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' - ' if Q MMGFIE ii &-L KIOIITICICNTII VKAH SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921. NUMBER 42,. MEWS1 LP THE RAILROADS: ITS YOUR f. Th Strike Club ia Lowered; Freight Reduction Comtfl Ntit Thi hed of th five great railroad Inner i nlona whlrh had ordered strike railed II off two or three days bcliir II was lo take rffert ll has ben slated that W O. Ire. t-lilff of Ilia Hiollmrhimd of Railroad trainmen w nppod to th strike all along ami did all he could to aoften the hit lr fen-llng. Tim milk leader. In receding: from a poallion whirl. had simply tc n- uiitwnahl. Imd lo find aotim exruat for doing so They clalm.d that lha .,.,1,11. Ii a tt tiltalinderstood lh"lr attl- ttidn. and for thai reason pulillr itl- f tiieut had bent turned against them. Tlm latti-r pait of the atafmcnt waa tme. th- ull.rr was not Tli' strlki-r w-na barking town, not !. un tlm lul'l,- mlutili'tio..d thrlr altitude. I... 1..., ...... ll unilrratnixl It loo wc'l I0E -In Vm efrlh." l.iim a g.-m-nil ;""'"" ""'' - 'row aloB.u. Tim railroad h-ada. the Uh..r'" The ni....lH-r last y.ar was l,oul b.iard. the administration In 1 1 II - n0 ... ...i ....i.ii,- liaittiifiim aim 11- a'--i i kiotHl th.lr gi.Hin-l; while tlm -V" I -j vii allira of Urn alrlkllig utiloaa ! IUMd l aland alth them In iIh'Ii Irvine iioaillon In th rinal laah. un i..-niinli linl 1 1 II. nir n it.- , , j a altout fionnoo hMiiglttv an-l vl nt lit.-n aaalni-t the rrht of the nation, and the lnw of auperlor lue and cjiml reaolullon tanmd tli-m The governmnit bad all prepare tlnna amed lo timet tlm alrlke with InJnni llona. an I treat the niovnimnl a a ronapliary, In view of llm farl that rongreaa had rrt-ated a tribunal fprealy to adjuat all uh dlfri.nl tl,. aid the railroad iinlona had a- rrptrd IU action h,-n II waa coming, tbi Ir way. Public aentlmnt waa agalnal the atrlke. aa an unlawful proceeding and an unwarranted Invaalon of the llghti of the public. It waa only Incident ally In favor of th railroad. Ta rnhllc eiprrted tha rallroada whn the danger wa pat. lo deal fairly wtth It Tlm railroad rlslefa have tlalinel lo be oliedleul lo the labor board, aa the embodiment of the law. In the mldal of the crlala. the hoard a!led. It did not command the rail mud Imiida to mak a pollution In fn-lghl ralea to balance the wage re duction orderel laat June. lmfor pieialng a claim for a frutlmr wag" reduction. The rail hrada are In-ginning to talk of Inalatlng on a furtl.er r.-d', lli. i before any freight re duction, ll Ih lo pivhiimed thai th.- board will bn aa firm with th iiillroaiU a ll waa with llm alilkeia. We aie aure llm overwhelming a'n llinent of moat of tlm Inl'-reata of lh. runtry. Inrltidlng pioinlnently the hiinlM-r men unl the fiirnmi-a of the wi-nI. la llmt a rotiHldrialile rediirtlou of ft right rat-a I" now line. SPRINGFIELD LOSES CHURCH CAMP GROUND The coiiiiiiIhiIoii apprllitrd by the mini ronfrienr.- I M-thndlHl lo e ride upon a Ht; for conference a in p ground met In Portlum! limt work to . unMiler the matter. Dr. Pnlliiiit. wl.o repivsenled tlm Spring m. a I. .11.1 ....a ll,.n,l imt I Vl it ' . .' . " . ,J Miring,,.,,. " retire1 Mien. i im n im"iii ........... .... . ,. tlm ronfeienre camp tnve.lnJ '"-I- " cx, war should be l.o'.l in the Cot j '' N"w "ko.k Uiut.ta rluh In but t... flrove site, wlmre It wo hold "' H"'H"K. I- wVhew of llev. the past sumnir. Tlm permanent lo l's Hon la fc-ft to be determined HI j Home time later, probably not until, niter the camp n ; tliig next summer. Since the a iniml conference, as