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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1922)
f IE SPEMG FIELD NEWS NINETEENTH YEAH. Sr RING FIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, REDRUARY 9, 1922. NUMBER 4, LATE MOVEMENTS AT L Dry Kiln and Dry 8hed Planned Haavy Outaida Ordara Looking Thalr Way The sample Iioum put up by the Loud Manufacturing corporation, southeast ot the main factory building baa been used a an office, They ex peci to "II I Land put up a dliforen kind of building for an offloe. ono that will enable them to demonstrate at (lanes, sections of all tha different slylaa of building they era prepared to put oo the market. In thla office Mr. Edward I Knapp. vice-president of tha corporation, bold forth, and answers a dally at ream of alia for tlmatea on varlou kind of building large and amall. for plana for build Inga, and for endleae variety of bual nea detalla. (oral, by telephone and; by mall. Tha corporation baa from tha flrat been conatanlly making change In tha original building, and adding one convenient- after another, to adapt thvlr plant to the need of a new bual n and provide for new develop ment. Among Improvement, regard ed a pressing nocessltio. to be pro vided In tha Immediate future, are' these: A dry kllti of larger rapacity,! to Im built Just north of the old lum ber he:l; then the convention of lh old ahed Into a dry shed; the dry kiln and the abed to be contacted with the factory and the trarka. Monday, Mr. I.ludey, the foreman, and hl workmen wera changing a section of the east wall of tha factory, to make room for a apeclal adger. the only one of It kind In Oregon, to en UI I II IU I .IP IUI 1IIV lllV UI time ot order they ara receiving for car atrip. To ahow tha drift of the widening nd Increasing demand for their pro duct, among tha order on which they had aubmltted plana and estimate at Ilia beginning of thla week, one was for a gymnaalara In connection with the public achool at Creawell. to be (0 by 70 feet. Another waa from a party In Oakland, California, perhaps tba promoter of a new residence tract for raaldenrea of various alie and de algna. In block of front five to one hundred. H Thla I a live concern, and It I for tunata for Springfield that It haa been established here. HOME FROM REEDSPORT, WILL TRY THE McKENZIE Chorle llnrgi B ha for sewral year spent the harvest season most ly In operating harvesting machinery, and tho winters mostly In trapping. Ho had been trapping In the neighbor hood of IliMMlMiuirt. until lie culled to the Jiome of hit raronts, Mr. Bill Mr. Cha. M. Hiiikchs. who llw near Hoyden bridge, by tho serious sliknens df bin mother. Khe I now recovered nnd ('buries I planning a trapping ex I edition up tl: McKoimle. HICH SCHOOL AND GRADE EXAMINATIONS Mid year examination Imve been held In the High school the flrHt three day of tht week. The atate eighth grado examination having been bold till wlntor about two weeks before the end of the sewoster. It whs thought bet to have all the grade ex amination taken about thnt time, and thus koop the cluses In line. By thl advance In the time, the old eighth grade A ha had vacation. It wn dismissed from the gram in or school, and no rdace waa yet provided for It In the High achool. JOSEPH BRYAN SPICER Died at the home of hi ion, 8amul Bplcer, In Marcola, at 11a. m., Buuday, February 6, of pneumonia, aged 80 year. Ilia wife Mr. Llllle A. Spieer, of Halcm, and his on Samuel Splcer, of Murcola, are tho aurvlvlng relative. The body wa prepared for burlnl at the undertaking parlor of W. F. Walker, In Springfield, and was ahlpped to IOIkln, North Corollna, Tues day. METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Tho. D. Yarnei, pastor. Next Sunday will be Lincoln' birth day and It will be appropriately oh served at the Metbodlat church In the morning service, whn tha pastor will preach on one of tba live Issues which have resulted from tba moat outstanding achlevment of onr mart rred president-' Everybody weloom. DUD FACTORY TOWN AND VICINITY r. II. Hamlin want to Portland, Mon day, to tak a course In Instruction preparatory to assuming bis duties as postmaster. W. O. VV. meet every Tuesday evening at W. O. W. ball. A party of Bout hem Pacific offi cial went up the