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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1921)
IPMMGF 1 1 KI0IITI1KNTH VKAR 8PMNGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, BE1TKMI1EK 29, 1921. NUMDHU mm GAR LI11E 11 cnnu r Th Cut into the Bluff and th Fill Along the Railroad Advancing Rapidly 116 Ann U liM U Observations made on the ground ,,n(j ,hi, 011 ,hl olurr room,. jt w ahuw that tha work on tha new street ,, ms fhed. tor lliw la blig pushed very rapidly Mom of tha work remaining to bt A large force of men la being em- ,, ,( , ho ()Wr tHtrt uf , h((1. ployed. The steam shovel crew him , There la a great deal to b done cut lea way Into the bluff. Ih.'iiw the )n , ,HP,n, y,.(, road running west fr the cemetery j ThB finishing auiface on Ihe outside gale, fur a distance of lao or three of ,h WMtH j, KK on rapidly. Tho hundred fet. alongside the Boutheiil fr , w, f(nHhHrt. Aa that Pacific railroad track. j ,,,, , M-n(tuiHug , , be uKl.n It will lie tu rtle In mind I hut 0e ,,wn ' if roadbed of Hie mreet car line la w w)n ,, ,.,v(, ,.m,,,.C n,.w a wlileiilng noil. if lh roadbed of nln , ,o,il building Iho rnllroad track. Also, that for a ehort distance JuM els-wd of Ihe point wriDk. orr.HM nw rur resch-d by the cutting work at lhutW0RK B GUN ON E time, the railroad trm k l to he movtd WtrvitltKT ROAD a rw foot south, uton the ground un1 - I Miim-Hit tiv tlr cut It looks US though the dirt tind rock taken from tha rut would tm sufficient for all the ",r purpoeea 10 allow filling that won' I be required. The . ""' road lo be pushed south lock la m..tty soft. Trial cuts were."" ",u bllNIJa wvt of Ihe remotery mad In the face of Ihe bluff, before"" "J -""fnsate Ihe highway for . a 1 1 tk J c n l-mlull In llm ralloav the wora waa commeuceo, to iesi me( tharaeter of the formation, and lo d.- teriulne the method of l.siidllng It. Tbe dirt from lh cut haa -en car- rted on Hst cats along ihe rallmf.d , '" ' " ' ". track aa far a. the Junction. earplj,h" " "" hrt h--" "'''l iHin little skip where bump was left from tha original railroad build ment on the north aid a. far a. CJtuVd be thrown from tha care. It haa also been carried bars towarusi K," "m", n LThTo7Vh.w.7 1 Mm. Id. tat on about half of the way, wor" ou- ,m"4K,,", tracks are laid on thla new bank. and. l.e or. .re run over these new tracks (lie cars are run over inese new irai as and the dirt dumpel over the new. bank a. before over the old one. j . . - AS tte cut IIBB IMen pusneci tor- been en, u , J ward alnce the above was wrltl has bm-ome wliHr and deeper. reck lias become tiaroer ana neavier. , and the work haa progressed morel slowly. Dynumlte Is being used to bivnlt up the fare of the bluff, and make the work of the aleam ahorol easier. Hcniethlng like fifty men are employed on the work alti-ther. AS OUR NEIGHBORS SEE THE COMING CHANGES Yesterday'a Kugene Register, in Its local news columns, makes this con- lilbiillin to the ..bowing of indications; of railroad plana In matlera In Hpiing- Conflden.,. In the uteady contl i field Is so vitally Intereseod. At the UMni.e ,lf umm.r market revival of loe of an article dealing with the h,., ,., wr dm-lai-ed to bo al changes In Ihe atreet car line. It says: ,0l(v hr.()i 10 ,m,Uatlon but rather This work Is said In railroad circles ,.,h.HMI, or th (aTy japHneiie ,,v to Iw the flrat step to Improve IbV u,Bm, PHriieHt appels for slrengthen- car serving between Kugene an 'I Hprliigf'eld, made necessary In future wui'n mi" nig sunpn rrn u j in inn latter city. Hallway officials have aisled that a flve iiilnute car aervh e ; jrf.l be given between the two i ltloi wiicii iiu- sniiin .re i nniiy mint im-re. Thla will enubln the aaveral h-indred workers In the shops lo reside In I'll- gene and ride lu and fi 'oin their ployment on Ihe curs. K rcig speeches affirming confer once principle of Industrial relations The 1 .mid Manufacturing Corpor"-j to the iM-Vgnt.fs pi'tv.ent, who wen lion Is Ihe lltlc of the Itu.sliiess to b.'lfrom the whole Puget Sound region cai'ileil on In (tie oiil pinning mill Imlldtiig. The mai-lilneiy la not ot all up of In yet. The placing and lining the machines that liuvo been