a body. Is tl. conliolllng unit In Metho dlsin In a matlrr of holding real -h . late whose use Is confined to Its. Jurisdiction, and since. In llm Spring -, field (axe, at lesst, a ki oat pari of tlm fi ids was to ha raised throughout llm Jurisdiction of the conference, Ihut body would probably hare lo finally j tippiov" tiny choice by a vole. The ueorr of the Springfield church conali'r tl.a matter as virtu-j ally settHd. so rar a tlmlr api-j Hon ai' conuemed Those who, have been moving In the matter d- she, however, to express their thank i 1o th btiHlnas man and otlmr cltt-j ten et Springfield who so gciiernu-. ly auppnrled and encouraged Iheui la thutr effort. The work of setting tlm putas. for the new trolley line between Srd atreel and t pringfleld Junrllnn I ttiostl)' dune. Tlit.1 Is but one line of polos, on the south aide of the track, with tho trolley wire strung on Iron arm pro jecting -from the poles, afiur the man ner of thr eMtilc ral'.rrs f-nrr !!;. TOWN AND VICINITY Tha tre planting feature of lha Armsallcti Day celebration will occur In lha morning Tha proem Inn, mail of various civic bodies and cltl tens generally, will Im at 1 : 30. A literary and musical prog ram will be Un at lha high arhool at 2:110. Tha full program will be published next work. 81m ehangvd admirers at often ha changed her gown. Who? The wlrkedeal woman In Europe and the. moat amrowfiil. It'a told In "Reputa tion." Pilaellla Dean's latent aurroiia Hell, Sunday Nov Oth. Try our sodas, they art eodallclotu t Kagliitaiin't. Ir K. K aler KnlgJ t rar. Ia a nw Willy Fresh aaltuon for al". Will be In town Tin-aduy and Friday a to deliver l,avs order at lha Community Cali si0r. Hub Ward, Mouth 2nyl. and 1) trret. Mr t "of fin If. flnlclir,! work on ' thr arhool r;iiaiia laat Saturday On a lari-ful rhi-eklng of the llNla and a om pa 1 1 miii id rrf-lra. thj Wunt a taxi, plionn 2. Tim tnl ,lwl RrU ttrrri Tbf aiiunpliig IiikIi of her whip hit do. p into th many hide of a anarl- I ii at tloil. uml the b'Mt wna lirokrn Hr eiea r t 1. 1. I'll at a wild young man and lie tin, waa her alave Sre Th - Mun Tuiihm" with (;i.tda Wal ton. Hill. WVihu'xilay, Nov. at ft . The lieca aboui thr high arhool grounda have liven trimmed op to a good h Ight. and the arhool houe ahowa up to a liijjrh better advantage fur It. ll. C .Wheeler, of H-aaant Hill, had hog valued al $20 killed by tiunteta a few daya ago. Pprliiufjidd Hospital, Imaled on "Irei'l hot worn Itb and tb. Modern aurgery and gTadnata nnraei. Miaa It I on, aiipertntendent. Geo. I. Dean bad forethought enough to plan to eafely houav hla woodiaw and fliture on Hallow B'en night. ', i Im wn not iilto prompt enough In rartyliiR hla plan into exv utlon. Som.-body "fnicfil the anion" a little .ie m..., cn .iioiiuay morning tnni tin mum neii r.an neen remover) and car-' I l.il away ll was utirharltab enough to auggrat that there was a auspicious rolurld- nre. In the point of Hum, between the departure of bis b It and tin- ilrpiiriure of the carnival i Kind. The wrei k of u man atiiggerod to hla di'Hlli In tlie awlilliiR hlncktliHW of tho river. A block away llm woniiin who Imd wrought h!a ruin danced on ii tnlilr ut tli miiKt niagnlfirleiit bnn iiii'l ever In1' I See "Reputation", with Prlxril'H iN'iin. Pell, Wednes day. Nov. tith MIsh Kilnit lliiivcr sustained an opcintlon for hcuIi' spprndii Itla. ut the SU Klirll hobpltal. luat Thurs da) . THE SEASON'S BASEBALL HERO I Jrhn Itiiwlings. whom the busebtill If mm credit with linviiig iiind" tl." winning play In thr deciding giinm of Mm worhl series, and with h.vluK