Wendtlng branch and back, oa Tuesday, on one of their periodical Inspection trip. The party was mad up a follow: E. L. King, division autwrlntendent; E. E. Mayo, rltlef engineer, of the Portland divi sion, which Include the main Una and branches from Portland to Ash land; O. W. Donnell, roadmaster, whoee work cover tha main line and branches between Junction t'lty an! Koseburg. Dr. 8. Ralph Dlpple, dentist, Spring field, Oregon. It had been announced that Rev. 0o. Rnnnard. who recently conducted the revival campaign In the Spring field Methodist church, waa to open a similar campaign In the Metrfbdlst ri.urrh at Junction City on Wodnea day evening of last week; but on ac count of the local arrangement, the mvetlng were not opened until last Sunday. Tom Mix make a thrilling leap ti' rough closed window ten' feet to the rain sodden ground below. In "The fntaiiw I", a bewitching romance of th west. At Hell theatre. Saturday. I'rt.f. Itoih ha had a pretty severe cold In the past week, and lost a day and a half from hi school work. Ft) It SALE Two n. 1. Ild rooster, good stock. I'hone 111 H Spring field, ltc. While other schools In thla part of the county hate reported serious breaches In attendance on account of sickness, this season. Supt Roth re port that up to the present week the attendance had been better than ho had known In any achool for aeveral year. For private piano lesson, see Miss Ruth Scott or phone 12 J. Wednesday. The opera chairs for the seating of the balcony of the High achool audi torium, wWch have been ao long de layed, arrived at the elation yesterday. The doctor report a great many case of sickness of certain klndrvd ailment, ranging all the way from common cold to real "flu". They dlagnoae them usually by the mildest name that la Justifiable, but tbey aay. and everybody know, that there la a real epidemic, and a good inanv cane of the real "flu", but It .Is nothing like a severo a form as It was three year ugo. Numerous stories have been written of the givst northwest, and a many have been portrayed on tho screen. Hut only once bus permlHsloQ been given members of tho Royal North west Mounted Police to participate la tho plcturo making. Thla one was for "Cameron of the Royal Mounted", a Ralph Connor story. At Hell theatre Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dorlty have both been ccnflned to their home for several days with the prevailing cold. Frank Rennle, of Thurston, has been sick with pneumonia for several days. Dr. 8. Ralph Dlpple. dentist. Spring field, Oregon. rind MrPherson and family have all been confined to the hoiisw for several days with colds. KETEL'S AMBER-O-LATUM AN ASSURED SUCCESS John Ketela returned from his busi ness trip to Portland last Monday. He says that Meier A Frank treated bits royally during the time of his suy there, and of course they treated all other exhibitors la the same way. They ba1 undertaken to put on this demonstration of Oregon products, and It would not be like tham to do It In any half hearted way. Mr. Ketela aold a good part of the goods be took down for demonstrate purposes, and left the balance with Meier Frank, who will keep the Amber-d latum on s I a hereafter. Since hie return, be haa made an ar rangement with a traveling aalesman to handle It as a aide line In the coaat country of Oregon nd California. Ha consldera that the financial success of bis remedy Is now assured. THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAY ENGAGED BY WEDNESDAY The High school play, "Engaged by Wednesday", wa presented at the High achool auditorium last Friday evening. There waa alao matinee In the afternoon, for the benefit of th students, and to give those in the cast an opportunity to practice before an audience. There were good audiences at both performances. The play was well rendered, and waa greatly en Joyed by the audience. The players were coached by Miss Carpenter, of the High achool faculty. The receipts were about fiO. which will go chiefly to pay for the material of the atage furnishing. The work was done by tne manual training de partment. The furnishings will re main as permanent stage property. They had only a white front curtain for this play. It can he used In the rear If the achool abould come Into possession of