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TTTT Tf TrT MEWS II IM II II II IT 1LILV i'3 KKJ1ITKKNTII Y ISA 1 1 SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DKCEMBKK 1, 1921. NUMBER 46, MILL OPENS WITH GOOD SIZED CREW General Rejoicing Croett Whlite After Long 1 Silence the After auapenclon of nlno and a half month, the lfit Booth Kelly mw mill wa ivopeiird ( 8 o'clock flil morning, with out any ceremony! except th blowing of the whUtie. It' lb am old whltl. but It' t seamed Ilk Minnie, fter ww had been ! no long wUiuut anything but the faint! treble whlll of Iho power plant to1 toll ua when work time came. It ha1 tint been aet apart aa uch by oy pro- flamatlon of Mr. Harding, Mr. Olcott.j Mr. Kgglmann. Mr. Dixon or Mr. Jar-' rrtt; but thl day wltl be generally ob-, served In Springfield and hereabout j aa a day of rejoicing and thankglvlng. j Nut only on the part of the men who' went to work In the mill thl morning1 and their famine, btu on the part of weryboly about the town, of what-' ver occupation, or If no occupation i lly this long iiM-iilon of the chief Industry of the town, we have been ' made to frvl how much the Inter)1! ' of u all are bound up with tlir Inter ' at of thee men III the luacklnaw nnd Ilcker. ! A well a rould l:i calculated ye tx rdny, the mill wa expected to own thl morning with force. In all de-' partmenl. of about . 130 mi'n. Every one of three would b a former em ploy.'. There would tm absolutely no new nun employed. Even at that It would not be posftlbte to place all of the former employees who would be val'able. It wa thought probahl that thl forte might be increased to ISO within the next two week. The minimum wage paid will be It ree dollar. ' Mr. Jarrctt, In dlritlng tin open ing. ald It ought not to be thonght that the mill wa atartlng up to meet; any great demand for lumber, lie aalil ' It wa oi pnlng with only one bona fide! cr ier. Mow large an order be did not1 ay. II ald the fact In the cane1 were well expreed In statement ' mad.- by Mr. Dixon, sum time ago.' that the chief puroee in lrtlng up! Jimt now waa to relieve the unem-' ployment situation. He did not anil dpata any great Increase In the de mand for lumber before next miring. Iloiw's l.oiilng by everybody In Si rlngflt Id that the compuny may -ll every board and allck aawed out of the lug now In Iho pond before May. INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Copper road nlg'ia on our hlghwaya would be everliiKtlng and not nerd re plarcimnt ery few year a do ordi nary painted or enameled metal algna aurh a hup I at present. rortlnnd building permit allow a gain of 179 per cent In October. Ilvppner. 8 foot vein of coal being opened on Willow creek. Huntington. Hlg free gold strike on Soda crik. Oialn. I.IO.OOO hotel p'aniud for lUmwell Spring retort near hern. Pert land. 6 big steamers nnd 5 jmall ones docked here lat week. Portland. L.-ad lypncll factory ea tsbllshel hei. Portland. New 12 story 1780,000 Hwetland hotel to be built, Itoaeburg Light and Water company re enlarging their plant at Winches ter. I cbanon building armory 80X100 fwr Pendleton. All bind lues except for septic tank defeated. Board in an has a new 8 win cheean factory. C'obiiig forming 10,000 acre drulnage district. Oregon election laws Just lu4 rover 318 pi gc of flu print and ex plnl i why th.Te I a constant tiicrou, In the non-voting class. Springfield. Loud Manufacturing 'oni.any will make ready-made dwell ing, Qiadlng and graveling road two in I In north of Albany under way. Omgoil to get $248,01)0 of $7,000,000 lo-in to hlp state farmej. Corn show In progress at roqiillln this week. Ilroom factory now operating In Nya. . Marshflcld. Prospects ; bright for lumber Industry In Coo Hay district. HeedHfort lumber mill resume Operation. : Columbia river highway paving com pleted from The Dalles to Roweus plant. - i, Union Bridge company, of Kenton, j-lannlng construction cf a. fypoono Next Friday evening, ltocnihf I. (be Ann-Mean Legion mid the Ladle' Auxiliary will nominal officer for the coming year anI two week from that llmo will be election night. All Diiinljnm are urgently ruueted to el t curl both mooting "THE OLD NEST CRIPS MOST HARDENED CRITICS When "Thw Old Neat" cornea to th