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B-MM MNKTICKNTII YKAll. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1922. NUMBER. 8. mm E T Stewart & Dennett, Drop In and Bowling Alley Entered Thres more robberies were commit vd Monday nlgbt. Hlewart A Bennett's meat mnrket waa entered. The thlevr tiMik two ranvaawd hama out of tne front window; and several pircei if breakfaat baron, a pi ere or two rf heavy baron and oin other meat atuff out of the show cum. Tiny needed a ark to carry It; and In tak ing a eack out of a pile In the back room thy apparently hi ik d n bag containing ah ut 15 In allver. which had been W,i antnewW- near; and they trok that- Vr. Honnetl aava that both front an! ba'k d-xir w' r found lucked Tucin.iy morning II thinks they must liavo mi linked the bark door with I common pas kev and lix ki d It agali aa they went out The Drop In p l hall and c .nf no tion ry aa entrl through the buck door. The thtevvi to-ik th rnh regMer Into the back r on. pried It open and to .k a small aitoutit t.f change. Tlio proprltti.M had . no; tnUaed rfit.'ilin; iln of value lues day feirrncnn. Hartlett'a bowling alley waa entered by prying open the bark door with a Jimmy. A trifling amount of email colna and about $20 In atork. moatly cigars and cigarette, waa taken. AUTOMOBILE COLLISION DRIVER AND LADY HURT Two nutomoblltis mot headon, at a turn In the MrKeuito highway, near the I nt where the Natron road leaves It, about two miles thla side of Thurston, about 4:30 last Satur day afternoon. The drivers were frank Campbell, who Uvea about Thurston, and Charles Jesien, who lives at Waltervllln. Campbell waa accompanied by Mlaa Marlon Spencer, daughter of P. O. Spencer, of Spring field. Mlaa Spenoer had gone to Thurstun the night before, to aeatl In the reproduction at the ached house, by the same performers, of the High school play which was put jn hene avveral w.(ks ago. (She "bad stayed over night with the daughter of John Kdinls'on. High school stu dents. They had secured passage for her In Camrbell'a cs', aa ho was com ing to town. The cara'wore both pretty badly smushed. Campbell had a bone Of hla left hand broken, and he was lmilly bruised about bo'h eyes Miss Hpxt.rer's nose was broken, and ih was considerably bruised about the fare. Jcssen sustain 1 no serious In JurUM. Tire outside of the track, which would be at Cninpliclr right, was hlKh and smooth; the Inside was low mill rough. Mr. Campbell claims thnt tin hud the right of way. and Us claim Is corrt borated by Mr Spencer's observations. It said Unit Mr. Jomn cliilniB to have been within his rlghti SIDELIGHTS ON THE ANNEXATION SCHEME A traveling mat) dolrg business with The News, remarked that thrf hcud of his hous, on milling an art I cle In The New of two weeks ago on thla matter, highly commended tu stand of Tho News, and soverly con dvnincd the promoters of the propa gunda. A man who does not live nenr either town, but hits been Intimately ac quainted with Eugene uffulrs, and has personal ronectlons there, cited the case of u memhor of one of the oldest families of Eugene, who has to pav t:00 taxes on a house worth $5, 00m, who ninito ttiu statemeitt that he could rent as good a home and save out of the t700 now going for the up keep of his Htahlhhment to go a good ways to provide capital for the prosocutloti of a business. Rov. J. T. Moore, fornver pastor of the Moihodlst church, phoned to The News' to commend Its stand on this matter. Privately, he expressed sur prise that those who are advocating the scheme could not see the dangoi with which their course was threaten Ing Interests which they ought to tx trying to build up. A man who lives within a stone's throw of the Umirs of Springfield a George Washington tluow said hi had lived In this region for 20 years, most of that time In Eugene; that he had been driven out of that city by excessive taxation; had Invested MOR ROBBERIES MONDAY ill WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT ENJOY PARTY LAST NIGHT Tha Women of Woodcraft bail otn of their Interesting annual parties, at the V. O. W. hall Itit night, for wo men otily. Una of their excellent sup ,pers wai served, mad up of substan tial, but In great variety. About fl'ty wre present. The whole affair. In all Its features. i a Informal a i careful atudy could make It. Tbo Indie were dressed to represent rhljd- tn, hard tlmea and other characters; not Incomplete or elaborate costumes, I'Ul auggoatlve ftaturea. There ware . rerltallon and other Intellectual exer- VI iea, aome of I hrm prepared and aotne Impromtu. Of the prepared reading, those by Mr. O. F. Klxer, Florepoe jKlir. Mra. Mary Maglll and Mr, 11' 1 1 t II V ' f 1,. -,4 .I.......