1 MM UT v. or NINKTEHNln O, lib, S HUNG FIELD, LANE COUNTY", OHEGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1922. NUMBER 1 " 1L MIL- LAST WEEK'S GREAT PRESS OATHERINO A compotlle and rather extraordi nary nnlhnnf of nawtpapar imn, pt or pasting, present mil future, of the state of Oregon, wllii a few from Washington and California, was bold In lb various building of the state uulwrstty taut Friday and Saturday. Tb Now regrets that It was not ebU to give more attention to It, and would be glad If aoni of Ha patron m lathi have looked In upon some of tha dliMlon; for tlwy bad to do chlofly with the points of contact be tween the newspaper man editor, publisher and printer and hla work, on tha ona hand; and thw merchant manufacturer, mechanic, professional man and fnminr, and their work, on th other band. It will help any Intelligent and open minded bualnma man to get tha bet reault for htmaelf and hit bualnet out of hla dealing with th newt- par man to look In upon tha eon ftwwncei of aucb a body of men: to bear thwrt dlnmiB. aven for an hour or two, tha condition and methods In wbloh newspaper, larga or tmall. In all kind of places, ore made; why lhay do thin, and why they hava to do that; bow they tit and adapt them- lve to all th" contantly varying; lined and lntret of a romplei ewlety; warp their own p!ana and tntereata, a It were, around evry obatructtng rock or root In their ef forta to serve every one elae't In threat. When such , a conference conHM again to Eugene, or, If you please, to the Springfield or the rout ing year; to Corvalll. lha aeat of next year" conference, or whenever you may be living and doing bulnet. you bu!ue man of Springfield, who are In danger of ehrlwlmg up from loo long and loo contanl a contempla tion of one act of obJcl through one pair of gimme, take an afternoon off. and take a look In on It. There wa too much of thl con ference. It had too many part, and m mw too lltll" of It to make any detailed representation of It worth much. It aeemed to be a bringing together In ona goner I conference, of atatewlte arope, but not atiictlr limited to the boundaries of Oregon, the Oregon Editorial Aanoclallon; the aiata meeting-of memhert of the At aoclnted lrs; repreaentallve In till fluid or the Cnlled Pre; and the fuculty and student holy of the state university achool of Joumulism. Extract: . From a Ially Emerald new noto. "The men here are editor. publisher iiiHiiiigYra and ren-entHtlv.-'fi of the. varbm newni npiTfl of the atate". Etneral I editorial: "The Emernld Join with the !itlre tulPtit body In extending to you a hearty welcome You are tlii lufluentlnl citizen In your coiiimiinltloM. You are the mould -M of public opinion'. Wo hniu ar arnliiK tho irlncliVa and pntc- itcci which form the runric of your llnea" From rrcMldcnt CampbeU'i pub lished addre of welcome: "It In a fine thing to have tlw editor and pub llHbtrn nMn'iiibpl on the chiiii! for the dlHciiBBlon of ItiMr problcniM and tho litirovi'ini'tit of their iirofHHlon. The annual aeHKlon aro productive of iiiHplmtlon both to the pre nnd to tho university." METHODIST CHURCH REVIVAL MEETINGS The revival aervlccs at the Met ho dial church wore wll attcniVed on Sun day. The congregation! have not been large tlnre. The "break", a If I commonly called, began Tueaday evening. Since that, there hag boon a noticeable tooaenlng up, good work at the altar and good reaulta. Tha kind of campaign Mr. Beunard con ducts doet not depend, for It effect lveneit upon crowd and artificial ex hilaration, yet It It datlrable that at many people at poialhle hear hla meaaaget. They commend thenmlve to tha good ten, and to the heart of all. reasonable people. The evan gellat doea not rly upon the tenia tlonal, In bit ttrmont or In bit method! In dealing with the peopK Mr. and Mri. Lea Clark attended a joint InitaHatlon of the I. O. O. F, and Rabekah lodge at Junction City, on Wedneaday evening, January 11. They report at having had a very en JoyaWe tlma. Mr. Nellie McFaddtn, of Junction City, returned with them tor a thort vlilt. ' Wood of all klada for tale, Walker, Springfield. r. h NOiICK I with to tlncerely thank the W. O. W. for their klndneet and prompt payment of promlte. Long live Ue W. O. W. Fraternally, Mra. FaflJile drlftta. TOWN AND VICINITY ft. 0. Matter of tha 2nd Avenue