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TTT7TT PMRG FIELD. M A SritlNOFlED, LANK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 21. 1921. NUMBER 45. UliMLr mOHTERNTH YKAU THE LATE STQRFtl A Rain, Sleet. Snow and Floods Prevail Over Oregon And Washington GENERAL ONE After a period of occasional drlxslea and alate Income tai. steady raln. a good deal of Ihe tline Halem. Mai Ion ronrt boils" lo have h'atler than iihiiuI. at In here Frl- $20,000 Impiovciiirnte Including eleva day evening, and continued, wliliout tor. any decided break, for H hour r j S'vum In manufacture broom from lior. Ihirlng Monday, th ralna ramn ,riHun orn grown here. Intermittently In sudden hard dashes j On gi.n to fit-n.l $l,34J.s:i on mat The Willamette, which bad been low km rt.mU In 1922. ' before, for Ihe time of the year, aoo i I Florence. 3 aawmllla, 3 shingle began to rise, and continued lo rise n.llU and 6 logging camp running. rapidly until some lime Monday even- Ing. Monday bImuiI noon III" walr . l-egan In go ever lit" bank In places on III wesl able. There waa never' at any time a general spr"d of water over tba botiom. Currents of water which mailt. ihelr way ihrough low, channel In fields between the Vu title blgliwny and th main tlinnoel were lakn up by a'oiigha and illuhi'4 and never made lhlr way lnl In.' rl r on the m.Nh alile of the bottom, Travel wa beginning lo li ililrut- ed alMinl Ju'tklt I'olnt and Juxl w! of the river hrlilge. The flood bi-aiin lo recede Mon lay night. ! Th Mohawk, whlih 1 a liver win low bank an I aub)ect to kiidd:'n rises began lo tve re nrled tM.iililei.ome as' early aa Hulordav night and Hunday. ' The M. Kenle made a greater rlsrt ' than the Wltlamettv Moi'lay and Monday night II was over a good ileal of the low land brtween Spring field and Hendricks bridge. A con siderable extent of the Mohawk bol loins near the Junction of the rivers, I waa overflowed by the back water fioin the MrKenxle. All the stream wvre rectdlna al 1y Tuesday. The flood atoppd Jul 1 short of the point where II wou'd Ieg1n to b very desiructh-e. Th Inst strokes of th storm here were some sudden dashes of rain, driven by extremely violent winds, during Monday night As Its long continuance would Indi cate, this waa a part of a general atorui, covering the gieater pari of the state of Oregon, a'l of Washington an I perhaps much of the country he- yen I. The gt-ticrnt prostration of wires makes rept'ita fii'in the moie ilifttm.l points tinceiluln and Ix-luteii. It arema tht e cihikH II very mild ly, as comiared with all the countiy l Hi.' north and northeast of ux. On both slip's of the Columbia, nhoul I'tirtl.iml UI..I uhove, there ciune a fl.et licav) iiiotit:h to break down many oith.u ln and (lot milroiid Ii.kUs with a hi'iivy co:ii of Ice. Ileuvy a on ft II in a'l hlKh liioiinlnliis und llnoUKh iut north. 'astern Oivroii an I WiikIiIukIoii. ItiilroHd tiaffic Ihniiik-'i-out most of the region covered by the hloi III hus been giciilly di'l lllilfi'il. Hired communications from Portland ciist lus l .mi eutlr.'ly cut off for two or three duys There have been many breaks In milioad lines In norlh wi'slern Or 'gon. Malls from the Perth have Ix'en delayed and Irregu lar here. II baa been one of lha woiht storms experienced In I lie north west In recent ars. KLAMATH FALLS LINE FROM THE OTHER END Mi' anl Mrs John Fitigerald spent II. month of August. September and October In a tiip. the principal ol Jectlv, of which waa a visit lu the region almiit Lakevlew, where thoy lived for a number of year. Thy went by auto,, visited Crater 1-aka, went down on tha other aide of the Cascades, and Journeyed on to Ike view. On their return, they came to Klamath Fa!a. aid came horae from there by tralu. by way of Weed, Cali fornia. 