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NINETEENTH YEAH.
erniNOFiELD, lane county, Oregon, Thursday, February ie, 1922.
NUMBER 5
FIE
HOSPITAL
CLOSED
ANOTHER
NEEDED
Backing of the Business Mtn
Tht Deciding Factor
at Prnt
The Springfield hospital which bet'
beon operated for a month or two
eort of adjunct to the Mrcy boapl
Ul of Eugena, by fores attached
from (hut hoepltaL waa closed Uat
Pa 1 a May. Th owner. Mr. Baker, of
Eugene, waa proposing to exact double
tlan former rent. Tha temporary
iiinnaii'niini innugni mia waa exior-
tlonate. They offered to angage for.
term at tha same rant aa before, f 60.
The owner, when he found they were
preparing to move out, offered to ac
rept tha former rent. Hut dealings
with him had not been very aatUiac
tory. Bo the building waa vacated.
It la aald Mr. Raker contemplates
converting the building Into an apart
ment houae.
Srrlngitnld noedi a boapltal. Where
Is Is dangerous, too burdensome or,mb(,r wn tn. Mhwk and the
otherwise Impracticable to rare for McKenile. about two mll-a above Hay
aurgery ra.ra or other case, which re- dB brlM ,nd , , tw K,
quire skilled help In their own homes. I Vrtu,nl.,m ,,,, , ,,
It la worth a great deal to the patient bou, The products company have her w" ,h weddln of Haiel Brat
and his friends to have blm cared for! Wn'perlm,ntln)r wlth ,omo of ,B lain and Ray Cecil Moore at tha First
aa near nnnie as poosioie. witnin eaiiy
rn oi m. ...... .y or iram-oiai
- a. i .. m.. si j . i
irii'nus ami urrnunnoa oy congenial
Influences
It will thus be rsbr, too.
Tor him to be atti-ndod by his usual
physician.
It will be worth something, too. In
a business way to KprlngfU-ld. to have
any vital need of Its owq cltlecas and
tha people of Its "hinterland", ao to
apeak, supplied by local Institutions.
This new suspension may bring about
tha formation of a stock company or
aome kind of a combination to estab
lish a hospital In a good location, with
tha proper equipment and on a safe,
alabta and aatlafoctofy baaU. Tbla
new break baa started tail a.o.fj .neee
lines, but no definite plan seems to
ba on foot yet.
NOTES ON CURRENT
LUMBER ACTIVITIES
From the 4L News Letter. Portland,
February IS, we glean tha following
notea relating to the lumlur Industry.
Railroad construction authorised
and, contracts let for two wocks In
January baa not been equaled for a
lik period In sewn years.
Weather and ground conditions have
beon generally unfavorable for lot:
King on the IHclflc coast for nearly
thivo mouth. With lhom. condition
now Improving, ramps are reopening
Stocks of logs are low.
Lumber traffic through the Panama
canal from the Pacific coast Increased
118 rr cent In 1921.
Willamette valley: Production In
about 75 per cent of the 8 hour capi-
city tho snow above Wcndllng has
to aome extent hamper.! the Booth-
lvelly cumiis, where aomo new equip
meat Is being Installed. Remodeling
of tho big spruce corporation plant at
Toledo, recently taken over by tha Pa
cific fUruco corporation, Is being
rustuxl. About 150 men. are working
Three large Portland mills have
beon Inactive for months. Aside from
these, Columbia river mills producing
about 90 pr cent of their capacity. .
In Eusterii and (Vntral Oregon, oper
atlona have been hindered consider
ably by aevere weather. About 60 per
cent of tha usual number of loggers at
work In Eastern Oregon. Tba Bend
mills are planning to run throughout
the coming year.
MARGARET E. RUSSELL
Died at tba home of her daughter,
Mra. Orant Hendrlcka. at Lodl. Cali
fornia, yesterday morning, February
15, of heart failure, aged 72. She waa
the widow of Dr. HonJ. F. Russell, who
waa for many years In charge of the
county farm, aa br son, B. F., Jr., Is
now. She and Dr. Ruaaell cam to
Oregon from Kansas In 1883 ,and set
tled at Thurston. Mra. Russell re
tained their flna home there until her
death, though she had divided her time
in lata yours among tha homea of her
children In this vicinity and In Cali
fornia. Her surviving children ara: Bon F.
and Hurry W., of Eugene; Fred, of
Thurston; Mra. Edward Shipley, of
Portland; Mrs. Orant Hendricks, of
LodL California; and Mra. George Hen
dricka, of Florin, Cal. ' She leaves
leaves two brothers: Jack Hull, of
Bremerton, Wash.; and Mann Hull, of
Boise, Idaho; and one sister. Mrs,
Minerva Billings, of Springfield, now
tick at Corvallla.