brought In Is not yet complete, A consider able stock of lumber for manufactur ing purposes Is being unloaded and stacked In the building It will nit he long mil II Ihe machinery will be humming. ' Word comes from Albany of th birth of a hon to Mr. and Mra. llomer, Iavla. Mra. Davis was formerly Miss Elsie llolverson of Hpiing'leld. H. B. CORSAW PLANS TO CLOSE OUT STORE H. p. Coisiiw, who bus been In the furniture business for thu pnst two yen rs, and the Inventor of the Cor saw Riia guugo. for which tin associa tion has been organised to manufac ture and market, announces IhnU he expects to close out his a I ore soon as his tlino Ih inqi'lri'd in tlm di'velno iiient or t'io Kin giii'BP- H" b in purl y nnule arrnugenw iits with Port land firm to ch'so till his htock, nl thoi'l'hl ihe deal h'ta pel V eu cloned end Iho iliitc aet tur 1 's'rgi .it. Mr. t'oraiiw slutes Hint hu" has in Joyed a good liiihliiRHS and fools con fident of tho future, but la uniiblo lo devote tho proper atK'iitlon to hot) ft. j I ,. E"I'V" 111! i'TIP' S. WORK ON HIGH SCHOOL DRAWING TO A CLOSE The work on lh high school build ln haa reached point where a report muni deal not to much with the things that are bring dona aa with thn scattering Items that arn yet to be done. TIta baa bfn eome hindrance from failure lo gat finishing lumber ordered from Eugene. Tl.a work on tlm auilltnrlutn haa. from the nature of tha cane been be i ie iHiif un item l bark (rom , , " y r.u juu- ' - 'he ibilurf oll tncV j " "", "" r ." '. aunng west, to the nelghhoihcod of Klnrald 'station. Prom the bglnulng already made. It apfeara that there will be ,iMWr ""' " W l Is properly surfaced, altogether a bet' - " "r some. J1T1: n.,.Mrv ,.. ,.v rBw u-. , ..m.w.,h .1 ,h- t, a aul ." V . . ' '"" " undergo an operation when he wrote lh IU,1 h0"0" and otherwise eaae.n. Mills, district board employee'" , operauon wnen ne wrote , . ,K.,t. i. . ibefore. Some tin arter that another h "n. 1 ' I n'P"'b?r-II f , ' , , operation become necessary for ap- ' b" re"1 " ,hH i belief that the volume of em- 7 rommunltv. emxilullr lo thou who !nlnvi.i.i ..n t. m.inioin.j n,..i.. n"lc"" ",la ,or " "ueru"' injury. . ... - . . - ,',n" '' occasion to visit the remo-jout tary in vehicles on burial occasions t. il. .. b - . ' ' N,!t nnn5r ,w,'l,, h,v lo P"" n- J"" wet aide of the hill; but there are'alsed by th-, employee delegates. very few poople In all tbe country! round ho do not have to go up th iisl Me frequently fright. and it Is a Having tbe entrance at the highest I lut ou the hill haa made a great ileal of difficulty It make, it hard lo cut down the top of the hill. 4-L DELEGATES EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN MARKETS Ing of the gel together spirit now Iprenent In the lumber Industry of the north Wnl s the Ultimate kolutlmt of l( , pn.ioms. were the dominant nol).H 0f tne hR rmivunllon of tho ' ,,, .ublned sixth ix venth and eighth ' .(llhlrli l of the 4L a held 111 Tacoma ,, Suliirdny last, according to reports f,m Iho piTsident, Norman K. Cole, em-;man. nnu reprcsenteii (HtdO saw mill and IcKgtng camp workers were mnde by MuJor Kver.'U (IriKKS, prrstdent ofj the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber coin- pany and W. I. Wheeler, president -t tho Wheeler Osgood company, largo Tui'oma ,'unihi r iiianufucturlug oper- THE CHIEF PROBLEM TO BE SETTLED NEXT 1 1 R E2iSfess- --sss n ll A TIE PLANT IS NEW PROSPECT To be Located East of Town On tha Railroad Tract Ground to be Filled Another probability la railroad The people, of Springfield did not movements which secma to ba loom- aeem to ahow very much Interest in Ing up Just ahead, la tha establish- the bond election Tuesday, probably meat here of lie plant plant for most poople lock it aa a matter of the treatment, storing and curing of course. There was no well defined ties. The Kouthem I'aclflc haa a oppctiltion to put tho votera on tbelr large hod)' of land east of town. Ihe mettle. It probably aeemed to most trait ou which It Is exrctd that tf them, as Indeed It was, a mre their great shops will be erected, and matfr of putting the outstanding In- pu.bably at no distant day. It has debtedness of the town