a painted front curtain by aome providential means, as It Is hoped that It may. INCOME TAX FACTS Changea In the revenue law are of material benefit to the average family man. I'nder the revenue act of 1921 a married person, living with wife or husband, whose net Income for 1911 was $5,000 or less, la allowed a per aonal exemption of $2,500. Under the I revenue act of 1918 the exemption al lowed a married person waa 12.000, ro Igardlesa of the amount of net Income. The normal tax rate Is the same. 4 per cent on the first $4,000 of net In come above the exemptions, and 8 per cent on the remaining net Income. Given hi personal exemption of $2,500 plus $400 for each dependent, a mar rted man with three children the average American family will pay this year on a net Income of $4,000 a tax of $12. On the same Income for 1921 he would have paid a tax ot $.16. Every citizen and resident of tho United States must determine for him self whether his Income for 1921 was sufficient to require that a return be filed. Full instruction for making out I a return are contained on the forms, a copy of which will be sent to taxpayers , who filed a return last ,r. Failure to receive a return, liowever, does not relieve a taxpayer ot his obligation to ', fllo a return on time, on or before I March 1C, 1922. Forms may be ob tained from collectors ot Internal rev enue and branch offices. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Thompson Monday night Weight eight and one-half pounds. The father had Just started that day on an expedition with a party ot surveyor. A Jitney was sent after him, and brought him, in from a point beyond Elmlra, in the middle of the night I "GEE!" "" " . 1 ODD FELLOWS' SOCIAL, SUPPER AND BAND TALK The Odd Fellows' and Rebekah lodges gar a splendid supper to the members of the two lodges and ln vlted friends, last evening. About 159 persons were present. This being the regular me ting night of the Odd Fel tows lodge. It held a abort business session, after which the meeting was thrown open. The band gave a con cert, and a discussion followed oa the question of reorganising the band, and establishing It on a sstlstactory foot nlg and with proper backing and en couragement. The discussion waa portlclpated by M. C. Bressler, Prof. Albert Perfect and othera. It waa de elded to put the financial hacking of the Odd Fellows lodge behind the band, and, aince most of Its members, ss present constituted, are members of this order, call It the "Springfield Odd Fellows Band". After thla discussion, came the sup per and general social evening. BOLD BURGLARIES IN SPRINGFIELD A burglar entered several of the rooms at the American hotel about 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, and stole probably somewhere from $20 to $30 from the clothing of the occupants. Bert Snook, Wm. McKlin and Mrs. Page'a nephew, Alden Klotz, were the losers. Their rooms were on tha second floor. Billy McKlin, although be appears to have lost the smallest amount ot money, was really the great est loser, after all. His well worn pocket Bible was taken. Of course, he can get a Bible anywhere. If he has any money left; but no doubt this particular Bible waa especially prec ious to Billy, on account of Its associa tions. Alden Klotx awoke while the thief was in his room, and could see. In the dim light in the direction of the win dow, that the thief was rifling his pockets. He lay perfectly atlll until the thief had left the room, then arose and prepared hla carbine, came down the back stairs and Intercepted the marauder aa he came down the front stairs Into the office. When the thief saw him, be called out: "Young fet ow! You'd better get out of the way; I've got a gun." Klotx answered, "I've got a run too." With that, the burglar retreated up stairs, went into an empty room and locked himself In. By this time, Mr. and Mrs. Page and others were aroused and Joined in the pursuit The burglar dropped from a second story window on the west side. Young Klotx had gone outside, to Intercept him there. Mrs. Page pleaded with him. Just at the critical moment not to shoot; and this seems to have been Just enough to give the burglar time to dash Into the alley and make hla es cape. No trace ot htm has been found Pete Thurman, who