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SPHINO FIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 15, 1921.
NUMBER 35.
I.IUIITKI-KT.I YKAIl VA
FIRE III WEST
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Hop Houe Totally Destroyed.
Street Car Service
J Interrupted
Some, time between h and 6 o'clock
Friday morning, flro wa dlacovercd
In the roof of the Walker and Cam,.-
bell hop bonne. In West Springfield,
the northern ne of the two house
SPRINGFIELD
that Mood on oppoHlto "Ide of thwpict ,c -tnrt work (, fttj probably
street car truck. About 6:45 th j nt at full capuclty for a while. Their
Springfield flr whistle wa sounded. ' ,,, laity at flmt will be barrel,
A great crowd, from the lmindlute I iaveg .bucket and the like,
neighborhood and from Kprlngfiel I ! .
wa soon withered nt the "" 'SPRINGFIELD CREAMERY
Mont of the inemb.-rrf of tlw S ring BUYS jEUCENE BUSINESS
field fire ilepartinent were there, wlt'i-i
out tlH-lr cjulniient. A detachment A.n extensive deal wa made thl
of the KuKem fire department, with ( w.0k by which M. T. Cyr and It. E.
their chemical engine, wa runh'd to Monhler, previously owner of t'.e
the Hcwie, mainly for the protection
of the street car Hue, which ran with
In a few feel of the houe. Iiy the
time all thl occurred the houe wat)ow firm purchased the Iane County
about burned to the ground. A greet .Creamery at Eugene, formerly owned
uuanllty of wood, ricked acalnxt the:
houae Intensified the heat and pro-
longed the burning.
A few sacka of
hopa were gotten out, but nothing
bill nothlilf
could be done to save the building.
The atreet car trestle soon began
to catch fire In varloua placea along'
th line near the burning building.
The Eugene firemen devoted their ef-,th same plan as before. The work
forts to extloguUhlng of the little j of the two will be in great measure
biases that kept starting along the distinct. Mr. Cyr and Guy MosbUr
trestle. Their engine had only a ca- will give their personal attention to
paclty of 30 gallons. Wbea that was ( the Eugene huslnesn and R. E.
exhausted, their chief appealed (Oj Moahler will conduct the buHlne
chief Smlton to bring the Springfield j hero. The Eugene plant ha not been
chemical engine, and two of our boyj quite equal to this one In equipment;
soon had It on the ground. Six of but It has engaged In some side linos
oar fireman who remained through-j not strictly belonging to the cream-
out, continued the right as long as.ery business and so its
their chemicals laated. and thus pr
. vontipd the total destruction of the
" trestle for a considerable distance.
The los on the building has been
estimated at about f2500. Hardle and
Fish, lenses of the building and
owners of the hope, wvre thought to
have lot something tike an equal
amount. Iloth were Insured.
The street cars ran no farther than
the midway station until the
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aengers from Springfield to that point
or Into Ktigttno. Six section of the
trestle bad to be replaced. The
charred timbers were removod and
the repair work commenced by t'.e
middle of that day. and the repair
completed and the car
through again by the middle of St
urday afternoon.
THE WESTERN LANE
FAIR EXCURSION
Those who went from Springfield
on the excursion to the Western Lane
county fair. Iat Thursday, were dis
appointed and somewhat mortified at
the amallnesa of the turnout from
Springfield. Only about half of th
twenty-odd who had signed up to ko
actually wnt. while the Eugene purty
numbered 180 or more.
Florence Is far enough from the
heart of I.ane county, and the pro
ducts of the coart country are differ
ent enough from those of the eastern
part of the county to Justify a local
fair. Those who went from hero
speak highly of the exhibition or pro
ducts, as to volume, variety, kind and
quality. Dexldea the representation
of the local Interests, there were
some very Interesting exhibits of mu
rine life and objects peculiar to the
coast country. The Springflelders
who did attend received the hearty
greetings of the Western Lane people
and were especially complimented by
their fellow passengers, by the attend
ants at the fair and especially by I. T.
Sparks, the 8. P. official In charge
of the excursion, on the badge they
wore. It consisted or a blue ribbon,
about six incite long with the S. I',
medallion stamped on it above the
middle, and above that the legend, ia
columnar form, "Springfield Chamber
of Commerce." Though tho few of
them had to uphold the good name of
tho whole body, they received the
honors which might have been shared
ly the rest.' , , ,
. 4 IONAL PRODUCT8
T COMPANY TO OPEN SOON
la the issue of May 5 we noted that
the National Product company, which
took over this FMcher-Doutln mill
plant several month before, was re
modeling the plant to adapt It to the
Urns of work they were preparing to
put out They appeared to ret every
th'ng In shape to ran, and let the mat
tier rent there for the summer. In the
lant fw day It ha been reported
that they were about to open up. In
quiry prow that thl wa rather pre
mature. Ono of their men ntatrl thl week.
that they had ltn waiting for a bet-
.,. pro(IIM.t.t tor buslnes. They ex
Springfield Creamery, aold a one third
Interest In 'the bualneii
to Guy
aiwl the
Moabler. .brothwr of H. E..
and nnerated bv O. A. Ilerndon. Guv'
Moahler h.i for aome lime been em-
i.tnvwrf In th r.rMn.Mrrfll rtothlns-
.Iom at Itn-ana Th htmlnasa nf
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tore at Eugene
tine new firm will be readjusted on
something llk this plan: The tw
plants will be operated under the
mm names a before, and each on
so Its volume or
business ha been somewhat larger.