Unit theatre on Sunday, iMicember 4th the p4ople of HprlngHeld will liav a chance to Me a picture that ha been hullml by rrltlca and reviewers as thl moat gatlnfylng all American picture that has yet been produced. The thvnre, that of mother who aea ter six children leave her, on by on, I common to American families. All the poignancy of fueling that then h-ov takings arou Id real life have been caught on the screen. Rupert Hughe the author of thl unusual tale of mother love. He ha sought to prerenl a cro-ectlon of a uuiveral theme aa applied to an American family. All the Joy and sorrows counei tl with raising fam ily have been dramatized. Each of th children grow to manhood cr woman hood wit;-, hi own Individual intereta, then If re the old lienl to fallow the call of hi delres. Only their mother Is left to her lojilliies and her mem orl Hut, a In every American fam ily, the young remember the old net aivl return to It. Tho picture wa produced by Gold wyn and we directed by Reginald llinki-r. Mary Allien play the old mi ther, and her performance l, been old to bo manurplec0 of screen acting. toll bridge at Newport. Company to Incorporate to o pernio bridge. Atoria City budget for tho year la $2"6. r.9Z, without pn-rk levy. Krho t lephone company Is string ing more cable. Hood Itlver. Next yvar'a bud Ret provides ftr iwluctlon school In the school taxu cf about 25 per wt from this year. Total of 19! miles of highway have been paved In Oregon during the pat year; $18,409,191 expendel on roads with $18,000,000 on hand. Ort-giu wl! rei-vlv $310,749 of tbl federal road afProprlation. Howburg. Oreaon Orower hl,i more than .1.000.000 pounds of tliL new pru-ie crop. l-ant forest section of the Mount Hood Iop highway to be graded next sprlnfc- Astnria get new candy making plant to build modern factory. Trout crwk wat'r tinned Into MolHlla wit.-r innliiH Portland --$:'00.000 Shrine hopltul proponed for next year. Corvalll. New drug store to open on College Hill. Pc-illand to got n new $300,000 apartmrnt 1ioiih. Valuable mineral found In rock on tl'e Newport Tole lo' hlgliv. ay. Albany. Mint county I plomwr In the production of high grade cattlo. Marshfle'd Woi k starts on. tho new trout hatchery for Tvnmllo dlH tilct Lebanon. Crown-Wllliinw-tte Papor company flniHh d getting In drive of 1000 cord of wood. Grant l'a. Highway being built to Jiotpchlue Cave. cot $125,000. Dun Winfrey, who now lives at Pleasant Hill, submitted to an X-ray examination In Srringfie'd. Tuesday, which showed that an Internal trouble from which ho la suffering la in some adhoHloiia from a former operation. It Is hoped that It may be removed vMbeiit further surgery. r , ,X Ue . ; vv a rTrrmf? ont t, "'DC!' wo Fn!r,?:r tit.' REVIVAL IN FULL SWING AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Rvangellat V. W. 7-ook arrived late Monday evening, and after very tiring trip from Ceres, California, stepped Into the pulpit without hardly a moment' rest, and gave a stirring and encouraging addres principally for the members of the church. I Tuesday evening he spoke on, ."Fooling With n-.llglon": and Wed nesday evening. "God's Challenge to 'the Church". All them subjects are Interesting and helpful to everyone. 'and you are missing something If you are not attending these meetings. Rev. Zok's knowlelge of Scripture in quoting Bible verses Is ansual. His manner of apeaklng la forceful and straight from the shoulder. Thn a ng services are guaranteed cure for the "blues", "grouches" or any surh feeling. Come and aee for yourself. Follow the crowd. TO KEEP LIBRARY ftPFM nru FVFNiwr.' Prof. J. E. Torbet took up a sub scription during the past few days sufficient to provide for the additional extense of keeping open tbe library for the other four evenings of the week for one month. Aa a matter of co operation among the churches, four persons agrrt1 to be responsible for attendance during these four even ing, fit in 7 to 9. Ry thn end of this month It Is hoped that permanent pro visions ran be made to keep tbe li brary open six evenings In the week. Gifts f f late magazines ami other gool current liK-ruture will be appreciated METHODIST CHURCH INSTITUTES NEW FEATURE A new feature of educational work Is being Initiated by the M"thodlt