Funeral arrangement hava not bean
toad yat.
TOWN AND VICINITY
Ivan Mala baa been employed at tba
Springfield garage during tba alck
neee of Henry Korf.
Mra. Edith Bbahan la aulng bar
hiuband. Oran E. 8bahan, for divorce
with alimony. , , .
"The Man from Ko.t River", la a
atory of a brawny, hard tleted giant
of tba lumbar camps, who laid bla
heart on tha altar of lova. rbotoplay
made (000 ft bov tea leveL
Thatra. Sunday. .'
Bell
Patronise Hall'a Cash
ara.
Store
and
R. E. Davldaon waa kicked on tha
iback of bla left ahouldor by a young
'horse ha waa breaking. Monday. Ha
nv i-riuu injur, uui uau m
have the attendance of physician.
A biy waa born, Monday morning,
to Mr. and Mra. J. Phillips, who live
Just above Springfield Junction.
If you ara In the markt for a used
car. sen what I hare to offer from 1135
to $1500. R. a. Masters, 2nd Avenue
Garage, Phone 19.
The Walker brothers. Fred and Er
nest, with two assistants, ana cutting
oak , ,b(f r(,,on j,,r aw timber
but f,nd ery m cf t Mt,,f.ctory
r (,er ute
"Quo Vadla" a massive spctaclo,
aipears at Bell Theatre Sunday. 30,
000 people In the cast.
jnttlifn your eyea need attention
(ti5;n'ill Dr. Royal J. Olck.
Olasses correctly fitted. No case too
difficult. 90S Willamette St., Eugene,
Oregon.
Tha completion of the houae which
tha Loud Manufacturing corporation
has been building for M'lvln Fvnwlck
baa been delayed by tba sickness of
the Uther.
Mr. Al Montgomery la much Im
proved after hla Illness of about two
weeks. Ha la able to be out on the
street a little now.
First class shoe repairing at Hall'a.
A carload of matched lumber, var
ious lengths, was unloaded at the Loud
fctory Tuesday.
"The Ghost In the Garrett", teatur
Ing Dorothy Olsh Is a rollicking farce
comedy with a smooth combination of
fun and thrills. Also our old friend
Jack Perrln Is in a two reel western,
"Valley of Rouges", last but not least
la a one reel comedy, "Look Pleasant
Please". At Hell Theatre, Wednesday.
W. A. Hull opened his shoe repair
shop and small atock of goods for
business. Monday morning. Jack
I tenderer has his electric appliances
and wattlier in the same room.
Lee Croft was up from Reedsport
over Sunday:.
Henry Korf was taken with In
fluenza, on his return from an cxpedl
tlon to Monrce, In the lino of hla work
cn Monday of last week. He has been
down ever since, and not able to
take much food. He Is taglnnlng to
men I. but will not be fit for work
this week. In the mean time, Mrs.
Korf and Mra. McOowan have had
their turn at the epldssnilc, but not so
severe aa Mr. Korf'a case.
You can't keep a good man down.
Hall la working again.
The Springfield and Goshen Grangej
"I DID
M. E. BROTHERHOOD
MEETINO AND DEBATE
Next Monday will ba tba regular
maatlng of tba Methodist Brotherhood.
Tba meetings were suspended during
tha revival. The eupper will be about
a; (, At 7:45. tbara will ba a debafe
on D subject: "Resolved, That It
"oM b toT ,ntrMt ' f
SP"" " P of Iba
'"'por.t. u of Eugene.". Tba
b.iar.. ao far aa at present choeen.
are: affirmative, Dr. Pollard and Rev,
D. C. Miller; negative, M. C. Breaaler
nd Prof. C. E. Lambert. A third
apeaker on each aide may be chose iT.
Tha chicken supper to be given
by tba Ladles Auxiliary of tha
American legion on tha I2nd
of this month will be served In
Morrlson'a ball, corner of 4th
and Main Instead of the W. O.
W. hall aa advertised on the
tlcketa sold. Nearly three hun
dred tlcketa have been disposed
of which baa made It necessary
to procure a hall with a larger
kitchen In order to facilitate tha
serving of ao many.