8i me of Mr. Fitigerald'a obaorva- a a i - ii.. f .l,..uLnav Mivlnn throw. light on . matter In which the peo le ! 'Of opringiieia ae arrTiiiy, iiiu might aeetu remotely IntereaK'd. Iike view has been served tor a number of year by a narrow gauge railroad, cilled th Nevada. Callfonila and Oregon, whoao southern tenuinua waa t Reno, on the main line of tho Bouthern Pacific. Lately, tho Weet- rn Pacific laa acquired that part of this Hive betweon Rno and HackaUff the point where It croaaea tho West tm rtclflo. The remaining portion from llackataff to Ukavlew. la not dol-ig much, aud tha Ikeviw people aro iT;ailv ccocernad about their proapfwts for atfUleut raJlroaU eet vU. J r aoma yara, a "nc' r' Southern Pacific,' leaving tl.n maid :iHa t I'T'rulnr, Nnda, weet ef tl.ii-n Q OUSTRIAL REVIEW VV, 'auiaman flroa. mart pnbllcal. ' Pacific Herald." Portland . a 100 by 100 foot five alnry com .fie building. . Cnrvaiiia baa new nor taciory. i Oregon Grower association wx ports I An I... .. - . ., B(,lna I ,.-v in..--, t.i .... -. i roiiimiia river wn"Bi eipniris iri 117 per cent In 1921 Chea factory lo go lip on lower Sllets Hay. Oregon voters will fare single Mcdford W0 car of pears shipped lo eastern luaikcta. eaatero luaikcta ena ern mni c lale Hupl. Chun hill favors county , ' . . . i.MI unit will, .oiiiity tat levy, ti sen county aolertb.u if teachers county building arliool houses Ashland raising bonus for lie 0(10 hotel. 'oil tun I 1025 fnlr promise new toimirui lli.n t lallng )S1.000.000. HI. Iletuna Lumber caigoea for punt wwk lotal 1.4(10,000 feel. M'-dford Clarion abaorba AMhland Siin iv Ileal In one publication, Th" IVillea deillriitrn $1 1 4.000 tdvle aiiilltorliim January I. Kugene - lli.l. I Onb.irn plans KH), mhi aparlnieiit addition, Caiiliy pansy grc wer produces 0 Muiids of ieed worth M.0(H1. Oergon paved ): miles of road ill l21 costing fl.4os. 191. i .. , . . tai in eugenn ior aw one, an j oau oewi ttgene grower harvesting second;. " , - . . 1.1 iff, t'l r li.- I irm (ri d n i.-. Medfird maiket supplied with borne growu straw Irerries lleeilsporl. Large tract of spruce umber lo lie cut lor taper mills, Portland Hrlck company to erect 'fveral large plants In Canton. China. !rilmer votes 6 mill tax tor I he vcu r.ignway. taker. - llonanaa mine Installing h- lamp mill. K'rho pushing for a road lo Hatter Cli-ek. Hllvmton Weyethauser timber In teresis to build a sawmill near here. Hah in Is planning flOO.tinO civic auditorium Marshflelil Hliipinonl of IS cars - of w hite cedar lumber made to Chi- Ulgo llond Issue for IS0.0(H for tho Ciiiii.il oregini iirlKulion diHtrli't tarC'd. Will bulhl 975.000 flume fiom IH-Kchutes river. S iiillu'i ii Pacific compHiiy to sp nd J;l lioii.iiuo fir Imiuoviuients in Oi-e-eo: llneN Metlford -An X dny run nt the Gold HIiIkc mine piMtir'il )1T4S Pine City P.uiler Crook road lo be liniioM- l for 12 Miih'H nt u cost of :tr .ooo. Spokane Is na:ilii iiKiiHtiuK for loon' tiniiul of utlliili'S. Most citiea havo alililuloned loctil lillltilcipul regu'atioil of public service corporation, tl.o courts having irilfr-iinly upheld state power of rule making und griintinic of snffii lent l uinliigs to sHfeguurd so cm Hies h:is I em wc.king its way northwest-j erly. i nsslng Pyramid lake on th" , west, and on Into Cullfornla. Hyon;I ; Miisiinv iv. Callfornui. It ruts out two , iiliinilies westward, townnls ljiase'1 Vutloiinl paik. The people about i al.evlcw ha 1 built some hopes of iv- lief on this branch; but they lire now , about convinced that Ita extension north from SusaiivllV will carry it to the west of Gooho Lake, and leave Lekevlew to the east. It la lexpectod that this line will Join the KtuuititH Fa'ls Hue somewhere near Kirk, the prescut terminus. The country through which It la lo bv' built la said