church of this city in the "Church Night" program, which beglna on Thursday evening Of this week. it consists of a weekly program of clannes and devotional meetings, on Thursday venlng tf each week being taken up from 8:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. ri. There are five dUtlnct classes for va rious kind of Instruction, provided for all age, from the little child to the adult. Decides this Vtiere Is a dfvo tioial period, and a scciul hour. The same plan ha been tried In a number of other church over the country, with very gratifying results, and It I to be hoped that this program will be a feature of. real value In the life of the church aud the community. THE NEAR EAST RELIEF CAMPAIGN Ml Margaret Hold, .who was In charge of some rf the orphanage work In Armenia during and after the war. and Is now a tencher In Portland, oc cupied he hour of the evening ser vice at the Methodist chinch, Sun lav evening, with a very touching and In forming addrvss on the conditions, pant and r resent, in Hint country. She sketched the history of the persecu Mens which the Armenian Christian church and lh. Armenian peopK had endured at the hands Of the Turks for the (iOO years that the Turks hav ; been In the country, and detailed tho butcheries which have, been perpet rated from the entrance of the Turks into the world war to the present time. A subscription and a cash col Vet Ion for the Near East Relief fund was taken at the close. Rev. K. E. Rnmbo spoke to the high schotl ou thla subject Monday after noon. This address was preparatory to the exhibition of the moving pic ture, "fAlVce in Hitngrrlamtf, lllus tistlve of Armenian conditions, which i . ; - - if W. O. W. ELECTS OFFICERS; BANKER IS ARRESTED At the rvgular meeting of the W. O. W. last Tuesday evening the following member were elected to serve for the iK.-xt tlx months, with the exception of banker and clerk, who erv one year: Past council commander, 8 II. Richmond; consul commander, Geo. A. Cox; advisor lieutenant, E. G. Sankey; banker, J. E, Cross; clerk. II. B. Free land; escort, H. M. Neet; watchman, G-o. E. Fludley; sentry, A. O. Tom eth; manager, W. F. Walker. There was a fairly large attendance and the evening wa well spect. Deputy sheriff. R. P. Mortensen ha arrested J. E. Cross by request of prosecuting attorney W. F. Wallopr, charged with causing the disappear ance of a lodg ritual and one or two more serious charge. He will be given a bearing next Tuesday evening. Visiting neighbors welcotae. I BUDGET AMENDMENT AT SCHOOL MEETING Two members of the board, the clerk and four other electors attended the annual school meeting at the high school building, last Fiklay. Tbe law governing the action, the pub lished notice of the meeting and the budget. Item by Item were read by tbe clerk. All the legal formalities of the occasion were duly observed, and the prescribed order of business was strictly followed. In the tentative budget, no provi sion was made for s reduction of tbi warrant indebtedness of $12,500 now outstanding. It was the opinion of the members of the board, concurred in, apparently by all present, that a sinking fund should be provided for this purpose. So. a motion to amend the budget by adding to tb proposed tax levy the sum of $2500 for the re duction of warrant Indebtedness was carried; and the budget, as thus amended, was adopted. With thl addition, tbe amount to b rained by district tax. as shown In the publibhed budget, will stand at $:2.78850. was given at the Bell theatre Immedi ately afterwards. Mr Rambo had presented this mat ter nT'th-e Christian church the Sun day evening before. Rev. and Mrs. Rambo were missionaries In India for several years. TOWN AND VICINITY Jrsse l.oiah has been confined to the house for the past ten days with some Internal trouble which was diffi cult to diagnose. He went to Eugne Tuesday, and had a thorough X-ray examination made. This showed that I thn trouble was caused by adhesions resulting from an operation several years ago. It is hoped that the diffi culty might be removed without another major operation. - W. O. W. meets every Tuesday evening at W. O. W. hall. .Mr. Prettyman's employment in th mill machine shou is not expected to 'serlrualy Interfere