal. The highway follows the mountain tops as near aa It can, and real mountains, too. The rent of the party are all O. K. Yours rrspectfally, Oeo. f. Dp an TOWN AND VICINITY Rev. If. C. Bthell preached at Coburg Sunday morning. Aug. 14 and at Goeben In the evening. The Metho dist pastor, Rer. J. JI. Bennett, with his wife and baby, occupy the parson age at Coburg. He cares for these two points; preaching one Sunday at Coburg In th morning and at Goshen In tie evening, and reversing the order on the following Sunday. Clay Whitaker Is now employed In a, sawmill at Ma mh field, and hU family haa moved to that place. Dr. 8. Ralph Dippel, dentist, Spring field, Oregon. Mra. John Klngham and her two daughters, of Sacransento, California, have been visiting at the ronie of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sidwvll for the pant week. They were finishing up a rounl of vUlts at points In Colorado. Iowa and Washington. They expert to leave for home In a tbjy or two. Mra. Klngham la a niece of Mrs. Sidweil. Will Horn returned to Springfield, a few days ago. after a two-vars stay iu the old bomb nelghbortood, near Dloomfleld Iowa. C. A. Eastman made a business visit to Portland occupying abont two days last week. S. I. OgiVen baa refold to Mr. Mc Kelvie. from whom he purchaaed It, the large bungalow nortt of Spring field Junction, built ami for weveral years occupied by O. II. Hlnkaon. A death-grapple beneath the wares, a full-rigged schooner sunk at nea , another aturdy craft destroyed by. fire Intrigue humor heart Interest' and a charming love tale. Theaj are the Omenta that have been woven , Into one of tte greatest productions; of the year, "Partners of the Tide,", At Hell, Saturday. August 20th. GOSH, SPRIN 1 I AW CWAN AN SLOW ZttZ J UP A LITTLE, WONTCHA. SrJ . k COrVSjSHT ,-r, M ?r-- T7 v 0 l" IMPORTANT MEETING OF AMERICAN LEGION There will be a meeting of the American Legion at the W. O. W. ball tomorrow (Friday) evening, at 8 o'clock. It I desirable that all members, and all persons affected by the recently enacted state bonus mea sure should be prevent. The blank to be filled out by those making appli cation under ttls law will be there, and a general consideration and free discussion of all the bearing of the law, with expressions of choice as to the optional features of the measure, are expected. A PROMISING LITTLE LIFE CUT SHORT A son waa born to Dr. and Mrs. Ralph 8. Dfpple, at Mercy hospital, Eugene, Sunday venlng. It waa prom lain child. Ita coming brought Joy Into the household, for they had no children. Monday afternoon and evening the nure began to notice dis quieting aymptoma. Tuesday morn ing it began to go into spasms, and It dledf about 8 a. in. Cerebral hem orrhage la given as the cause of ifteatn. W. Y. Walker took charge of tie little body, and was to accompany It to a Portland crematorium today; Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert y, of Albany paaaed through Springfield the first of the week, on their way to Belknap Springs, where they will spend the week. Mr. and Mrs. O. If. Jarrett returned 8unday from a two weeks vacation, spent In northern California. Ira NU J carryfnc Uve mall on Route 2. tl!a week, while Mr. Sankvy Is on his vacation. He served Route 1 for five days last week, while his brother. John Nice, waa on a vaca tion. Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Fortmnier re turned. Monday, from a two-weeka visit at Albany. The dwelling house TLeodore Mc Cracken haa been building this sea son, Just southeast or his reeidence. is almost finished. It Is a sung bouse aud well built ' A 8rHngfteld party who went to the swlmmin' bole near the Coast fork ectcol house Thursday even ing, counted eighty adulta there at oix trine, besides a number of child ren; nearly a hundred altogether. Mid. Lettle Smith, of Tillamook. and Iter son, Roy Smith, a clerk In the poatofflce at Marehffeld. visited at the borne of Mr. and Mra C. A. Eastman a couple of days last week. Mra. SmltL hj a cousin of Mr. Eaht man. A transient man was picked up in a park at Junction City, aud was found q be In the laet stagea of tuberculosis. He was removed to the Springfield hospital, and dl?d there Monday. Ilia name was Leo Maboney, he was 37 years old, and I had an I. W. W. membership card ti bis person. W. P. Walker prepared the hedy for burial, and he waa buried at Laurel Hill' Tuesday afternoon. WHAT A SPEED DEMON!! LONG TIME RESIDENT DIES NEAR MABEL Mrs, Margaret Angellne Rlggs died at her home, about three mikes above Mabel. Friday, August 13. She wa bom March 2, 18S5; and so was 66 years, B months an4 11 days old. She and family bad lived at the same place since 1S80. She bad bn affected by heart trouble for about four years, and was taken unexpectedly. SLe was found dead In her bed by one of the family, on arising in the morning. Her husband, G. W. Rlgga, was at Klamath Kails at the time of her death. He was sent for, and arrived Monday evening. Funeral service were held at the wmetery at Mabel yesterday afternoon, by Rev. T. D. Yarnes. Mrs. Rlggs leaves eight children, all living at tte old home or near by. They are Hnry. Charles A., Philip, Frank, George S., Mrs. Carrte Jarrett, of Springfield, and Mrs. Ella Parris. TEACHERS ELECTED The school board has. In compara tively recent times, elected several teachers whose elctlon has not been reported in these columns. Mr. McFadden. a graduate of the University of California, who expects to take post graduate work In the U. of O. for half time, was elected in place of Mr. Mclntyre. resigned, to take attletics and other subject In tbe high school, half time. Mrs. Fraley. whose home Is on the Euge&e road, beyond Midway Park, was elected for work fn the grades. Mrs. A. S. Myers, whose home Is in the Barttolomew neighborhood, north east of 8pringfleid, was elected for English and other work In the high school. 