occupies a room directly below the one in which the burglar took refuge, was aroused by the commotion, and saw the man's legs dangling In front of his window. He tried first to lower the upper sash, then to raise the lower, intending to grasp the man'i legs ;but the shashes were hard to move. As the man was swaying back and forth, to prepare himself to swing clear, he kicked in Thurman's window, and covered his bed with shattered glass. The house of R. L. Cross, on Willa mette Heights, was entered at some time earlier, probobly by the same man. Miss Grace McCann, one . ot the grade teachers, has been quite serious ly ill for several days. She is better now. TOWN AND VICINITY Mrs. Alva McPbersoa Is recovering from a sickness of about two weeks duration. W. O. W. meets every Taesday evening at W. O. W. halL Not only Is the business of the I Springfield Mill A Grain company growing ana wioening, tnrougn tne constant and rapid Increase of orders from the outside, reaching even Into distant fields; but they ara coming more and more Into command of the local field. They have lately been obliged to put on two more tracks, to take care of their deliveries In the country ab at Springfield and at near by points. WANTED Plain sewing to do. Mrs. Wslter LI pes, B and 2nd Street, Springfield, Oregon. t23p Mrs. Chas. M. Mareshal leaves to day for Rldgefield, Washington, with such of their household goods as ahe bad not disposed of here. Mr. Mare chal went last Friday. Next Sunday, February 12, is Lln colns birthday. Monday will be ob served as a legal holiday. Don't fail to see Viola Danna In "The Oft Shore Pirate", also Hoot Gibson In a thrilling two-reel western "Beating the Game", at Bell theatre Wednesday. Start the morning right with a wholesome dish of Jasper's Breakfast Graham. Sold by leading grocers. J. B. Hansard, a farmer living near Donna, who. with bis two sons, Evart and Zeno, were convicted aome months ago, on the charge of having moon shine liquor In his possession, after serving two and one-half months of a three months Jail sentence, has been released on good behavior.' One division of the primary depart ment has been occupying a room In the basement of the Lincoln achool building. A number of the parents of U-ese pupils met with the, school board Monday evening and petitioned for better provisiona for them. The board decided to remove them from the base menu Either this or another class will be accommodated in one of the vpper rooms of the high, achool build ing." ' Out-door week at the Bell Theatre Tom Mix In "The Untamed", a story ot three untamed beings of the desert a man, a demon horse and a devil dog. Saturday, at Bell. W. A. Hall expects to have his shop in order to commence by Friday the 13th. Dr. S. Ralph Dipple, dentist, Spring field, Oregon. Robert E. Savllle, ot Eugene, and Mrs. Essie I. Dlggs, of Springfield were married in the courthouse in Eu gene. Saturday, February 4, County Judge C. P. Barnard officiating. G. A. Manning and I. F. Circle, of rieasant Hill, celebrated their 75th birthdays together, on Wodnesday, February 1st, at the home of Miss Bertha Manning, who gave a dinner to ithem and several frleuda in honor of the occasion. - E. W. Levee who owns a finely culti vated tract three or four miles north ot Springfield, sold 48 tons of carrots the past season from one acre of ground. 1 W. O. W. meets every Tuesday evening at W. O. W. hall. Kedro Sovai, our shoe shine parlor man, and Cassie McDonald, of Eugene, were married at the office of Jesse G. Well. Justice ot the peace, In Eu gene, on Wednesday, February 1st "Cameron of the Royal Mounted"!. This is a Ralph Connor story and It is the first time the Royal Northwest Mounted Police have participated in a motion picture. Sunday at Bell theatre. Viola Danna in "The Off Shore Pi rate". Hoot Gibson in "Beating the Game", and a one reel comedy. Here we have a feature, two reel western and a comedy. At Bell theatre next Charley Schuniaker, of Roseburg, vlstlied a few hours Tuesday with his sister. Mrs. R. P. Mortensen. REPORT Ot the Springfield library for the month of January, 1922. Number ot books in circulation 1121. Magazines In circulation, SO. . New readers registered " for the month, 88. '- Largest dally circulation, 158. Smallest