with the manufac ture of the gasolina gauges. Orders token for sixteen Inch or four foot old growth Fir. Loffer Blacksmith shop. South 2nd. street. Mr and Mrs. C. E. Wheaton euter talnvd at Thanksgiving dinner Mr. and Mrs. Herbert and Mrs. Sue Gila and daughter Lulu. Call Springfield Taxi, day or night, our phone is number 2. Does a ragged little kid aud a faith ful dog effect you under your vest? a ww y- ywvwi Robert Newton Griffin died at t o'clock this afternoon, after a linger ing slcknens, of cancer of the stomach. His mother, two brothers, two sisters and all the member of hi own fam ily were by him. Full particulars next week-. STREET CAR AND JITNEY SERVICE The appearance of a jitney bu on the street of Springfield I a mere incident In the cl.ange from the old street car line to the new. On ac count of the necessity of abandoning I th old bridge, tbe Interval ba been longer than it otherwise would have ! been. People ought to be patient with any kind of makeshift that wa neces sary. To run a bu to West Spring field was probably the best device the street car company could adopt It Is our understanding that they could not run one of their own. They are pay ing for the service, and we hare rea son to believe that the fare do not pay the cost. They are carrying pas sengers from West Springfield to Eu gene for 6 cents. If persons pay the bu fare. It cost them 15 cent to go to Eugene. If they are able to walk over the river, they go for 6 cent. People are mixing np a possible raise In street car fare from S to 8 cents with this temporary makeshift. They are two separate matters. The far raise is no new matter. The street car company made application for the raise as far back as last May. Th? state railroad commission has fixed an early date to act upon It. Persons well informed on the matter are of the opinion that it will not grant the raise. The street car line will probably be opened about January 1st. Then the Jitney wltl disapper from the street and we will probably lw back where we were. There Is nothing In all these matters as yet to Justify anyone "tearing his shirt" about them, as dear as cloth U now. DEATHS Mr. Constance F. Gannett ' Wife of E. A. Gannett, died at their heme in C'ove?dale, Monday, Novem ber 28. aged 50 years. She Is sur vived by her. husband, two sons, one daughter, two sisters and two brothets The funeral will he held at Walker's! chapel at 1 p. m. today, and will be conducted by Rev. Parker, Methodist pastor at Creswell. The burial will be at Laurel hill. Horton Mrs. Kathryn (Cameron) Horton, wife of Wm. C. Horton of Springfield, a veteran of the civil .war, died In Portland, Monday November 28, aged 64. Her death was due primarily to an attack of iaf'.uensa two years ago, from which she had never recovered. Her death occurred at Portland, where she had been for about three months with her children and grandchildren. She was horn in Canada. The body was brought to Spring field yesterday afternoon. The funer el service will be held at Walker's chapel at 3 this afternoon, conducted by Rev Thos. D. Yarnes. The pall bearers will be selected from the American Legion. The burial will be at Laurel Hill cemetery. . The Rebek ah will have charge at the grave. We hope to present an obituary next week. Then se "Bi-eexy" Eason, the wonder cl: lid of the screen in "The Big Adven ture", at Dell, Weilnesday, Dec. 7th. Dr. S. Ralph Dippel, dentist, Spring field, Oregon. H. J. Cox has bought of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Burkett a lot on C. street between 6th and 7tli. He expects to build there in the spring. . Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mll'er, of Cottage Grove, Mrs R. M. Wagner and daugh ter Gladys, of Eugene and Mr. and Mrs. B. Thorn, of Junction City, were guests of Mr. -anl Mrs. Win. Donald son at Thanksgiving dinner. i Try our sodaa. they are aodaliciouj at Eggimann'a. , Mrs. A. B Van Valzah went down to Portland on Wednesday evening of last we; k, and spent several days visit- ir.g with her two sens, returning Tues day evening. F. W. 7.ook is conducting the re vival meeting tt the Christian church for ."vral week. ( Start the morning right with a wholesome d;h of Jasper Break fast 11 ulixni. Sold hy leadiug grocers The river lia risen, to. something near It former lu'itcM from the rain of tUt) ptkt tww day.