1 ' . A. R. Morgan, of Laurel Montana, waa elected this week for manosl training and other work in the high school full time. A party of seven or eight men, in cluding J. W. Coffin, D. W. Roof and Riley Snodgrass went up Into the mountains, beyond Belknap Spring, yesterday,, tor a fishing and hunting trip. They expected to bund a cabin, and.be on the ground and well fitteJ up when tbe deer season opens, next Saturday. Tley will probably return the first of next week. Fred H. Russet, of Wilbur, Oregon, and Mlas Naomi D. Harbit were mar rted in Eugene last Wednesday, the 10th. The bride Is a daughter of Mrs. Geo. Orr, of this city. Mr. Russel's father Is tbe S. P. station agent at Wilbur. Mr. Russel prefers farm life, but the young couple have not yet de cided where they will make their tome, Mr. and, Mrs. Geo. B. Pretty man and. of course, the baby, returned the first of the week from a two weeks outing, mostly spent at Grant Pass where Mrs. Prettyman's people live. They made one excursion down to the southern border of tte state. Mr. Prettyman says that one day while they were down there the tempera ture rose to 121 in the shade. And that inside of the state of Oregon, too. But don't let it get out. INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Salem. One' cannery Is paying 11000 a day for labor. Latham. Lumber flume to be built here from coast fork. Per capita cot of keeping Inmates of atate Institutions was rcluced 119 in past year. Three gold drertg operating In Oregon and fourth to be added. Portland to have D00 room, $1,250,. 00 apartment houfe. Test oil well to be sunk at Suther lln. Oregon mines wnt $261,602 In gold to mint in six months. Portland. Emanuel loapltaj build ing $C0,000 nurses home. Portland box factory buya Taquina northern railroad for $400,000. Salem. Survey conducted by cen tral labor council for past 18 months shows decline In wagies 10 per cent. Commodities 30 per cent, while taxes have gone up from. $31.20 on $1000 assestiment to $48.60 In two years. Apple shipping warehouses to be built at Odell and Dee. Salem brick layers reduce their scale from $10 to $9 a day. On July 27 ships took 33 million feet lumber out of the Columbia. Astoria Box factory reopens em, ploying 60 men. Lumber to be cut .by other mills until mill Is rebuilt. Silverton, Lutteran church installs new $2500 pipe organ. Grants Pass to Vancouver, Wash ington prune beit crop estimated at 40 per cent of last year's. Roseburg-Coos Bay highway to Camas Valley to be graded. 18 miles. St. Helens. Work to begun on new depot and siding to cost $15,000. Grants Pa. Work proceeding on Lost Lake highway. Small forest to be finished this year. G re ham to have $25,000 sewer bond election August 22. Salem 1182 miles of road work is under contract in state. Bridge work under contract totals $1,640,458. Pendleton. Work to start on $18, 000 distribution plant tor Union Oil Company. Row River mill shuts down . until the new railroad is buOL Roseburg. Forest service planning .construction of trail to scenic Leraolo Falls. Grants Pa38. Pumping and power machinery to be Installed at once in Savage Rapids dam. Power touse Is not complete. Corrallis Bakery to be converted into a grill and confectionery. 65 per cent of all lumber mills and f-0 per cent of all logging camps of, the Pacific northwest are working. Marshfield 6treti to be lmprored by paving and sewer installation. Road from. PendVton to La Grande half paved. Will be completed soon.' Columbia River highway paving reaches Twin Tunnels between Hood River and Moster. Echo. Umatilla county's wheat crop for the year Is estimated between five and six million bushels. Much building activity at Corrallis. 66 new louses to August 1 this year. Corrallis ' Installing concrete ovens and making other Improvements at the auto camp grounds. Canyon City. Work to commence on graveling of Gorge road. $100,00) bonds to be sold. Bids opened for grad'ng of ten-mile section of Corvallls .Newport highway between Chitwood and Toledo. Agato Beach rock quarry being developed. Wheeler. Haak Bros. and Whieeler Lumber company form an agreement to enable them to resume operations. Brookings. Two logging road pro jects under way. M. W. Weber haa sold his residence on north 6tt street to S. L Ogdeuu ard will shortly move to Eugene. The tfrm of Fischer and Weber has been doing business in Eugene for some time, and now It seems that Springfield is to lose both members of the firm and their families al together. Henry Stewart, of Eugene, Is giv ing his residence property on lower Main street a considerable overhaul ing: reroofLig, rofloortng and otter wfcse altering the front porch; vn papering It throughout; building a garage, and some other touches. Un less he can rent it satisfactorily, be may occupy It, himself.