Oaraga hat a 1923 Dort touring car In mock. Bee thl car befora you buy. Phone If. "Th Faca of lha World", atricklng story of social problem adapted from tha novel by Johan Bojer, ona of Eu ropea greatatt author. At Bell, Sun day, January IZnd. Wood or all kind! for tale. Walker, Springfield. F. H. J. W. Baker I obout tha street be tlmm now. Ha think ha It progre Ing, though aomewhat alowly toward at hiaat a mesiurablo recovery of hU former wet'th. Ha la at III auffarlng aoma of tha affertt of tha blood ponlon Irg from tha wound In bit band latt tummer, ( . Start tha morning right with a wbolaooma dlh of Jianvr'a Break fttt Graham. " Sold by feadlag grocer John n. arn Is cult seriously ". contracted a cold from ex- poaure In bla work abova Mabel, bad la grlppo and then pneumonia. Ha waa brought down aome time ago, to his rldom;e on Seventh and F. Ha It In a generally run down condition, and la likely to have a tedloua tick neta. "Hip Van Winkle" haa hoen anloop for many yeora, but ha will be at lb Dell theatre, Sunday, January 29. Dr. 8. Ralph Dlppel, dentUt, Spring f Id. Oregon. VVr. Itoyal J. Glrk, Speclallit, correctly fit gluc. $8.00 and up. Tiring thl notice. 908 WtJIamette, St., Eugne, Oregon. The l.lllt acros the McKenilo were covered with a light blanket of enow Tueiday morning. W. O. W. meett every Tueida) Yeiterday morning wat the coldest of the aeaaon. Yet It waa only re ported at 20 abov. For private piano lemon tee Mitt lluth Scott or phone 128J. M E. Hrattaln did not go down lo t'UNhman laat week. He ttayed to attend the revival meeting. Hit ton Crod went down yetrday, to look aifier the farm for nwhilu. Hobit It. Whiter and Uoldu M. I'rrk were married hint Thuraday evening, at tli' homo of tho brides paratilH, Mr. and Mr. Holt I'ark, In KuKCiie. Itcv. Wm. Mcll Cnso officlnt Iiik. The I'nrk fiimlly fonnerly llvod In Springfield. t . IT a liUHband ucxl n-U hit wife, and Cfiile her the affectloi sho ha a right to expect whnt would you have hor doT See Euld IIitHband's Frlond", diiy. January 25th. ll..nnett In "Her it Doll Wedna Dr. S. Itulih Dlppol, dentist, Spring field, Oregon. Mrs. Jmch llafner returned, Sun lay. from Oregon City. She was culled thero by tho death of her father oeveral weeks ago, and has been kept there since by her duties as ad ministratrix of her father'a eHat. She and M,r. Hufnor purpose to fit up their home for rent, and remove to Oregon City. ... j , . . Wood for sale by National Product. Co., the old Fisher Boutin mill Broadway ttreot. F. H .Walker. on "Her Husband's Friend", a love story of "a good fellow's" wife, foatur-.hng Ing Enid Bennett.. At Dell Wednes dayJanuary 25tb. ISf OH OFFICER ! i Wf HERE'S A $v n ' is' ? Ilfel HOLD-UP r-1 SJL sy Vf PERVERTING THE RECORD DOES NOT BUILD A TOWN Wa fiwquffnVy "e In ooe of the Eugona papera a L lenient that uch and aucb a ohlpment, lumber, for In itanco, ha been mada from Eugene. If It It lumber, It la loaded on tha cara In tho middle of tba yard of tha Doolh Kolty aawmlll at Springfield, and goea from tb' Springfield elation to Portland a directly at It can go. Of rouroe. It goea through Eugena, and It goea through Itatnaburg, and It goea through Halaey on Ha way la Portland; and anybody at either of thoto point, who la not othurwlne a-gngrd bat the privilege of gating on thoae cart loaded with Springfield lumber, bound for Portland and aoma- where beyond. If ha wantt to. But flwra It no apeclal alg-nlflcanca In that In either com. Wa tuggeit that tba Harrlaburg Bulletin make a prac Uca of recording, each week, the hlp ment of o many cara of lumber on aucb and auch day from Harrlaburg. SPECIAL NOTICE TO NEW READERS On account of tom mutter of apeclal Intereat which the next four I iky will contain, tamptet of The Newt will be tent to a number of pcron who have not heretofore been UMcrihero. Thl it to aiaure you that they will coat you nothing, and you will bo In no dangwr ln receiving them. W wtah you to regard them at tem ple Indeed. We wtah you to make careful study of each of these Iitnues and tee If It will not be well worth while for you to become a permanent subscriber. While others at setting forth their ware In thla special way In thero special Issues, we Invite you to glv a little attention to our, to The Nws Itself. It It true that we are giving up so much of our space