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V 1 MEW -1 II r w h KltlHTKENTH-YKAIl SrillNOFlKLI), LANK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SKITKMUEH 1, 1921. NUMBER 33. 3 I y 1 CHANGES III IDE STREET CAR LIIIE Their Probable Place In Plane of the Railroad Company the Wlin tho N'cwr rln tod. In it laain of July. 14 a lengthy article dealing with mmirt fnttli Indications of the eurly revival of the loin susiicnded mil road opetatlon which wr ex pected to culminate In the establish ment of extensive shop In Springfield probably many of the reudera re garded l hm a piece of baseless Rp--Irttlon, h recurrent to the campaign of fiction nnd bluster with whlrh Hprlngffeld wiim ho disastrously fain I llr a number of year ago. It wn jiothliiK of th kind. We were not at lllM-riy. In th line of the Information wo hod, to speak any more positively at Unit tlnw than we did. We ex ! ted that son local conferences, which did not take place, would pre pare the way for more definite state ment. 8om feature of these ex pected movement are beginning to come to llgh.. To go hack along the track a little. Two or three years ago. when the ac tion of the river made the street car bridge unsafe, and tne company med to be making preparation! for work upon It. It waa rumored that tt waa to be rebuilt or reconstructed on a permanent and more aecure plan. But when tins work waa done. It looked like the temporary repalrln of a weak bridge. I.ast spring, thi brldjre waa attain declared unsafe; and again a crew waa brought In to reconstruct or strengthen It. It waa plainly msnlfest then that the repairs were only temporary. Not only ao, Hnt the tlmbera used In tie falae work were old owes, the beat selected out of the tlmbera cast aalde from the re built trewtle near Springfield Junction. Evidently the bridge had bwn murk it to be discarded for aome time back, Change have gone ao far that th railroad officiate make no further concealment of their plan to abandon the old street car line from tlw point of divergence of thla line from the Southern Pacific main line, and run Into Springfield over the S. P. line proper. Th Kugene papera virtually accept the fact that these changes are only a part of a more general schema of changes, probably Including ultimately the establishment of the great'shops here. We venture to drop In a word her, that a railroad official, not long ago, dropped an Intimation that certain huHlneaa operations of the railroad company, having nothing to do with construction, algnlfietl that Spring field waa being figured Into their cal culations for tile next few years as a more Important factor than ever be fore. A few straws indicating the dir?e 1lon of the wind. The strengthening of the track between here and Spring field Junction this season, th" thoroughness of the overhauling and the solidity of the -track aa it now Mauds, look like building for heavy Irafflc. On the other hand this verv ihlng would aeem, on the surface, to Indicate that tine rumor going hen lntely that thla part of the line is to be double tracked, bridge and all. to occommcdate the street car traffic, la pivmatiire. The Hue from the river to the Junction la all high em bankment, and double tracking would be heavy work. If the trolley traffic la not provided for in that way, what then? It but a guess, but ww venture the guess that the changes which we already aee going on in this short detached sec tltn of electric line may mean that It Is to assume altogether a different re lation to the Southern Pacific system; possibly a linking up 'with the com pany's Incomplete system of electric, lines down the valley. We relterute our conviction, partly expressed and partly pointed to In our article of ttoven works ago: that the completion of the Klamath Falls line and the building of the east and went line through Oregon are essential parts of the plan of the Southern Pa- N0TE3 FROM THE AUTO CAMP GROUND Two parties who bad visited Crater .aloe within a few days had this to report, which waa new to the listener, wa new to them when they went Into the park ami may be new to moat of our readers: Kvery automoolle that goes In pay a fee of $2.60. A ranger occupies a station at a shack somewhere out on tho road towards the border of the park. Every car, when It approaches this station nvust wound a horn. Th-5 tanger steps out collects thla tee, and takes the number and make of the car the name, add reus and description of th' responsible person and furnishes htm with a copy of the regulations governing tourists In the park. They i"port the roads on both aides of the ('hscmU's aa simply dirt roads in a Hxlit, volcanic ah soli, and badly cut up with th mason's trawl. The fe collected from the great number of cars going In to Ire park during the season will contribute largely to a fund for tine tnaJntwiar of the park and the building of the contemplated road. The travel la dropping off. Ing distance tourists will be scarce frcui this time on. However, one party from Fresno, Calfornla, who were on the camp laat Friday night. wierw Just fairly atari ed on a long tour lnt Canada. They expected to be oi.t seven or eight weeks yet. Ill IILHITE Axel Sanstrom, Swedish Labor er Meets Death Tuesday Afternoon LEGION MEN. ATTENTION The blanka which were to have been examined and discussed at tho meeting of the Post last Friday night will posltrvly be on hand to morrow nlgbt. Iet every ex service man Im present. It I it important that ex-sr-vice men study the bonus matter In all lt hearings, make their selection s to the features of the measure, act together as far aa poMxible and bo prepared to wnke their application rromptly. . rifle and Its allies, suspended. 