lllcniy C. Mlmll, of this city, now en- ' i . Mtf If f ' ! !.' ylVA -srtsv SPRINGFIELD STILL THE CHEAPEST PLACE Tha 4I ballotlB publlibt mb tnnmth roinparatlw) table), ahowlng the arrrage actual coat of food pr day for a family of flva persona, father mother, boy of II. girl of i and child of 2, In number of towna of Tarioua aUe In Waahlnglon, Oregon and Idako. The prlort of tha fonda la taken from autUtlri of. thi IT. 8. bureau of labor. Tha tahlea for C. tober ahow that the coat In Bprlngfmld waa loweat of all In the mrwith of May, Juw, July and Auguat, and not ruported In Reptem lier, and Harber and Kmmtt, Idaho, one crnt lower In October. The fig urea for Springfield are: April. $1.48; May. 1131; June. $134; July, $13$; Auguat. $1.42; October. $1.47. I'irtlund la among the cheapat of' the towna reported. Obaervatlona of vlaitnra will hear thla out. If you arc dlapoaed to growl at the high coal of living Imre, and at the fact that Or to Imr ah wa a rl. you may take corn- fort In the thought mat growler It other towna are probably out growling you. MEETING TO FURTHER CAUGE MANUFACTURE A meeting held In Btevrn'a ball laat night waa taken up with a dia ruaalon of the merit of th Cr.raaw guge, the atatua of the work and n,' 'l "f '"'ther aupply of ma trrlula for the manufacture of another lot. Meaar. Coraaw. Ijeralcy and Prettytivan expliiined In detail the In vention and it application, the or ganliatlon of the company and the proceaae of the manufacture. About 70 men were prearnt. Conalderable 'iitbuBlam waa manlfeated. A nnm her of additional unlta were ub ariilied. Hnbacrlptiona for about 40 will provide material for another 1000. Tbe flrat 1000. upon whtcb Mr. Pmttyman I working, will bg com pleted In two or three week. CARNIVAL A LOSER ON ITS SEASON HERE Krott Creator Show, the atreet carnival, aa stated last week, were hindered about getting here. They were further hindered by the weather at first. Tbeir exhibition waa to end at midnight Saturday, but they car ried It on over Sunuday. They were toaera on their aeason here. The American Legion, which received iercentagrt on their grcs receipts. Iclal feed string with the famous bnefltted to the extent of $23.75. Th : Northwest hard wheat flour In all ladles Auxiliary, which had a per- arta of the Wil'.amette valley. South centuge on a ring contest, waa the'ern Oregon and California, it is help gainer by 75 centa. I Ira; toward making Springfl.'ld famous A a common thing, carnival com-1 Along with their modern manufar panics simply manage an aggregatio n luring system in flour and feed they of smaller shows under contract. TU have Installed the latest type of book Scott company ownd only the Ferris keeping machine which c-nubtes them wheel and the merry-go-round; the to keep accounts and efficient ' cost ether shows pulil them a percentage. I records along with their accounting Ma rrui I Donaldson was wvll ac-' syxteiu. ijuiilnted w ith Mr. Scott's father in I . Minneapolis. IH a-id other who had PREPARING POTATO d-MllngH with the company speak With of its butilnesa methods anl P'lieral nimiuK"nn,nt. They speak of tho great car" taken by the manage mfiit to guard n?nlnt any excess on the part of any ninnliria of the aggre gation, and tin ir prompt dismissal of offenders. Ignged with the Newa- -the .youngest ' '"il "t A oldimt flstvr. lif Is not ! "Klanl" In stature, though Mr. Ethell 'has not seen him since he was a little "..y. nearly twenty years ago. He wus born in the town of i)looinfi"ld, Iowa. His present home Ih in Los Angeles, Caltfci'iilH, where his pur ents and jmurly all