in decent iu,l ground enough nnywhere nice In ehaixj. Not many persons saw any thla region lo accommodate a plant two shies to It. They did not aee where all the various processes of much lo debate or hcitltate about. If-pailng. bundling and distribution RtJII, those who have to administer tf Its ties can be concentrated. A public affair would feel better it tL great saving could he made by such votera would more generally register a concentration. jtholr convictions and preferences on. Dome laminar wiiii inia line or rail- I road work think such a project la on ,h(, p,,),,, of belng carrjed out. Thev lhnk that a large amount of filling .oud , eoeaary feature of the .ui,,0 nini; th, level of the tract f rrnunj to be covered by this plant ... . .. "(severai i-ei. Tde preaenr r tne , company a heaviest and beat ateam shovel, brought here from gr'at die- jUBCt to M , eoafenleat raotor In such en -enterprise. Tie ', gravel pit near Natron could be drawn , upon, and thla shovel kept here for this work. ISO one authorised to apeak for tbe railroad company ha announced such an undertaking; but lt aeeros to be one of tbe probablllti'a .ana one.wnicn we win not Us re to;, ute word troax thelr llon( wno I. :, . ;"r .":: r . ... "v"'" the winter wa expressed by eu. - ployer de'egst-es. and the necessity l ... , ... - k--- - c. ployera In U.e emergency was empha- In addition to the routine business j of the convention, resolutions were passed favoring married men and I American taxpayer, in dlatrlbutipft aval'ahkt employmuut. KEPT BUBBLE FROM BURSTING Too little credit has been given banka for helping this country read Juat. They have been cus?d for cur tailing credit but the fact remains that In coming down from the dlxty heighta of peak prices, few failures of consequence have been recorded In thla country and the banking ays tern atood the process without a trem We. Considering the change from war to peace basis with Ita drastic turn- ov'r In chnractr and methods of pro nui',,on- u'e re roturn 'to a near lu,rmal bnni h' bpen remarkable """"" howlers. Iluck of It all stands a banking aya- tern which was able to sb ni the tide , of Inflation and lei the wind out of the bubble without bursting It. Carl Raymond Lowry. of the Mc Konsle stick fttnn and Miss Donnii Edmundson of Goshen were united In marriage at the M.'thodlst pai.'onage liiBt SuturdBy evenlrg, Rev. T. D. Yarues officiating. The young couple will make tln-Ir homo at the stock farm. r n M ? x a v 5 ? REFUND BONDS GARRY 54 TO 16 Ulttle Irtereet Manifested a One-Sided Affair Light Vote Important mattvrs of public policy. j Probably not many votera. In con alderlng the refunding proposition gave much thought to the fact that It Involved an amendment to the city 'charter, as a means, The vote drlbbh?d In through the I ...... day, and amounted to only It atood: 70 in all. Por refunding bonds tl Agalnat bonds IS Mbority pr 38 ROBERT KIZER SUSTAINS ANOTHER OPERATION Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Klxer have re -rv.ee. at Mare ," He w.a injured at drill. er weeka ago. mi waa about to .To itral slth Ihn la tranhli l nnm , j .entirely ac ce.ssary to make an Incision , n 1 1 1 1 T"i j linn, uia luuuiucu, tie . wrote six days after this operation. H tbUgh,1 ba W"y C, I recovery; but aa he would not be lit for du:y for a good while, he hoped to be permitted to come home on sick lesv? when be was able to travel. Itvl Neet and Miss lora Nelson were married in the Methodist par honuge In Eugene, by' Rev. D. II. Loech, last Satuday afternoon. Mr. Neet has made hla home most of his IT-? In West Springfield. The bride's parents live In Cottage Grove. She haa been well known here for the. past year or two. We are prepared now to redeem our promise, made lant week, to tell who Is to occupy Theo dore McCracken'a new house. Call Springfield Taxi, day or night. our phone is number 3. CHRISTIAN CHURCH Rev. S. Earl ChiHIers. pastor. Pible school at 9:45. Preaching a: 11:00 a. m. Christian Endeavor ct 6:30 p. in Preaching 7:30 p. in. Special music and a fine message tor you at the preurhirg hour. Iook ou page two tor our Sunday school uiui'.nurenitMiU. Thursday uf.ernooii tho Willing