All having tlcketa that ara not
sold are to turn them In Friday.
Moore Brattaln
Coming aa a great surprise to all
iTOM cnurcn at uaklana. Call
fornla, February 7. 192J, Rev. John
Stephens officiating. The bride la
the eldst daughter of Mr. and Mra.
Paul J. Brattaln, of Springfield. Sho
haa been attending school at Rich
mond. Cal. The groom la a graduate
of the college of pharmacy of tha U.
of C.
The young couple arrived at the
Brattaln horn on the 9th. After 4
visit here of several weeks, they will
return to Richmond, where Mr. Moore
Is engaged as a pharmacist
Virginia Richmond
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Richmond, for
merly of Springfield, now of Eugeno,
lost their daughter, Grace Virginia,
who" died on Thursday, February 9.
She had never been strong from In
fancy. Tba Immediate cause of ber
death waa pneumonia. She waa Juat
past 13. Tha funeral waa held In the
Baptist church In Eugene, on Sunday
and waa conducted by Rev. C. E. Dun
ham, the pastor. The burial waa at
Laurel Hill. Tha funeral and burial
arrangements were In charge of W.
F. Walker.
ara to unite In entertaining the Lane
county Pomona grange at Ha April
session.
WANTED Plain aewtng to do. Mra.
Walter Llpes, B and 2nd Streets,
Springfield, Oregon. f23p
Miss Francea Baker waa alck with
the "flu" ao as take her from her
duties at the Springfield restaurant
from Wednesday evening to Monday
morning. Miss Carrie Ditto took her
place most of the . time, aud Miss
Bessie Lynch on Thursday.
Wl-.cn you think of shoe repairing
remember Hall Is at It again.
Cottage Grove Is ambitious to be
known as tha petaluma of Oregon.
It Is said that 100.000 chickens were
owned In that Immediate vicinity
during the cast year.
Lives were imperiled In making the
Hon scene In "Quo Vadla". It la the
picture of the century. A powerful
story of the wildcat ruler (Nero) In
history. &a "Quo Vadia" at Bell
Theatre. Sunday.
IT WITH MY- LITTLE IIATCHET!"
JOHN EDWARDS CLOSES
BIC REAL ESTATE DEAL
John E. Edwarda baa. In the Uat
few daya, concluded a real catata daal
of considerable magnitude. It la tha
Uat of a aerlaa of deals, which baa
been under way for a month or mora.
,lla traded quarter block on tha
.eoath aide of A atreet Including the
three bouaea at Fifth street to Ivan
I Anderson for a farm near Pleasant
( Hill. Then be traded tbla farm for a
,farm of eomethlng near 600 acrea near
Drain. There were aome adjustments
! of equities In both deals. Mr. Ed
wards la already In possession of t'n3
Drain farm. Tbla "deal will not take
blra from Springfield. Hia brother
Charles will occupy the newly ac
quired farm.
WHERE NORTH PACIFIC
LUMBER WENT LAST YEAR
For the first 9 months of 1921,
covered by a recent report, Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia ex
ported 444 million feet of lumber. Of
tbla, Japan, China and India took
about 70 par cent. Tha other con
siderable customers were: Australia,
Cuba. Egypt, New Zealand, 8outb
Africa, South America, Great Britain.
; Of all the countries named, there
were Increases In shipment to Egypt,
India, New Zealand and Japan; and
decreases to all tha others. There
waa a net decrease of 48 millions, as
compared with 1920. The greatest
change was In shipment to Japan, a
gala of 132 millions.
: In shipments to China. Oregon led,
the figures. In round millions, being:
Oregon, 39; Washington. 37; British
Columbia, 24. In shlpmenta to Japan,
the figures were: Washington, 103;
Oregon. 71; B. C. 34. In the ahlp
menta to India, totaling 10 millions,
British Columbia bad a decided lead.
Dr. S. Ralph Dlpple, dentist, Spring
field, Oregon.
WASHINGTON COMMENT
The I a a t Knickerbocker victim
burled, the Uat maimed body ahlpped
away to sorrowing relatives In the
home town, official Washington turns
whole-heartedly to the Usk of "hold
ing Investigations", "fixing tha blame"
and to uttering jortentoua and volum
Inoua remarks designed to ahow the
folke at home bow much on the Job
the utterer la!