dally circulation, 103. Number of patrons using reading room, 13S. Mrs. W. O. HIU. Librarian. ' Tba numbers given above are Jtarger by a greet Ithtn for a long tima fMIEUTOS OF TWO I2QTABLE EPOCHS Rabal Newapapar of War Timar Sketch of Jamea Marahall, i tha Gold Diacovarar . . , Z. T. Klntiley left la tha News ori fice, for examination, recently aom interesting relics of two of the most important epochs of onr national his tory: the Civil war and tba discovery of gold Id California. The first Is a copy ot "Tha Dally; Rebel", a secessionist paper published at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Thla copy bears the data of August , ISC 2. The federal army had not fet occupied! Chattanooga. This Is the paper which Henry Watterson edited for a lltt!e while. It is a four page paper, of four long columns to the page, wlttt wide margins. The page measure IX by 18 Inches. A few extracts will throw an Inter esting light on the conditions under which it was published. 'Terms of subscription: One copy' one month, $1.00. No subscription received for i longer period than one ru(-nth.". The reason is obvious: tbe publisher did not know where tc or iU paper would be located the neit rionth. The Memphis Appeil was ptihlifbed at half a dozen dK'erent 1 laces after the Federal forccj occu pied Memphis. George D. Preatl?v cd.'tor of the Louisville Journal, ono of Cie greatest wits of his time, referred '.o It as " a moving appeal". Turn the Rebel again: "Entered as cor.i'ng to act of Congress lu til Li brarian's office at Aahevllle N. C" An advertisement occupying that first place in the first column of the first page: "For saie or exchange, av negro woman, good cook, inner and washer; for sale or exchange for a boy. Apply at this office". Speclol notice at the head of tha editorial page: "To our friend v Gentlemen who . arrive from abroad with late papera will confer a favor by leaving them at The Rebel office . In these days ot uncertain mails and blockades, our facilities to furnUh. the latest newa from all quarters can be greatly Increased by a little atten tion on the part of our friends for which we shall ever reman gratefn?. Parties - from Mlddlle Tennease : and elsewhere within the enemy's lines will confer an especial faror by! fur nishing us any Northern papers la their possession". j . The other relic Is an , illustrated sheet In colors, forming part of an issue of the Son Francisco Examiner of January 23. 1S9S, upon the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth an niversary of the. discovery of gold ia California, which occurred on 'Jan nary 24. 1S48. The sheet contains a " sketch of the life of James Wflsoa Marshnll, who made the discovery; a recital of the incidents connected with the d!scovery; Marshall's own sketch of his own -and his family's history and ff the facts connected with the discovery, made under oath. January 28, lSi',5; a map ot the region ot tha discovery, made by Marshall; and por tions of a diary of that period, kept by Henry Bigler, one of the men work ing with Marshall at that time. I Marshall was for a time in the em ploy of Capt. John Sutter, who was In command at Sutter's Fort Beginning with August. 1847. Marshall was a working partner with Sutter, and waa In charge of the work or building a sawmill, near Coloma, when ha dis covered a small gold nugget, the be ginning of the immense production of gold and silver which has made this (the rich country that it 18, and tho j beginning and chief cause of tha rapid population of the western part of the territory of the United States. With all his brilliant prospects for wealth, Marshall died In poverty, like so many discoverers, Inventors and polueers, men who have found wealth for other people. FORMER RESIDENT MAKES BRIEF VISIT E. E. Lewman, of Hoxtun, Colorado, who accompanied his wife In her visit to her mother, Mrs. Minerva Billings, now lying sick at Corvallls, came over here Monday, and attended the meet ing of the Woodmen lodge Tuesday evening. Mr. Lewman lived la this vicinity tor a tew years, but left hera 23 years ago. He united with tha Woodmen order a short time be for he left, and he made this visit mainly to renew his fellowship. Mr. Lawman owns a half-section farm near Hoxtun, and must go back