Other Incident- growing out of the
change we may be able to speak -f
later.
SEPTEMBER RE80RT8
In the early and middle, parts of the
summer, wh-n you mled an ac-
nuainiunrA anil Inuiilrcil lion I him
r-hju w generelly nvrtrd that Ho w.
tUkr, u.. ,., i,.n P hla
g his vacation, or his wife or
daughter wa taking herti; and the
impression wa convened that thev
were all off at nome one of the
fashionable Hummer resort: at Del
knap Springs, on the Tillamook coast
or the Clatson beach, at Newnort or
runn,u;8lltcooN 'Lake. For the pant month.
when you mfHM'd your friend, you
guessed that he wua up the McKenciu
or the Middle Fork, hunting or fish
ing. In these days, if u see the blip Ih
aowu at your friends' home all day.
the chance) are that the whole family
are in the hop yard or the prune or
chard. Theodore McCracken' nb-e new
houHe, near his own rcHiylence, ha ' inlttees will report to the annual con
been rented, -and will be occupied fvreme, at Forest Grove, October 5,
soon. By whom, we will tell you later. 'and there the matter will be decided.
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LOCAL HOSPITAL
CHANGES HANDS
Mist Rien, a Graduate Nur$
Experienced in Surgery,
Takes Charge
Ml Alice II. Rien took over the
Springfield honplta! last Saturday.
The operating room 1 undergoing
considerable change and will not be
ready to recelvte patient before the
first of next wek.
Ml Rien I a registered nurse.
She I a graduate of Sacred Heart
hospital. In Spokane, the largest hos
pital In that city. She spent two
year in It d Cross work In the wat.
Fifteen month of thl service was
oversea. She I, a member of the
Natlonol Red Cross Nursing associa
tion. Slue had experience as an oper
ating room supervisor both before and
after this war service. She wa Re1
Cro- Instructor for Douglas county,
last spring. Following that, she spent
about a month In Mercy hospital, Eu
gene, Hubstitutlng as head nurse.
To have the hospital running under
. r-r.r,.-.,
,nwn
win oe worm a great oeai u
n i ii.u
d)nuuoiu
The pbyalclana of the
city, wno nave naa opportunity to oo-
"" M,m """" w"' maa lo w"
com hpT reputation,
tw rUjr ncouragl a to the fu-
ture of the Institution.
ICE PLANT TO BE USED
FOR HOP WAREHOUSE
The Southern I'adflc traffic depart
ment through 1. ;T. Sparks, district
freight and pas-enger agent. Issues
the following notice to hop growers,
which explaina Itself, under date of
September 13:
Thl I; to advise vu that arrange
ment have been made whereby the
Eusne Fruit Growers will store bops
in thir Springfield cement ware
bouse (the old Welnbard Cold Storage
Plant). The same storage and re
handliug charges will prevail as at
other hop storage housee In Oregon.
Effective Thursday, September 1C,
there will he a man on duty at the
plant to receive hops and tasue neces
sary warehouse receipts.
The Southern Pacific company soli
cits your business and trust you will
eee your way clear to store your bops
in the above mentioned plant, which
I located on a spur track and Is an
A-l warehouse In every respect.
If we can lie of any assistance to
you in this connection please call Vh
us. '""
The committee appointed by the
Eugene Methodist church to look into
the camp ground project was to meet
the Springfield Committe today, and
the two committees together were to
inpect the proposed site across the
river. After that tho cauvaa for
fundx will probubly begin. The com-
A JOLT-BUT LOOK WHAT WE GOT RID OF!
PROGRESS ON THE
NEW FACTORY
A force of four or five men, c
many as can be employed to advan
tage, are engaged, under the direction
of Mr. D rooks, the manager. In the
work of remodeling the old planing
mill building, to adapt It to the new
bunlness, and In putting In the mv
chinery for the new plant 8eyerl
of the machines have been put In
place, and one of them will be started
about the first of next week, on some
work of their owu. The Incorpora
tion ha not been perfected yet, and
tb corporate nam of the new con
cern can-not be announced for another
week or so. The opening of thfa
factory will mean much to the
neis life of Springfield.