After a battle the buzzards gather,
after a holocaust the authorities who
did nothing to prevent It gather to dis
cuss whoee fault It was-
All very necessary, doubtless, but
rather Ineffectual Regardless of the
causa of the disaster, whether It was
weight of snow or weakness of steel
or Inefficiency of engineering or lax
ness of building inspection, or vibra
tion caused by atreet cars on a cross
ing, the undoubted fact remains that
Is It not nearly so important to "fix
the blame" and "punish the guilty"
na It la vitally important to know
whether other such eccldenta, both In
tbw National capltol and In other cities
are now in process of getting ready
to hapin!
The nation will look with far mora
favor on the congressman or senator
who initiates something concrete and
tangible, looking to the prevention of
such dreadful calmUIa In tba future
than on those who seek an ephemeral
local notoriety by proposals to make fc
memorial park of the site or to deco
rate heroic rescuers, or to hang, drav,
ani quarter the committee of stock
holders of the steel mill which hired
the managers who employed the super
intendent who paid the workman who
rolled tlM steel which went into the
truss which gave way.
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Klamath Falls. 100.000 feet capa
city sawmill to ba bo (It natr Palter
eon.
Chlloquln. Lumber plants here and
at Modoc Point to be served by dec
tile light and power from a new ex
tension of CtfllfornU-Orognn Power
company.
Mwdford 20 families brought here
from San Francisco by tha California
Oregon power company.
Rose burg. Garden Valley road to
ba paved west from tha Pacific high
Sclo. New lodge ball completed at
a cost of 15,000.
Salem to have a $75,000 cold stor
age pUnt
Marlon and Polk countlea broccoli
harvest will employ 100 men.
North Pole mine In Josephine coun
ty shows Dig gold values.
Portland firm ahtpa $100,000 ready
cut houses to Japan,
Redsport aawmllla and box fao
tortes In full operation.
Lakevlew. Quicksilver mine being
developed 25 mllea south.
Coqullle. Mountain States Power
company to expend 140,000 on xtep
slon lines to distribute light and
power In this section.
Crater Lake highway from Trail to
Prospect to cost $300,000.
State highway to be built from
Dallas to Tillamook beaches.
Gardiner. $2,000,000 sawmill to
operate April 1.
Umatilla county leta a $28,475.30
road contract
68,003,221 feet of lumber ahlpped
from Columbia river during January.
Or a g o n City $30,000 Redmen'a
lodge building to be constructed.
Mt. Angel la to get a $22,000 can
nery. Portland'a municipal wood yard la
aiding 600 dally.
North Bend. Many new bouses are
under construction.
Pendleton. Total expenses of run
ning the city during 1921 are $88,570.
North Bend authorizes $44,948.65
bond issoe for street work.
Seaside boosting $10,000 "End of tha
Trail" monument for tha city.
Astoria. New shingle mill promises
to add good alsed payroll to the city.
Salem building permits for January
1922 ahowa an increase of 400 per cent
over those of January 1921.
INCOME TAX FACTS
The new requirement of the Income
tax law that returns shall be made of
gross Income of $5,000 or more regard
less of tha amount of net income upon
which the Ux la assessed, necessitates
careful confutation on the part of the
taxpayer. "Gross income" Includes
practically every dollar received by
the taxpayer during the year 1921 in
salaries, wages, commissions, rent-.,
royalties, interest on bank deposits,
cash divldenda on stock, "or income
from any source whatsoever." "Net
income" is gross Income less certain
deductions provided tor by the act In
cluding all business expenses incurred
in the conduct of a business, trade,
profession, or. vocation.
Certain expenditures, however, are
not deductible as a bu3lnesa expen-.
when made for the purchase 01 articles
mere or less permanent in character,
or for permanent Improvement of
property. For example, a merchant
would not be allowed to deduct the
amount expended in tho erection of a
new store, or a farmer the costs of a
new tractor or thrashing machine,
since such investments are held to be
capital Investments. The law ex
pressly prohibits deduction of fam
ily or living expenses, such as rent for
a dwelling, repairs to dwelling, cost
of food and clothing for the family,
education of the children, servant's
wagea, and similar Items. ' Amounts
spent during the year 1921 for any of
these Items are not deductible.
BERTHA M. REAVERLY
,!!. ,1.1111 n. n -J
vt.ie 01 v 111. mil i. ncaveney, uieu j
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. McCantlin, at Fall Creek,
aged 26. She leavea two small child
ren, Inona and Elmer. Mr. and Mrs.