to be a comparatively eay one. It Is easy to seo what a tremendous strength this line would add to the system of which the Klamath Fal'a line Is. to us, tl o moat Important ele ment. It would solve, In pa it, tha prob'em of an )f( fcy t eastern connection, tha forcible separation of the Union and Southern Pacific ays turns.' It would give a much shorter line to the northwest for traf fic coming from the east over the Southern raclfle, and It would ahare with the Klamath Falls 11 all the benefits of the easier haul. W. O. W. meeta every Tuesday evening at W. O. W. hall. The Loyal Ufreana, E. E Morrison' rlais of young rrople, married and single, held their business ineatl-ig Friday ay nlnr, and "elected the fol lowing Officers: ' A. R. fluked, presl dent; Mra. I'.a Adams, vloepiwslitenf M Kit la V. .-aio, aeretary-treasurer. Tha to ul feature of the meeting la-le-iiVid aebt!r.Ml wfreerrer., SCHEDULE OF TRIP BY BUS AND STREET CAR T. I Hllllngaley, auperlntendenl of Ilia H. P. street oar system In Uak'm and Eugene furnishes The News Ith the following facta concerning Itho Eiigv-na and Springfield street car; 'service Tim cara will not croaa the old hrldgn any more. The West Spring field atatlon la now, and will be until the new lino la open, the limit of their ( tun. The auto bua will make con nec- lion with every car. Ita atartlug point! will b at Main and 7th atreeta. It will Ifave that point at 22 and 62 mln-Jmoiora. They are now making rhang-e ufea pant each hour. Ita flrnt trip will la thHr plant which will lnrraie their be at 1:22 a. m., Ita laat at 8:22 p. m.J capacity about 75 horae power. Thla ll trip will connect with the! They have ordera now for all the car leaving Kugene at t p. in. I garages tbey can build. Ilut the d - The cara will make thlr trlpa mand for houaea la coming In at nuch during the aame houra aa before, but a great rate, and It la ao evident that them will lie no bua after the time inameti, i no lara lor inr pnnie inf. inare aeciaea io corammii irn? uianu- 'by bua and car, will be the aame fca.facture of houaea at once. Tbey ei-j , , I , , .1 .heretofore by car alone. Ipect to resume full operations, after i ..,...,. . , n , U.. Illtll... .Int. ...M n..t hnil .1 i-i i iiiiiiii,"i7 " " y " I.. , . L A. I II. e new line wuma n in ninrraiiuu, I... i ,l..iK, i ..l.ul.lw liMffira the fimtl,H ' f the ) - DCATH$ . .r-" . a- . i ' " Judd Bundy Iiied at the home of hla father. Wro. Hiiu'ly. In Springfield, Saturday even ing. November 19. 1921. Il? waa born at J uni Con City Oregon, March 9, lSSfl; and was 25 years. 9 months and, 10 days old at the time of hla death. He hail ben In tho naval reserve at' i .... t- 1. 1 ... . ... .1 .. art j Iiremi lull, v. niiiiifiun, iur huijui iv months. He had been alck for a con siderable time, had Ixen In a hospl- . " . "J . V Uiouniii iiuuit? a uuiuiv ins i death. ! Ilesldes hla frtlu-r. ho leaves a brothvr. N. L. living here; twa brothers. Lee and Carey. In Portland; land a alatrr, Mlsa Itclda Bundy, Id Med ford. The family have lived In thla region during al! bla life. Tbey lived at Marcola for several year. Funeral set vices were conducted at Walker's chapel at 10 a. m. Tuesday, waa at Plousant Hill. A delegation from the American L"gion pot of Springfield attended the remains at the funeral and burial. i Thomas Benton Masters Was born at Jackson. Ohio. Septem b. r 18. 161. an I died at his home in West Sprlngflcil. Saturday evening, November 19. 