- . v . ! Rjilph -Clurk : returned Monday, from a three-week visit to Hood Rlvr, Oregon. He, traded (or a ptoe .' nr-'y - ;ti ,". ,!n. I ) Naturally Situated to Make A Strong Industrial and Business Center dl Springfield occupie a position of po-" cullar natural trength and advantage, especially with reference to certain lines- of business. Situated at the Junc tion of a system of valley, large ant mall, radiating from thl juncUoa point to the east, southeast and aontla it occupies the key position with refer ence to the activities of this connect ing system of valley. It position Is peculiarly adapted t make of it a strong Industrial town. Thl I not the opinion of persons partial to Springfield only, or of per sons whose Interests or wishes warp their Judgement There are persons who are not personally identified with Springfield, who, nevertheless, art studying its prospects. Its capabilities and it advantages, and who hold ths views we are here setting forth. There are possibly more person outside of Springfield than there are In it who have an Intelligent and hopeful appre ciation of ber capabilities and are ex pecting Urge things of her future; ani some of them are in a position to make th?ir faith count for something. These thoughts are not much more than reproductions, in other words, of cheering snd encouraging utterances -of such a one. to be spoken to the peo ple of Springfield through The News, Springfield should bo In the future, and will be If hr afrair are not badly managed, or h.-r proper development interfered with, the natural outlet of the products of the system of rally m before spoken of, in a higher state of development; and not only so, but It naturally should be tbe supply point for this same region. The time to begin to prepare to take advantage of tbe opportunities is at hand now. To wait until the great railroad shops are in full blast will be to wait too lone. Do- you. , doubt. Springfield friendV that those shops win he built Well, there are persons outside of Spring field who do not doubt It, snd who are making thair calculations on it. No one can say Just when the actual work will be commenced. It is not likely that the railroad managers themselves could tell that if they were so dis posed. But it is the nature of things that they must be built before very long, unless sonw dire calamity, wholly unforeseen, should prevent What' a wenderful change In the whole aspect of things about Spring field the mere driving of the first cer tain stake to mark off the ground for those shops will make! What a, change In the currents of business )n$ Ufa in oi? this region! Noborly will doubt any of the things said here as to the strength of Springfield's busi ness position when that begins to come to pass. The man who is pre pared to start with the new current of Springfield's business life, in cer tain entirely new lines of business, will be wise. But this forward look should not Induce anybody to swins loose from the firm anchorage or care ful economy. Springfield is going to need. In these coming days more than she has oi cool, level-headed, but pro gressive business men. sgo, aud expects to move to it at th opening of spring Mr. Clark thinks the recent storm which was so severs In that region, did no great damage to the fruit in the Hood River valley. Want a taxi, phone 2. The tail that always gets there. Dr. S. Ralph Dippel is in Portland, in attendance upon the state dental association. . . ,- Dr. S. Ralph Dippel, dentist. Spring field, Oregon. The Jury, In the second trial of Fred Thomas, on s charge of second degrea murder, for the killing of Wiley Hub bard, at Dore-a, September S, . re turned a verdict of not guilty, late yesterday afternoon, after being out nearly 24 hours. . . ; W. O. W. meets every Tuesday evening at W. O. W. hall. Mrs. M. Elllinjsa has been sick (or about a week, though not .entirely prostrated. Har daughter, Mrs. F. R, Alexander, came up from Corvalll yesterday evnlng. Mrs. Billings will return with her tomorrow, and remain until she lecovers. Dr. 8. Ralph Dippel, dentist 8prlc field, Oregon. ' . W. O. W. meats very Tuesday '-v..r r' '. . V. iU ADVI1 S