Reaverley hal lately come to Oregon
from Boulder, Wyoming, for tha bene
tit of Mrs. Reaverley'a health. The
funeral will be held at Walker'a chapel
at' t p. m. tomorrow. In charge of a
Christian Science reader from Eugenw
Tha burial will ba at Laurel Hill.
LOUIS E. FLEGAL
Died at hia home in Eugena yester
day, February 15, aged 56. Mr. Fle
gal waa In business In Springfield
soma yeera ago: first, aa a member
of the firm of Flegal ft Rychards,
groceries, In the Morrison building;
then aa a member of tha firm of Fle
gal ft Long, plumbing, In one of tha
Walker buildings, on South Mill atreet
A HEW ELECTRIC
T
California-Oregon Company to
uonnecr. up wun in
Mountain States "2
There haa been a great deal of
rumor afloat In the air in this region
for the past two weeks concerning:
aome new project in the way of
electric power and transmission faci
lities In which the npper Willamette)
valley and the reglona to the eouth
were supposed to be vitally interested.
Such of these matters aa found their
way Into print were bat little more
than apeculationa aa to what might
happen, throughout a wide field ot
possibilities of human activities, pro
vided certain other things should hap
pen. Those more or less acquainted
witn that line of business In this
vicinity could not give much precise
Information concerning the new move
ment. Evidently they did not hare
It to give. '
But the facta concerning any busi
ness enterprise like that must ulti
mately come to light Light on th
altuatlon Is beginning to filter In,
Certain local transactions that had to
be made before the real work can txv
gin have In part disclosed the nature-
of the new enterprise. We pass onto
our readers anon Information aa la
available here today, subject to all
the usual modifications and enlarge
ments as the project la developed.
It seems that the CalifornUOregoa
Power company (that may not be lta
precise legal designation) operates a
system ot power lines from Kennett,
California, north ot Redding, to the
neighborhood of Medford, Oregon,
with a aide line to Klamath Falla.'
Thla la a region rich in resources of
power supply. It eeema that thi
company is one powerful unit In a
chain of Interlocked power Iinea with
continuoua connectiona aa far aoutU
aa San Diego. California. -
The project under consideration to
an undertaking of thla California-Oregon
comiany to build an extension of
lta present line from Prospect, on the
upper waters of Rogue river, north
east of Medford, to a connection with
the Mountain States system at Spring
field. Thla line, its representative
say, will be about 115 mllea long-.
Ita plan seems to be to build on Ute
most direct line practicable; not fol
lowing either the Pacific highway or
the Southern Pacific line very closely,
but shorter than either and very much
shorter than the railroad, which H
very crooked In the southern part of
the line in question. They would;
probably make short lines to sub
stations on the railway. Such a Una
to Roseburg has been specially men
tioned. It seems that the California-Oregon,
company has effected a Joint arrange
ment with the Mountain States Power
company (we hear it spoken of aa a
SO year contract) an interlocking ct
lines, such as binds them to their
southern neighbors; and a pact ot
neighborly exchange In time of need,
such as the Mountain States has with
the Eugene city plant. This new link
from Prospect to Springfield is spoken
of as a 110,000 volt line, whose ordi
nary working capacity would be
66,000 volts. This would match the
extreme capacity of the
whose ordinary working
local line,
power U
said to be 33.000 volts.
The California-Oregon company has
been securing the right of way for
this new line; Uas this part of the
preliminary work nearly completed,'
we Judge. The work Is to be com
menced, at both ends and at . Inter
mediate points, aa soon as tha nea
essary preparations can be made, and
pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
The starting point at Prospect ao
tar aside from the lines of traffic,' 19
not a new feature of the company's
operations. They have had a power
plant there for several years; not an
imposing structure, not a great mass
of machinery; such are not necessary;
but a unique situation, with tremen
dous power possibilities. Welby Stev
ens and O. B. Kesaey visited It on a
trip to Crater Lake, several yeara ago.
The funeral will be at t p. m. tomor
row, in charge ot Gordon and Veatcli
Eugene.
Remember the Branding Iron? "The
Man from Lost River" la by the same
author and It Is a story of the lumber
camps. Ball Theatre, Saturday. , (
Mlaa Armol Smith whose home U
at 8th and C stroeta. sustained a ma
jor operation at the Eugene hospital.
Monday morning.
POWER
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