Marchers meet at the church for their regular meet- lug. All members urged to be pr- sent. Note t.iat our Endeavor and pi eat nine services commence one hnlf hour earlier h)(iniiiiig next Sun day. .Remember 6:80 and 7:30. All are welcome. NOVEMBER FORMER SPRINGFIELD MAN DIES IN WASHINGTON John T. TIMman, who lived here for a time In hia youth, died at bla home on farm near 8unnyid. Washington, September 14. of heart apoplexy, aged 47. He wa burtd at Portland September 17. Ills slater, Mrs. F, 1 Weaver, of tbia clfjr, went down (o Portland, to attend til burial, and returned on Thursday, the :2nd. The Tillman family lived in Spring field for time, along about the year 1893. The father, T. M. Tillman. 1 carried on meat market here, and .John aaxisted him in it. The family moved from here to Coburg knd lived there about 12 years. The cJder Tol lman died there. John T. removed ; from Cijhurg to the Puget sound country, ami rinally settled near Sun . nyslde. Besides Mrs. eaWver he Is surviv ed by his mother, his wlf. two mar ! rled sons and one married daughter. 'SPRINGFIELD STUDENTS I IN THE UNIVERSITY The following young person be longing In or about Springfield are enrolled as students in the regular courts In the University of Oregon for this year The list may not be quite complete, and the students may not In all casea be properly rated: Miss Florence Furreset, residing near Springfield Junction, aenlor. Edward Keeler and David BIdwell and Misses Audrey Perkins, Edna Duryea and Dorris Sikea. of Spring field, and Miss Maud Gorrie. residing east ot npringrieia. juniors room for the two grades hwretofor Mss Anna BIdwell. aophomore. I served In the high school baildlog. Roacoe Perklua, Ray Wber and,the domestic science and .manual Alden Klotx. freshmen. Ray Weber tr,in,ng work w b() trmBsfermit now uvea in r.ugene. out ne graau- the Springfield high : Khooi building, where It properly be home of Alden KIotxj.ongg The room , nortnweSjt school. Thf t-rr... i v.c.m-r. iu-uo, uui n - j i- . a...k a. . ' win maae ma nome wnn Mr. Bmi!divited to provjde Mrs. L. K. Page for tbe present, and ; room. perhaps through the course. His fati er Is a brother of Mrs. Page. Hesides these, two members ft the high school . faculty, J. E. Torbet I and J. V. McPadden, wIM Uke spe- clal courses. I WEST SPRINGFIELD HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE The little home of a faml'y named fomery- Bix,1 Mr- Clara Torbet. Newherg. situated west of Mr. Daven-i hln- E,,a Lombard. Miss Ellsabeti port a and northeast of R. E. Iavid- Jame" and Miss Jessamine Nelson, son's. In West Snrinrffcplil was com.ilun"n ui6h seventh and elghtSt ' pletely destroyed by fire about the jgrad8)- c- Lambert, principal, j middle of the afternoon last Thurs- Owing to the unfinished state of day. It is supposed that the fire j 80me of tne ,owr rooms, and to avoid caught from a pipe passing through Interfering with the workmen, atlH the roof. Considerable of the houe.j'en";";ed in ,ne lowr Prt of tha effects of the family were destroyed. bu,,(llnr- "o school work will be at- They stored what was saved in two tempted in the high school bulldlue llttte out buHdings on the premises tni8 week- Tne registration and pre- ' until the next day. and then found a j ""''""ry work of organisation has aK" home In Eugene. ready been done outside, as tar a . Mr. Newberg bought the tract sev- P088'08- Student, have been In eral months ago. The house then structei not to report at the bulldluar , was a mere shack. He had put con-j"1 a11 ,his W("k- Soma will pro sidemble impi-ovement on it and on ! babl-v b Posted there to turn away the p'me generally. He had some in-, FAMILY REUNION A reunion of the llirvance and Elli son families took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ellison, near the new viaduct. Sunday, the 18th. There were gathered together Mr. and Mrs. Ellison; Mrs. Sarah Purvance. Mrs. Ellison's mother; Grover Purvance and family of Provo I'tah; Mr. and Mrs. Key Wilson and family and Mrs. Maud McCumber and two son, of Portland: Curraii Purvance. of Cor-1 pain., vim ... lu i r-m.... ! tai.ia, ,. filial .ill. i.ai I ciunuu IIIKI I .Mttle daughter, of West