thuir family live. AWAITING THE VERDICT PROGRESS OF BIG FILL AT McVEY'S POINT At the overhead croaalug work, at McVey'a Point, lha channel where the permanent highway I to be, aouth of tba bridge, baa been cut out, and the a team above! haa been for eeverel daya arooping ont a cut alongaide the highway line, on the weaL The flit on the aouth aide of tha bridge waa brought up to tha lvel of the bridge eome time ago. ao that the dirt train could run over the bridge. The filling la now proce-ding on the north aide, from the bridge onward, and will probably ,-otitliu- ' tbeie until the permanent roadbed on that aide la complelvd. The progreaa there teem alow at firat, for thla la the heavleat part of the filling work. The fill at the tiorih end of the bridge la 32 fe.-t deep and 105 wide. Aa the work progreaae tbl way, the fill wilt become both al.atlower and narrower, and of courae, tho progreaa will be more rapid. Htlll. when w conaltler th time of the year and the vat amount of dirt to be moved. It I evident that the iiico will b? working In wet ronti and handJlt.g wet dirt long before the work la done. Mckenzie bridce pioneer is dead George Frloaell died at Mercy boa jltal. Eugene. Saturday. October 29, aged 71. He had paam-d 42 yearK of hi life at MiKenzie bridge. Whan he flrat came Into the region, he aa the advuntagea of that apot a a tourlat rcaort. He built there what waa known far and wide as the Log Cabin hotel. He not only furnished hot -I accommodations, but gave hunt era, fisher and other travelers freely th benefit of hi knowledge of the country. The original hotel wn burned down many year ago. and be built a larger one. He and bla wife had been living In retirement for aomw y?ars In a log house built on the alte of the old hotel. 6PRINGFIELD MILL HAS PROSPEROUS MONTH The Springfield Mill and Grain Co ha Just finished doing the largest volume of bualnes It his experienced j during its existence In any one month, j In tbe face of a aeeming period of business depression this firm ha steadl'y grown and Increased In vol ume of buainess. Since th? firm Is now selling its a'Noxatl brands of flour and commer CROP FOR MARKET B. O. Smith, who livos a little wet of Natron, though a comparatively young man Is becoming one of the trading potato raisers of this region. He planted 75 acres to potatoes this yar: part on bis home place, but mor? on the home part of the old Uugla farm, which ho has rented. He says potatoes are about half a crop this year. He has sold all of his good shipping to E. E Morrison. Having all his available storage room fult. he haa rented the building 'ast of the library, and Is doing his sort ing there. 5Vi.Tt I - -ft INDUSTRIAL REVIEW During the pa at rear every commu nity haa had lmpreed en It the fact that operating Industries and steady payrolls meant prosperity for all wtille labor radicalism, excessive taxa tion and an overdose of politic means tha reverse. Will we profit by our experience? Lnrane people want tbe branch of the Crow Madlevllle road Improved Immediately. Itend. National City bank report shows Improvement In the business situation; gradual restoration of the jlnduatrlal equilibrium which la necee-J sary to permanent prosperity noted. A nuinhrr of new houses are going up at Dallas. ficlo. 