to tbe apeclal advertisers that the space we ordinarily rive to local news and other Interesting matters Is somewhat shortened. If you want to tee the Newt at Ita heit, or in Iti everyday character, subscribe, and become a permanent acquaintance. Note carefully our published terms, for either advance or deferred pay ments. MRS, NANCY McDIVITT Died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Floience Luther, in Eu (cue. Monday evening. January 16. Hor fuwral was held at the Christian church in Springfield, of which she I was a member, at 10:30 a. m. yestcr 1 day. nev. S. E. Childers. pastor of tho church, conducted the services. The burial wa In Laurel Hill ceme tery. Marlon Voatch. of Eugene, had charge of the burial preparations. Mra. McDIvitt come to Springfield about 12 yea ago. from Dea Moines. Iowa, to be with her son. George ...u- ... ... uviiMt'r, woo. wiiu nu son. win L.utuer waa thou carrying on a blacksmith shop on the corner of 5th and Main streets. Both the son and grandson died within the next two years. Mrs. McDIvitt continued to live In Spring field until within a fow weeks of her doath. She was born In Mas8achus"tts 89 years ago. She was twice married. Her first husband's name was Luther. She made her homo for many years about D"s Molneg, Iowa, She leaves 'a daughter In Nebruska and a brother , Ma88acnusett8. During the years that "Grandma McDIvitt", as she was affoctionately called, has lived in Springfield.-ghe endeared herself to all who knew her. She was a Joyous and steadfast Christian, a living encouragement and CAN YOU BEAT IT? LATE OPERATIONS AT THE BIG SAWMILL The Booth CHIy Lumber company It now working: on an order for about 600,000 feet of lumber for ahlpmejit to the wt eoaot of South. America. The veaael which la to carry It la due to V from Portland In the early day of Fedruary, and the lumber will be ahlpad from the mill two or three day before, ao at to be loaded di rectly from the cart to the boat during the limited time that the boat will remain In the harbor. Thl order la mostly for one and two Inch lumber,, form 4 to 12 Inche wide, with tome tmall timbers, from 24 to 20 feet long. The . order on which the company commenced Ita run thla winter for "Jap Sijuarea" a term made familiar In the Japanea. export trade ilong timbert from 12 to 24 Inchet oquare. They have cut kim of the aame atuff alnce, for which they bad no apeclal order. The export trade baa been the back bone of the lumber operation In the north wett thla winter.- REVENUE COLLECTOR SEND WORD TO PUBLIC The time bat again arrived for mak ing your Income tax re turn i. Tbe law provldet that all returns must be In tba office of tbe collector of Inter nal revenue at Portland, on or before March 16. 1(22. Those falling to comply with the law are subject to heavy penaltllet. All taxpayers are urged to make out their return at once, thereby avoiding the rush at the last boor. For tbe purpose of assisting tax payer of Lane county In making up their Income tax return for 1921. Deputy Collectors Davis and Earle of the Internal revenue office, will be at the following named paces on the datea given below: Florence on February 24; Cottage Grove at the Oregon hotel on Feb ruary 27 and 28; Eugene at the city hall on March 1 to tbe 15th, Inclusive. For any Information you may desire In preparing your statement, please call upon tbe deputy collector, as per announcement herein made. Respectfully, Clyde O. Huntley, Collector of In ternal Revenue. JOHN N. DENNY Died at his home on South 2nd street, about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. He had been about the streets until the latter part of last! week, and was not considered really sick until Monday. He sat up nearly all day Tuesday. He seemed to bo token with apoplexy. Mr. Denny had llvd for about 13 years on the Goshen road, near the overhead crossing. He has lived In SprinEfio,d about 5 years. He Is sua- 'ih h hi. if r a.h nonn. ........ .... - a daughter, Mrs. Edith Brlggs; and a son Wm. Denny, who occupies the old home. The funeral will be at Walker's chapel, at 2:30 Friday. inspiration to many a tried one. She loved the house of worship and sought the companionship of Christian people-. Mrs. McDIvitt was taken sick about three months ago, and continued in the rooms where the has made her home for sevaral years, over E. E. Lee's store, until a few weeks ago, when at the solicitation of her duughter-ln-'.aw, she was removed to to her home, where she died. A boy was born to Mr. and E. E. Brattain yesterday noon. Mrs. TOWN AND VICINITY "Tbe Faca of tbe World", Hodkln son production, adapted from tbe novel by celebrated European author. Featuring Barbara Bedford and Ed ward Hearn. At Bell, Sunday, Jan uary 22nd. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Master, and baby daughter Loit, went to Portland Monday and. returned Wedneaday la a new Dort for which Mr. Mattert It tbe Lane county agent i The editor, rather tbe pre men- end women of the state bad th-lr day two days In Eugene last week. Tbe former of Lane county are having an all-week program tbr this week. . C. E. Brattain, for many years a citlsen of Springfield and vicinity, for tbe past two , years , a resident of Gardiner, bat been vislUng here for several days. , , s - , Train and auto met head-on, and they fell smashing Into Love! See Enid Bennett In "Her Husband's Friend." At Bell , Wednesday, , Jan uary 25th. ., Wood for eale by National Product Co., the old FUher-Boutln ' mill on Broadway street. F. H .Walker. The 8th grade examinations, last wteek, were conducted by Prof. Lam bert Tbere were 18 in the 8th A. 29 In geography and 21 in physiology that took the examinations. In a game of basket ball at tbe Hish school gymnasium, Monday afternoon. Miss Lena Belle Harper, a high school student was thrown to the floor and her glasses broken. It woe feared at first that her left eye might be in Jured by the bqpken glass. A physi cian extracted one tmall bit from the upper eyelid. Tbe injury waa not serious. George Cornwall, newspaper man of long experience, who baa built un and Is now publishing "The Timber man", a large magazine devoted to the Umber and lumber trade generally, spent the fore part of this week in Springfield and Eugene.. caUinr noon all the establishments engaged in any branch of these trades. "The Face of tha World", has the problem of how a young couple becom ing too Immersed in their own selfish Ideas drifted apart only to be recon died when they learn the shallowness of their own folly. At Bell Sunday, January 22nd. . A gang of men are engaged In re newing timbers on the railroad bridge over the river. The fire department was called out between 9 and 10 yesterday morning by a flue fire at the home of John N. Denny, on South 2nd street. The wall was Just beginning to catch from the heat of the chimney before it was ex tinguished. The firemen used chemi cals. Mr. Denny was lying at the point of death at the time, but was not supposed to have been affected by the necessary excitement The council, at a special meeting lust evening., called for that purpose, settled the details of the process of the Issue of the refunding bonds. The issue is $35,000, In denominations of $500. The Commercial State bank takes the bulk of the issue, the First National bank takes a block and sev eral Individuals take the rest. All but one of the subscribers are Spring field people. Adjutant M. H. Clement who has had charge of the Salvation Army corps in Eugene for several months, has been transferred to the command of the corps in Boise, Idaho. Wm. Dawson of Albany underwent a minor operation at the Eugene hos pital Wednesday. He arrived in town Monday and is staying with Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stewart, where Mrs. Daw son has been a guest for several days. "Her Husband's Friend" is a Thomas H. Ince production featuring Enid Bennett with plenty of laughs At Bell Wednesday, January 25th. HELP A MOTHER FIND HER WANDERING BOY Mrs. Sam Grlawold, Camp Point, Illinois, had three tons in the world war. The youngest Emerson, went west In April, 119. Was fn Washing ton, then In Portland, and left there for San Francisco with two com pinions. In June 1920. Since then, all efforts to locate him have failed. Age 23, height 5 teet v Inches; weight 150. Fair complexion, auburn hair, inclined to curl. High school and college edu cation. Studious reserved, but makes friends readily. The mother will give $50 for the first tntortaatlon. Write or wire. STATE BANK OF COBURG REORGANIZED . The stock holders of the State bees ' of Co burg at their annual meeting; elected new directors