Springfield. Grover Purvanco is the proprietor of!"" "'ucl' "'""rcmi suojeois; T, Vivian park, a tour'st s resort near!W' Mn'l'n. "'-lence and boy'e ath Provo. He Is a brother of Mr Bill- '",C8 A- McFadden. manual trala." . .... sou. Tney nan uot met ror twelve years. The two lad!es from Portland re her si:ei-s. Curran Purvance Nicomposeu or tnree st'Dool districts, a nephew. Of Mrs. Ellison's brothers!'"1 transfer its high school to tha tnd sisters, only one brother, now in ! Springfield high school. One ot th Alaska; waa absent. The family districts failed to ratify the contract unity went up to Blue Mountain, up ! to furnish transportation, so tbe pnplla, Row river, and aient the day plcnU-k-j cp their parents will have to look ' 'ng alHiut the site of the old home orjout ,or their own transportation, In- . cluster of homes of tho Purvance j divldually. It Is probable that ae. mlly. CLEf.'WOOD CCHOOL OPENS The t'.Vnwoc I school (weit sid-J) ' je-ed Monday, th lDih. The touch-have ra mv: Ml i C-i rtvuil? Ens. on, prlucl- ;il, five, 'Ven elg'it; 1 m l Mi -..s I". . t'l It n:r , l:iw:r gfnd'.-i . 1 y.'nr or I v 1 'il- t'io i:iiiiiit- of ll:i li-' 1 s-fi iu ! w t'.:.t :ho schivii l.i?t In ini.i.it. lat In the l.iltir iit of lust ar and mince tl;e mini-, her haa hc feivutly iiarcused that tho! people of tha district are beginning to discuss tho need ot uuothori ttwher. ' ORGlZATflOF oii'i: Teaching Force,. AssignmenU: and Arrangementa for Coming Year SG Tbe opening of tha 6prluefk!I schools for the work of the year 1921-2 haa ben delayed by tb n' slty of erecting a new high achool building. Tbe school anthorites lav not been willing to postpone t&s opening one day more than absolutely necessary, because that would pusli tbe closing date too far into tbe sum mer. Today, Thursday, September 29 has been publicly announced a the opening day. for botb Schools. That plan, however. Is subject to som " modiffeatlons, by necessity.' Prof. IV , M. Roth, tbe new superintendent, ba taken pains to have nil tbe pnellmi-" tiarv w.irlr fTna mihIiI V . A f.ArAK me actual opening tm oi we wr; before that time. ' i.VJ LINCOLN SCHOOL The grade pupils have been bt- sti-ucted to be hi tbelr places tt the. Lincoln building today. Today anl, tomorrow will be devoted to organix tlon work. There will be no cluses thla week, but it is hoped that every thing will be ready to carry forward class work effectively from Monday- on. AH grade work will be carried on , ,he Unc0,n mmidlng. To make fronj the L,ncoln building; to tbe nigh corner of the upper etory hag been one more class , The teachers and their assignments: in the Lincoln building, are Rs foK lows: rs MIa8 0pal Holveraon. second; Mia.' nn st-r.nn -j - ' HKD. 1.1,1 r I Bit.- ! Grace Mrs. Anna Fra3y. third; .Mia Cry tal Templeton, fourth; Miss Edaa Piatt, fourth and fifth; Mrs. Char-,' lotte Stein, fifth; Mrs, Eula Wont- l,,08e uo ma cnance to come. Those; wno wisti to consult the superinten dent will find blm elsewhere, aa ha may announce. School work will begin Monday, In tha rooms them available. Some makeshifts may have i to be resorted to during next week or most of it. Hut everybody will be so happy to get Into the new bulldluif that they can put up with a little Inconvenience for a few days. The tei-chers in the High school, with their work are as follows: Mrs. Lillian Carpenter, mathematics Mra. Ethel B. Myera, English an! girl's athletics; Mra. Jean McKenxle. Latin id himory; Miss Martha Wil- i liamson, domestic science and art; . I 1 1'.' ft....!... . . I . , . ini" P f ltflttl lllllltrlnlsnanl - iv The Thurston union high achoa',. . jernl t-'ghth grade pupils, belonging jlr tt same families as high school ; studt'iits, will come with them. Hope from the following T0wcr3 been bro'ight Into tho ieo plant warrhonse: James Clark, C. C. Ham- nictt, Welliy St-wens, John "Seavej i.ml Ptiluior Bros. None of thvut have titccght In ull their hope yet. Mr. r.aitl.tt says the Question no'v H to find spaiw for tho hops for which s:orao ha boen abked. They Insist on having tha bales placed lit single row on end. Tha old lc house begins to have a decidedly "h-y" irtnB, rYvm-9t wnSrt A.TfH'MTri w-(cts'