12 acre prune orchard netted $1700. Vale has a new $100,000 bank, with stork fully subscribed. Forest Orove. Pacific university working for $500,000 endowment. I N'yssn has shipped 150 carloada of; apples. j I Oregon City woolen mills to build j 'auxiliary factory In Portland. Corvallls. O. A. C. enters pcrltry 0vr to Investigate tbe walk and In at Suffolk, England, fair. 1 quire Into its history- Thla Incident Jefferson. Filbert crops producing stimulated action In the community.' aa high as $600 to $1000 per acre. Neta Signor started a subscription t Portland banks loan $1,000,000 to 'build a new walk. Enough waa sub- grain growers to move wrreat. Three additional Japanese leading grain at Oregon ports. Mnnmoutb. Odd Fallows to new lodge building here. Medford. Gold Ridge mine ships erect turns 'out $1500 brick. Joseph Herald purchased by O. G. Crawford of Hepner. Eugene. Contract lt for grading 17 miles McKenzie highway. Contract let for construction of Brandy Bar-Reedsport road. Not!. Elmtra Lumber Co. to build a largo sawmill near here. Silverton Tribune installing larger printing preas and folder. I'nited Presbyterians to raise $1. 000.00 college endowment fund in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Oregon receives $102,489.51. Wash ington $77,180.59. of the national for est fund. West St Helens firm to build a big warehouse, north of tha depot. Stanfleld. $1,000,000 bond Issue; planned "for market mads. Industries Wanted In Oregon Baker. Plant to utilite waste brick lumber products, brick kiln plant, wool evening to confer with local tegloa sconring plant. j officials and with Miss Axile Howard. Beaverton Cannery for dehydrat-j xecutive secretary of th Red Cross ing plant, wicker furniture factory. !chap,"r ,n E"Sene. relative to th J.-welry atore. men a clothing atore. j coming visit of the squad. "The Tlait Clalfkanie Food products, box fac-j' ne inap equal to this city to tory. fruit cannery, loganberry Juice factory- Enterprise. Sawmill, box factory, woolen mill, cheese factory. Eatacada. Box factory. Freewater. Canning and drying plant. UruntH Pah - fnnm-tunities for .ioir.-i... iH.t,v .. .,..., inn system of 12,250 acres. Harrlshurg Brick and tile Hermiston. Iauudry and factory. Joseph. WooVn mill. Juction City. Laundy. La Creamery, box shook factory works, cheese Pln briclt Department stor-j kiln. North Bend tannery and door factory. Redmond-Brick ! rm y "P " yard, shoe sto.. Reedsport.-Hard-' l hospitalization. If any ex wood mill, nolo mill, soft wood mill, i 8erv,, e n,an la not ,n aa Eood P0"8'' t-lneese factory. Roseburg -Sawmill, box factory. Toledo Paper mill. ch.-ese factory, fish cannery, fruit and vegetable cannery. I matilla. - Hydro - electric power plant, bank, hardware stoie. Vernonla. Sawmill, Springfield. Cannery. bakery. GAUGE FACTORY STARTS PRODUCTION material needed for! A large lot of th.i completion of the Corsaw gas gauges has arrived. Mr. Prettymun has been at wo'k making them for some tlm?, and will soon have about 1000 of them finished. To Contributors T1- greater rart of th. 200 units w k .i a , w . .u i have been subscribed for. but there Is , . , . j. . , t. a large nnmt.'r to be disposed of. So , . , , . . . far we hav; riot received any contrl- . ,... 7 ', " " : I Kan a It' A a SAI niinnAM aiiinii a k tmtw vr auv sv as " " L' rx' vssuuau a i uim I Springfield to put, the proposition on a paying baits. Now our books and 'he factory ar op-'n to 't'bllc Inspec tion, and wa invite yon to visit the' plant '"d look over our layout. It becon.' nm-essary now tor us tsj nnler ram mfri'l: and aa It comes; ifrivm tb. east, aud ft win requite tro, htt:ary It up- Wa innat gat the rest of 1 1 . i unit sitbscitt-r l for at once, a we pay cash tor all the material we buy. So get busy and line up a frHid or take another unit yourself, so as to speed up the manufacture and the declaring of dividends. HEW SIDEWALK WEST OF BRIDGE Injury to Woman Hattan Action on Dangerous Pioca of Road Two weeks ago, tbe News published! an article concerning tbe dangerous) condition of the atretch of road be twees the Willamette bridge and tbe crossing beyond. Within a week. s woman attempted to navigate tb remnant of the old stilted walk, waa) tripped by a section of tbe walk under mhlrh a stringer was broken, and wm lonildcrably Injured.