and officers for: tbe ensuing year. For the past seveat years Mr. R. T. Wood, acting in capa. city of It cashier, owned and con trolled the majority of tb . stock,. This stock baa recently been takes over by nine substantial cltlsens of Co burg and vicinity. Tha stockholder at this meeting elected at their di rector. Lee Smith. . Clinton Hard, Loren F. Longcoy, Bffle V. Ward and - E. J. Willoughby, The new stock holders of the bank are E. tL rayne, Ef fie V.Ward, Loren F. Longcoy, Clinton Hurd, Lea Smith, Joan W. Flick, Mra. Elisabeth Flick, A. L Ty ler and K. 1. .Wlllooghby. ,T&ss 4 , . rectors and atocknodera are all heavy taxpayers of Lane county and .live la- . or in the Immediate vicinity ofCoburg-. , They are vitally interested in main- . talning ,a bank, at Cobarg. In tura , the director elected as officer for f the entuing,year, Loren T. Longcoy,, preaidenv Clinton Hard, vtce-prest- dent; and John W. Conoway, of Port' land, as their, secretary and cashier., Mr. Frank C Bramwell, state super . intendent of banks, .was, present at thla annual meeting. Hie timely, sug gestion and advice assured tin new: ' members, as well aa the old atock -bolder, that the. reorganization was -tbe thing necessary to give; proper impetus in stimulating interest and maintaining a prosperous bank, lo Ue - community. He pointed out some of - the many falacies of a "one man bank" , and assured all present that the bank was now in good running order and es tablished on a firm foundation. Ha . also promised bis hearty cooperation and support in all the bank's futur developments, i . Tbe financial condition of Coburg and vicinity are more or less stria, gent due to the fact that none of last yeers crops are movlng.Coburg being situated in one of the best farming districts In the valley, is dependent entirely upon tbe farmers.. Very lit- . tie of .the farm products are selling. Tbe bank being the financial center of this farming area, and Ita stock holders being farmer of the comma- Lnlty, the progress of the bank for the ' oming year is, vsry bright and prom , HOWARD S. tycGOWAN Was born In Indiana, August 22, 1861. His parents moved, when he was small, to Sears bo ro, Iowa, and later to West Liberty, Iowa, where he waa principally reared. He came to Oregon in the early elghtys and lived for a time about Mitchell, ' in Crook county. Afterwards he lived for considerate periods of time In Nebraska, Kansas and Alaska. He was married to Mrs. Llda D. Wheeler, at Sigourney, Iowa, July, 11 1907. Mr. and Mrs.tMcGowan and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Korf (Mrs. McGowan'a daughter and eon-iri law) came to Eugene in 1909. In November, 1910. Messrs. Mt-Gowan and Korf, purchased the grocery business of Flegal and Rych- ards, in Springfield, and conducted it for about two years under the firm name of H. S. McGowan ,& Co. In 1912, they removed the stock to West Stay ton, and carried on the business there for a time. In November, 1920 Mr. and Mrs. McGowan returned to Springfield. Last July, Mr. McGowan met with a very singular accident which, led to his death. He was working at hi woodpile. Seeing some blocks fall ing from the pile, he threw up hi laft arm to protect hla face, and the corner of a block wounded the ulna nerve. All attempts to obtain- suc cessful treatment or relief were una vailing. The nerve was destroyed and shrunk away. Mr. McGowan suf fered excruciating agony tor most of the time until his death, which oc-. curred Sunday evening, the 15th. The funeral waa at Walker's chapel, at S p. m. Tuesday, and was con ducted by Rev. , Frank Fay Eddie, Unitarian, pastor at Eugene. The burial .was in Laurel Hill cemetery. Besides the wife and daughter here. deceased leaves these brothers and sisters-; . E. jd. MIcGow&n and Mr. Cora Lamborn, of West Liberty, Iowa; Mrs. H. C. Fellows, Henrietta, Oklahoma; D. E. McGowan, Silsbee, Texas. Both in his business relations and bis home and private lite, Mr. Mc Gowan enjoyed the respect, esteem and . confidence of all who knew him well, i Though quit and reserved, be wa kind., tender and faithful. Mrs. McGowan and "Mr. and Mrs. Korf wish to testify their apprecia tion of the sympathy, and , praottcat kindness of. many friends at shgwn to Mr. McGowan during the period of suffering and to themselves In their affliction. , A