'by the breaking In of unfonesoen ri!frioultiM. and to be taken up and carried to completion soon; that the closing up of the gap In the Klamath Falls I In.' will necessarily be th first link; th.it the great shop In Springfield, pro jected long ago, will be needed In operation, perl'.aps not at their full capacity, when this line ! fluixhcd that work on the shops will prohahly begln as soon aa work on the line begins. Just after the close of the work on the overhead crossing on the Goshen road, Tuesday afternoon, two of the workman, Axel Sanstrom and Oscar Handbnrne, went Into the Willamette rlwr near the work to bathe. Sans trom was a poor swimmer, and, get ting Into dra-p water, waa about to sink. Sandbume undertook to help him, waa dragged down twice by San stmm' struggle, and waa obliged U. give him up to save himself. Others eam from near by to help; and San titrom'a body was taken out of the water and hurried into Springfield. An examination by a physician showed that he waa Iwyorxl hope of recovery. It had been 15 or 30 minutes since Je sank. The body was taken to Walker's un dertaking parlor, and the essential facts available recorded. Coroner iBranatetter came over yesterday morning. Investigated the caae and de cided that an Inquext was not neces sary. The drowned man waa a native of Sweden, about 30 years old. He came here from Seattle, and had been en gaged on the croaalng work since laat April. The address, of a brother liv ing In I -on Ongerea waa obtained and I lie waa notified by telegram and lu I vlted to aend direction as to the dis position of the body. Mr. Walker received a- telegram from Sanstrom's brother yesterday. In accordant with his direction, the funeral will be held at Walker's chapel this afternoon, and will be conducted by Hev, T. P. Yaro. ' The burial will be at Laurel Hill cemetery. & CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WATERMELON PICNIC ARE YOU LUCKY? The Dell Theatre, in combination with these four stores: Egglman's, Ketei's. Gray's Cash It Carry and Groen's Community ttish store is of fering a prize, to be competed for by every reader of this paper. In tb ad of each of these Louses, each, week, will appear one misspelled word. Get the paper as soon as yoa can; hunt out, each either or all the errors and present the correction at the store Friday morning. One ticket will be glvvn to the person flrt presenting each correction. Thi ticket on Ketei's and Gray's aIs will be good only for Wednesday nlglt following publication. Thone on Eggl mann's and Green's for Saturday night following. Look sharp. Act quickly. HUCK LEBER RYING An epic of the An les Mountains In South America. "The Fire Cat." IMI. Wednesday, Sept. "th. A Sewn scout on the anto camp cround. oi.- nlaht last week, fell In J with a large group of young wip ! coming Into the ground, and waa In vited to h'lp them eat watermelon. Ilelng In hurry, he passed up the occa sion as an ordinary caae of "tapping a watermelon". But It turned out that the watermelon was a mere Inci dent. Rev. Walter Myer. of Eugene, was a delegate to the World's Christian Huckk-berrylng has been a close rival for deer hunting as an attrac tion on the upper McKenzie since the season for both set In. The berry hunters report the berries not so plentiful aa last var, but when one party cf four brings In sixteen gal lons It (an hardly be called a bad season. John Edward Pierce Glaze of Eugene, and their wives were up there from Saturday to Tuesday. Prof. Roth. E. G. Sutton, W. N. Long, Fred Cllngan and Jake Hepner made a berry hunt last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Larimer went up yesterday. SPIIGFIELD MS IIEH IIIIITi Association Formed for tho Manufacture of Corsaw's Gasoline Gauge INJURED NERVE If. S. McGowan met with an acci dent several weeks ago, which might seem alight on a causal report, but which has caused htm a great deal of suffering and werlous trouble. He was working about his woodpile, and some of the wood fell, and a block, at ruck hie elbow and injured a nerve. Such an Injury Is often, difficult to deal with, and this was not Wealing satisfactorily. Mr. McGowan went down to Portland yesterday, to re ceive treatment from a nerve apecla list. Mrs. McGowan accompanied him. TIME TO KNOCK OFF covwm itti fuB mnocTtw iikv CO. Jt r -I Endeavor Convention. lately beld at New York City. Sixteen thousand njeleeates were flipno renmntlnp ih eral churches, from all parts of the wcrld. Mr. Myers had addressed Reveral large audiences in this vici nity on his observations at the great convention. This little company, gathered on the grass on