- She) spent day or two in tbe Springfield hospi tal Sl.e la the wife of James ColItnsn a painter, lately come to Springfield, and living In tbe Horey building at the foot of Main atreet. ' a day or two later Howard M- Brownell. of Eugene, acting aa an at torney for Mr. and Mrs. Collips, cam scribed (about $56) to buy live mater lal. The work was all donated, in cluding the laying of the cement, and lha wn.. l nnof rnlnr Ml Ttuk ailS- Iscription provides for the laying; of a cement about the line of the old walk from the crossing east to the) bank of tlm wash scooped out by Una river overflow. The Chamber of Com- is undertaking to finance tha j building cf a high board walk frora j that point to the bridge approach. j CLEANUP SQUADRON TO BE HERE NOV. 18 Ex-aervlce men of Springfield and vicinity who have service claims of any kind against the government arw to be givei an opportunity to present their claims to direct government r presentstlves whon the Oregon clean up squad of the United States Vet-j eran's bureau, which la covering; th ' state personally, to reach reterana who have ,-laima. will be in Sprlng- flc4d November IS. r, . ... r'r A C. Kmley. advance agent of the. cleanup aquad waa In Springfield Tas- part of a nationwide campaign of th United Statea Veteran's bureau to find ' and place In prr,-ea of adjustment ix-r service men's claims of every kind, in cluding compensation, hospitalization, vocational training, insurance, allot ments, back py, travel pay, etc..' said Mr. Klnley. "Evry veteran in ', lliis vleiiitiy who feels he has a claim of any kind should arrange to meet the squad, or if one knows of somt 1 comrade wl-cm he feels haa not re ceived bis Just dues, be should inform him of the visit and purpose of tbe squad.1 A physician is included in the per- 8onn'' of ,ne 8,',,ad ,or i t al s when "nt-ring the servire, and fvels bis condition is due i i brlnK hlH cl"lm before 0x0 ttenuP w "' hT. eMm'n"tion rt hlu u.ua.ui,.,. ha ehoiM nnt 4a 11 every euori win ue maue to siraiguceu out old unadjusted claims as well as handle new claims. The provisions of the Sweet bill governing the re instatement of war ' I risk insurance will also be explained. h, Id br'n ''. ceriuiraies, or ceriuiea copies oi same and any other papers which may have a connection with their claim. Fred Lemley wl'l be pleased to give addi tional Information end will assist veterans In preparing claims, Cliff Wood, who was here a year I0 ,88t Ju'y t'learlng up Insurance ,. .. , ,. , , , applications for the Jion, la now ai . , , . , member of this aquad and will meet ... .. , . u" th evening of November U 1st the W. 0. W. ball. '. Ceo. A. DertMnger, ef Eagene, died . at MrMinnvils?. Oregca, Tuesday Oet. , 2o. aged SO. He waa the father of Miss Vera Dei f linger, now Mrs.. Bill, who was a teacher lo the 8prUogfleU high srheol for two year. He la sur vived also hv hlk wlte. knnlka, iIkh rl.. f uml a spn The whipping claws of an kufnrUted lion brought doatb to a veteran, ef tho arena but but daughter took U.e whip aud lashed her beast around the ring, It's to be seen la "Tbe Man Tamer", wtth Gladys re.! W.rhiesday, Nov. eth. Walton.-