1921, aged 60 years, 2 months and 1 day. He had brvn alt-k for on!y a few days. Hla d nth was called from arulysls. Tho family has not resided in this region long Mr. Maxt is was carrying on a gaso line service station at tho Collins Hliif stand. He H survival by hla wife; a sen. R. G. Masters. In business in Sprliigfle'd; and a daughter. Mrs. C. I , McCreedy. of Powers, Or"gon. j Funeral services were conducted at Walli.T'a chapel, ut 2:30 p. in. Tues day, by Hot. Karl 4'hil.lera. The hiirla! was at I.nurel Hill cemetery. Joseph Prvker A wel' knr.wn pioneer, died nt hla homo near fvxter, Tuesday night, Hged Srt years. !! will be burled at th.' Pleasant 1 1 111 cemetery today (Thins lay ). Rev. W. A. Elklns, paa- lor or ilia l tir.siian cnurcn at r-ugene. will con iuct runerai services at ine cemetery at II a. m. W. F. Walker j Don't forget the Auction Sale Frl will have cl'.itrg) of the burial. Prof, day aud Saturday at Corsaw's store Parker, the principal of the Kugene on Main street next to Gray's Cash high school, is a son of the deceased ' NEARING BasBiBsIiaaBwaaaaBBBSsBBBass-wawaaaasaBa ipfC"" i". i WILL MANUFACTURE DWELLING HOUSES Tha Loud Manufarturlnt corpora lion fitted op for operation, and mad J an experimental run of several week working almost wholly on portabi- garages. It waa not their expectation la the beginning to do much In the way of building houaea before next aprlng. Tba tat tbey have made ahowa Ihem that th:-y will need mote power than tbey bad provided for. ho they have tleclded to discard the at-am plant tney were preparing to put in i and run altogether with elwlric' thla demand will continue, tbat thevjfor wives and husbands as well as ,1.1. 1 f- n..,!,...! I n m nrl ( kill .un UOIUU IUI V. . . ..v u....0 hv weeg - ..mn. nf their line ga f vs, aavaa u. " of work In tba abafe of a 5 room bun-j galow, complete In nil Ita parta, even! MMHUnAn ..mH.lrivu with All th modem convenience, that can be put I,. I t, a house Ever n.r. nf thA ' work on the houses they turn out. In eluding th doors and windows, will be done at home. MONEY FOR NATIONAL FOREST ROADS I'orCanl, Nov. 21. "The signing by the prestlent of the Federal Hlgh- way act, appropriating $15,000,000 for i . . . . .. . jforest roads and trails, makes avail- able at once $758,913 for national for lest roada lu Orgon, Washington, and i Alaska and marks an Important step toward tha development of the great i -sources of our national forests". . atatea Geo. H. Cecil, dUtricl forester i of the North Pacific dUtrlrt "The I bill provides $5,000,000 for immediate I expenditure aod mak(-s an additional I $10,000,000 available on July 1. 1922. There la Immediately available for I road construction on the national forests the following amounts: Ore gon, $310,790; Alaska. 925S.273; Wash ington, $1K9,S70. This moiwy will be used In extending the present lns.de- quale road aud trail system of the ( national forests of the two states and pii Sunday, Nov. 27th. Alaska, the development of which is j so vital to the effective protection! Special Thanksgiving services were and utallzatlon of tlulr valuable na. to be held at Marcola Wednesday even tural resources " j ,n?- and a thanks offering was to be The act appropriates $9,500,000 for ,!vpn for ,h re,ief of 8tarvirg fcrest rouls of rrimnry importance Armenians to th stales, counties, or communities.: The secrni tilal of Fied Thomas within, a 1 joining, or adjarent to the;for ,;,e murder of Wlly Hubbard at national forests. Of this amount $:!.- D;rena will t-egfn Friday. 500,000 is made immediately- available for apportionment hased on the area Rfni-mbvr the meeting of the bud and value of the land owned by the et committee at the town hall. Fr.-governme-:t within the national for-' evening, at 7:30. At this meeting ests. As heretofore the construction ! "' anrt a" taxpayers of th? town of work will be done by the V. S bureau Spriugfie'd will l-.ave an opportunity of public roads. In cooperation with '" cxproas themselves for or against the forest service. propos-d levy, or suggest any modification. Mr and Mrs. J. C. Hafner and baby. rurnturfi hardware and paints at daughter went to Oregon City Monday ; ,.li8 ,har) rflst next friday and Satur ror the beginning of a visit of pro- Lav on Mal Bt,-eet next to Gray's bably a week. Tire special occasion ) Pl,,h x. p.