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COURSE OF CHANGES
IN STREET CAR LINE
The surveyors work and the avail-j
able Information as to right-of-way j
proceeding show this state of things
a to the changes
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line,
The deflection In the old atreet!,. " "nC,
car t.uk begins at a point almost ex-!
actly opposite the present Klnc.ld j
station. It swings In to the railroad I
embankment just east of the road
which crosses the two tracks. From
that point to the Springfield Junction
the bed of the street car line wl'l
form a widening of the railroad em
bank men t on the north side. A atrip
will be taken of toe Furuset tract for
If whole length, and off the Walker
tract apparently for the whole or the
most of it ength, for this widening
of the right of way.
For a short distance parallel with
the Walker tract, it will be necessary
to make a cut Into the bluff and awing
the railroad tracjj a little southward.
This will encroach a few feet upon the
right of way of the highway on the
lower part of its course down the hill
from the cemetery gate towards Ed
Judklna' boose. This will be made
good by a concession of a strip bf
land from the Judkins place.
The railroad company appears to be
making provision for some additional
trackage about the Junction.
OLD FRIENDS GET TOGETHER
Dave Sterling and family of Cottage
Grove; Thad Sterling and family, ac
companied by Miss Chambers, of
Lebanon; Chas. Sterling and wife,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Lawson, of Brownsville and a Mr. and
Mrs. Fisher of Portland spent Sun
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Lyons. The entire party motored
to Hendricks bridge for luncheon re
turning here in the afternoon, apd
the several guests leaving the same
evening for their respective homes.
Mr. Lyons was In the employe of
Chas. Sterling eight years ago at
Brownsville, where he and his wife
became acquainted with the other
Sterling families and the have all
made a successful effort to meet at.
least once a year for the past eight
years.
Try our sodas, they are sodallclou
at Eggimann'a.
HAY
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NATRON CUT-OFF
Thought to Depend Entirely
On the Condition of the
Money Market
It Is well known that the breaking
up of the "Harrlman Merger by gov
ernment prosecution was sufficient of
Itself to put a stop to railroad build-
j lng in the Oregon field, where build
ing plans depended upon the united
action of the now several members
of the merger, and such cooperation
was practically forbidden. It Is also
known that the governments, absorp
tion of railroad business during the
j war paralyzed all normal railroad
j operations, new building and Improve-
ments included. It seems plain
enough that the railroads In common
with other lines of business that re
quire large capital, are seeking ways
i A.t Iham..!. ... .1 a 1
mo1 wn,ca;n war mrew an tne
u,n8 of to wor,d' and to
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needed extensions and Improvement
work. It 1s quite generally under
stood, we believe, that unfavorable
money conditions have been a great
stumbling block in the way of the re
sumption of railroad building In sec
tions where building would . be re
tarded as aa absolute necessity if
this difficulty did not block the way.
Aa a case In point, and 'erne which
appeals to the Interest of every person
In this region who knows , what his
true Interest Is. It does not seem
reasonable to suppose that the South-'
era Pacific company would leave the
gap In lu Klamath Falls line bet wee i
Kirk and Oakridg unfinished, and
the object for which It was projected
unrealized a day longer than it could
find means, under reasonable condi
tions, to rlOHA tt tin A man
heard to say on the. streets of Spring
field not long go that "they" could
get all the money they needed if they
wanted to put It through. He inti
mated that the railroad company had
some sinister purpose In prolonging
this disjointed and inefficient condi
tion of its own system. No one aught
to give any heed to a foolish utter
ance like that; but. unfortunately,
there are scores of persons in nearly
'every community who will, and Just
jin proportion as tbey do. there wM
i be a more or less perceptible puil-
back on every well directed effort to
wards prosperity and progress. Per
sons whose hearts are filled with the"
bitterness Indicated by such utterance
ftre not helpers In any good cause, .
A man who is in a position to know
something of the problems, policy and
plans of the railroad people with re
ference to construction work declared
here a few days ago that the diffi
culty of obtaining money at a rate of
interest which such an investment
could bear has been and Is yet the
chief difficulty In the way of the re
sumption of construction on the Kla
math Falls line. He regarded it aa
a pending enterprise, to be taken up
and carried through as soon aa this
financial difficulty can be removed.
Basing his estimate aolely on the con
ditlon of the mcney market, he gave
it as his opinion that the work would
hardly be resumed as early as next
spring. He thought it would be by
the spring of 1923. The plain Infer
ence was that if money conditions
eased up the work would commence
earlier.
J. Parker Reid presents. "The Loae
Wfolfa Daughter", at Bell theatre,
Wednesday, Sept. 21st, also a two
reel western, "The Shadow of Suspi
cion", and a one-reel comedy, "Uneasy
Money".
Ht&nry StejwanJ. ari family", who
have made their home in Eugene for
many years, are moving into their
house on lower main street, which baa
lately hoen so extensively remodeled.
The Inside work hi not quite done yet.
John Ketels, Gerald Van Valzah.
Jim Corrie, and Bob Van Valzah will
leave Friday for a bunting and fish
ing trip above Oakrldge. They expect
to be gone until the laet of next week.
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