the camp ground. In the dim light of a nearby street light, marte up of members of the Christian Endeavor society of the Christian church, with several Metho dist guests, listened to a wry enter taining, instructive atyl Inspiring re cital. . i . Mrs. Belle Spong made a trip down the valfcey within the past two weeks returning Saturday night, for the sole purpose of Investigating business con ditions and prospects on her own ac count. She visited Albany, CorvalUs, Independence, Salem and a number of smaller town. She sought out those whose Judgement she thought best worth obtaining among real estate n:i?n, hotel people and people in other lipes of business. She found a general expression cf hopeful .ess for the near future, but saw nothing to indicate any better conditions or prospects in any of those places than in Spring field. The Springfield hotel dinlivg room is being repapered. The partition on the west Is also belnar removed, to en. jurgv the dining room In that direc tion. Mrs. Spong Is doing this at her own (expense, because it U greatly neeitod. and there seemed to be no other way to do It. J. M. Phillppi and daughter Mavis, of Emmett, Idaho, and his sister, Mrs. Sarah Scott of Boring, Oregon, spent tho week-end visiting w,Ith their sister Mrs. Mary C. Maglll, and other rela tives. MIhs Philippt left Sunday for BemiJI, Minn.; her father and aunt leaving Monday for Portland. D. C. Wigle, of Odell. Oregon, has been visiting O. F. Klzer and family and some friends In Eugene for the pant week. He returns today. He Is a eveend coiishi cf Mr. Klzer. He is Jantter of a school building at Odell. The outside Burfaoe of the walls of the new school building have been un- Harry Corsaw is the inventor of a simple appliance that ought to be welcome as a boon by all automo bile users. It is a gasoline gauge. It shows the exact amount of gasoline In the tank of the car at any time, and the marking is visible from the driver's seat so that the driver doss not have to get cut of bis car, or make a special examination, to as certain how much gasoline he has. Such appliances have been at tempted before, but they have been too complicated to become generally acceptable. This gauge seems to solve the difficulty, and the price will put it within reach of every automo bile owner. To begin with the first filling of the tank of his new car, the owner has bis own accurate measure of the amount of gasoline that Is going into it. He can tell by a glance at his gauge at any time, before he starts or while be is running, how much ha has In his tank. If he has a speedo meter, be knows how many miles h has been making with a certain amount of gasoline; and if be has a difficult run ahead of him, be can tell at a glance whether he needs to fill up or not. Home-made working models of this gauge have been tried out on a num ber of cars in this vfcinlty and in other places. Mr. Corsaw has applied for a patent. A number of Springfield men have Interested themselves in the inven tion, and have formed an association to promote Its manufacture and sale. The title of the organization is the "Springfield Manufacturing and In vestment Association, Not Incorpor ated." Negotiations are under way with a Portland firm for the manufacture of the gauge for a while at the begin ning. The plan is, as soon as proper arrangements can be made and a plant established, that it will be manufac tured here. The scope of the organi zation contemplates the manufacture of other products, as the occasion may offer. i The successful inventions, gener j oily, have been those which met with .a general need. This one certainly I does that. It is to be hoped that it can be kept within the control ofr'' Springfield people, and that this com munity shall be "able to reap as large a benieflt from it as possible. covered all round. The- asphalt cover ing of the roof deck was finished yesterday afternoon. Most of the til ing has been laid on the slopes of the roof. Most of the lathing has bten done, and the plastering of four roomd has been finished. A reunion in the Murphy family cir cle took the form of a picnic on the auto camp ground, and brought to gether the following persons: Mr. anl Mrs. I. E. Murphy, Misses Era. Velnia I and Hazel Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Elklns and family and Don Zimmer intan, of Eugene; Mrs. Zola Arehart, (of Lebanon; and Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Murphy, of Springfield. Isaac Zumwalt, an inmate of tho county home, dropped dead at - the heme Wednesday everJng, August 24. The remains were buried from Walker's undertaking parlors Satur day afternoon. The burial was at Laurel Hill cemetery. Mr. Zumwalt was 81 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hin?on spent tho fore part of the week visiting; at tho home of Mrs. Hinsons sister, Mrs. Joe Hill at Lost Creek and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Metheny, at Wlnberry. The big black locust trea that stood in the angle at the front cf the house occupied by Dr. Emery, and for yearn had been covered by a b'g vine, was cut down yesterday for the protection of the house. If 1 if if 3 u Si 4 i