-.- erccerv store. of tn? visit waa to attend the wending In Portland, Tuesday, of August Kloer : and MfHtt Fkt hAra Hafner. hmthnr nf HafMr of Mr iUtw. & Carry. THE END TOWN AND VICINITY furniture, hardware and paint at ! than coat nest Friday and Satur day on Main etreet neit to Oray'a Cah Si Carry grocery tore. lYof If. A. Scullen, a graduate of the I', of O. and now a member of the faculty of O. A. C. came up to Eugne, Saturday, with hla wife an I little daughter to attend the "home ccmlng" and aee the football game, and maiVe a ahort vlult, Sunday, with h)g Bft Kfn Clendenning W. O. W. meeta every Tuead&y evening at V. O. YV. ball. Ceo. W. Tcrkina la pushing bla new houae towarda completion, slowly, but steadily. It will be a beautiful house when It la finished. "Dangeroua Curve Ahead" warning moioriHia. eu ounaay, nor. iiio. ' a rather smooth check artist n "lacr "'"""lu . cleaned up over 1200 from several CIOHIICU UV Wrr vv i firms In Springfield on Thursday of ' 1. . , t A Tl K,.n weva. lie carricu m -ui F chase of baker's goods under hla arm a he went from place to plac. to make It appear that he was buying tor a household There 1. no clue to P' WenHiy. v -- Ordera taken for sixteen Inch, of four foot old growth Fir. Loffer Blacksmith shop. South 2nd. street. R. W. Smith had planned to take advantage of the school vacation to go down to Portland yesterday In his car, and spend the rest of the week with hla daughters there. While he was speculating, yesterday morning on the probability of being able to get through, he received notice that he bad been drawn on a special venire for Jury service, and gave It np. The Auction Sale at Corsaw's store Friday and Saturday Is a good oppor tunity to save money, don't paa it up. Tonight at Steven's hall the Fort nightly c!ub, composed of married people, which enjoyed themaelvea to a great extent a few years ago. danc ing and playing cards, will meet, re organize and arrange their prog i am for the coming winter. "Dangerous Curve Ahead"! Not a traffic signal, but the title of Rupert Hughea' sparkling comedy of married Tobe Litrol. who lives on 6th and K streets was brought home from Wxfed, California, last Monday. He had ben working In a logging camp there, and had a l'g broken Just at quitting time the Friday before. He is being -cared for at homo, but will be obliged to re port at Weed within a specified time. Mlstws Lettie Whitaker and Doris Holland, who are employed In th county clerk's office, visited friends In Ccburg over Sunday, and wer de tained on their return by high wator in the McKenEi. A movement baa been under way for some time among farmers in a re gion extending north from Coburg Into Linn count', to form a drainage dis trict, and drain from 11.000 to 12,000 acres of unproductive land In that region, by a syamm of ditches, con necting a number of sloughs along the way, the whole system having an out let through Rig Muddy creek. The cost of the project la estimated at from 1 to S dollars per acre. A community dinner and supper will be glveu at the Odd Kellow'a hall al Coburg, Thanksgiving -day, to raise fund to build a playahed (or tha school. A fall houo greeted the picture w blrh whs put on at the V&1 theatre list Friday night for the benefit of tn 'ibrary. Tud who have been faml ihr with the. re;roeatatlcna of that character at tha Bell generally regard ed It aa a or tine piece of eMig The rt.t ,na fium tha ticket ma a.r. isprinrf' " jui Hlon, Monday mora not all tn yet, and the amount of the ling. The n. rent a have lately eome 1 EUGENE SCHEME - OF )' Serious Advance Looking ,ta Annexing this Town -To Eugene -4ha For a month or so there had bates rumors that a project to annex Spring field and all that Ilea between ta tba county seat had been dlscassed Ik some circles In Eugene. The New had not regarded It aa a matter catl ing for serious consideration. Bat few days ago, a delegation, aa tney called themselves, of three or four citizens of Eugene, claiming to come In a representative capacity, cam over to Springfield, approached a number f our citizens, and seriousry broached tha project We do not. know that tbey received any en couragement from anyone, but we it know that they receved some very d- cided rebuffs. We hope there will be no more of this matter. It Is always possible for be people of a town Ilka thla to aleee along while somebody ta pulling aome !d ol wlrei that might at least suae them a good deal of f.tilnTit,l' toent. at least. We can imagine how persona of certan cast of mind, whose " thoughts had all been centered on tht interests of Engine, might think ther could see how Eugene might be bene fitted by the annexation of Springfield but we find ourselves unable to even imagine how anyone In Springfield could see any benefit to Springfield In It. Pass over for the preaenLthe ab surd and grotesque geographical figure that the united (by no means consoli dated I town would afford. The Spring field of the coming years, enlongated eastward, as the Eugene people are expecting It to be, united to a tow a that does not now approach, within two miles f it would make a shoe string ten miles long, with a big knot near each end. . ... , Z The dominating interests of the two towns are decidedly different tn character. The prospects which are opening before Springfield, which are themai objects of attraction to Eat. gene, will mak.- the divergence still . gieater In the years to come. Unite Springfield to the larger town whil their relative aiz8 remain somewhat as they are. and in the early stages of the period of development upon which it aeems about to enter Its ex panding interests would be dominated by men who have been for years ac customed to valce local and personal interests chiefly as they contribute ta the greatness of Eugene as a luunlct- ipality; and the growing enterprises which Inte'lipsMit Sprlngfielders would regard as towers of strength to the vigorous ri'mmuiiity they were build ing would be locked upon by those in control of their affairs only as com mercial assets for Eupene. No: Springfield had better k"ep the control of her own affairs in her own I'anrtg. She can work out-her own destiny better within the counsels of those whose interests are identified with hers than by such aid as Eugene is likely to give lr. Springfie'd's peculiar advantages must leave fcr discussion la another issue. MILL WILL OPEN FIRST WITH A NORMAL CREW The Booth-Kel'y mill will open Thursday, tbe first day of December. It la expected to open with a normal crfw. Nearly all the men who were on the force before the suspension have reported in person or by letter. There are applications enough In ta fill any vacanctes there might be several times over. The 4L general meeting, which waa to have been held in Portland Monday and Tuesday, waa exrected to influence the wage scale.' - That waa delayed one day on account of ti e storm. The outcome la not publicly known yet CARD OF THANKS In appreciation of the many kind nesses rendered during the lllnesa and death of our beloved husband and father we wish to express our sincere thauka to our friends and neighbors and most especially to the ladles of PIdo Circle No. 45 Neighbors of Wood-' craft Mrs. T. D. Masters. Mrs. C. L McCreiady. Raymond O. Master. A M - daughter was bon to Mr., and "-" v io.t, home near "it: ANflEXATIOII