- - . I mm. I " III. . M.w V W ,W,M HtnHV tlon. MR. AND MRS. MERRILL SUBJECTS OF SURPRISE Several ladle of Rprlngfll1, frlfids of Mr.. Gladys !.epley) Mer rill, now of Kugene. arranged a sur- prise fr her and her husband. How ard Merlll. to be carried out last even- Ing Mr. and Mrs. Merrill were In- vlted to com over and apend the evening at the home of Mrs. Alice (Koster) Lonth. When they arrived there they were steered to the home lofMr. W. K. Walker, where the ladles (were gatheied. There were 15 or 20 i tl-e company. Mr. Merrill waa the only gentleman rri"nt but the ladles 'declared that he bore hla part In IhU trying situation manfully. Mra. Mer rill received a number of presenta from her friends who made up tho 'Company. -Ipeiiy HANSARD OVERCOME BY BEEF IRON AND WINE G. tl. Han iard of the lower Mohawk j valley, who baa lately finished 'rv I..g a Jail sentence for dealing In of wbJch g Jn M,le. ae,.roed to have taken an over- bckberrle!i lo(tanberrIe.. do-e of hi. own medU,e. or - aome !B00wbwrMi etc. He tnlnk, hs nM ibodj else .. Monday evening ll. i;h, n farm on , McKonllr !.o drunk, a. t:.e way over here from HU nQw ,t , fugene. a, t- be prar-C. , lly helpU,.-. additional lot of loganberries 1 Tha ailaaaaa Ma maaa aa l a A klm Sn IKa w a i veil uicu .iivTu miiii yj vt ..... . , city hall and Mr. l..n-rn provided n.r, with r -h t s t. He wis efrald to leavt Hin.ard rlnne at fl-M, for fear thii n as In a dying con- .... dltlun. Hananrd claimed to have taknn an .... . , overdose of beef. Iron and wine which a atranger In Eugen had offered him'. . . . . t. ... , ... .touches of Improvement, out of a bottle. Recorder Mrlxan gava him aome motherly rounsel, and charged him $10 and Incidental! tor It. nbou nil he had In Invest where he 'c now; hut If a scheme like tilts slinuli take effect ho supposed he bhould have to pull up nnd move on rsuin. The people of the Slrnn-ocHl comm'i nliy. actons the rlvnr, are p.Iih, it'ori, r'armed by the throat of pt.cexa tlon than the people of Springfield trine among them nuv been asltat Irc tho project of l.icinpriutloii hi n mhn of defense. TOWN AND VICINITY Last Tuesday evening the Metho dist tmskt'liul! team brut tbo L'uRvne Chrlstlnn church team by a score of 18 to 7. , t', J I'ANCO Soles put on by Hall, tho Shoe Doc tor. The Chrla'.lan ba'ketball team upat the dnpo In the Sunday school league Inst night when they defeated the Iluptlst team by a score of 21 to 18. The Christian team haa been greatly stre"gthened by tie acquisition of Kikes Next Tuesday evening the Baptist basketball team will play the Metho dic team. This Is the laBt time that these two teams are acheduh'd to meet thla seuson. As the Baptist team has suffered defeat twice this srRion at the hands of the Methodists, they will no doubt, make a strong effort to turn the tuhles this time. Mr, and Mrs U. E. Moshlor have both been kept nt home for the gieat-r part of the past week. Mrs. Monhkr la ba?k at work at the creamery office. Mr. Moshler Is not on duty yet. V V. Hampton went up to his ranch near OakrlUge the latter part of lait week, to bring down his car. He starKd down Sunday and after coming 10 or 12 miles hud a breakdown. 1H slept on the ground two nights, wli.li only such protection as he could get from the material In 1:'. car. He hal nothing to eat fiom sometime Su:iday until Tuesday evening. He sent dowu for the part to get his car going again. Dr. S. Ralph Dlppel, dentist, Spring-j field, Oregon. CONCERNING WORK ON THE POWER LIN: The opening of the work of coa structlng the California-Oregon Power company's line between Springfield, and Cottage Grove haa been delayed a few daya by the de'ay In receiving aome materials. The company will work a heavy force when the work (arte and put It through at rapidly aa poaalble. Report that nave cotne fiom Cottage drove concerning the extension of a line by the Mountain State company on Ita own account from Cottage Grove to varloua pofnta (outhward must be received cautlouv (ly until the actual movement are more clearly defined. Aa to auch an extenalon to London 8pring, It may .be well to note that London will be a IiiInI ..n ik. Plirinl An.A- llntt IWIIII U I, h (. V V UIIIVI 1111 xiviyj i,uv IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT FOURTH AND G STREETS J. S. Rauch, who owns the propertv on the northeast corner of 4th and O Bfrwis. Is making some extensive lm-' rrovements on It. The olJ threroora ' nou. whlch nat ,too,j on ,he corner empty, for so many yearn, haa been nioved northward, and turned about, , to fac 4th street, an addition maij9 ,0 the re,r tD(J the building Is i,n, generally remodeled. The barn wh,.h UHnA ,0 ,tln(j wj,ere the houa now BltLni n lwelI ni0Ted back, It , Mr. lUuclTe purpose to build a good I0UI19 m the corner where the o,j one Btoo(j nut lie hss a good m,y (roni n ,h8 flre jUHt now ,n,j , mgy tn,6 Mt,ut ,lme ln hammer ,nonl ,,j nt0 ,hape. Ills own homo gtnndt on O street, with one small house between It and hla corner oro- Just meloned. He Is making 'considerable Improvement, on the home premises: a cement walk, a garage and other touches. Mr. Rauch owns, and until recently, w,-n n 1 m fin.arrA frm Knv W a 1 f M .l.. . .... ,ana otnr early spring farm work x$ n Aeman on attentlon Across the street, on tho west E..W. ..... . ..... , - , , ,, . ., , fl N residence, building a circular porch I " ... 'around the south and east, giving the . . house a more modern appearance. He ,. tK ,,.. W. 0. W. TO ENTERTAIN LANE CAMPS APRIL 4 Springfield Camp 247. W. O. W. on Ap'll 4, will entertain a number of campa in Lane county, at which tlmt la largo clnss of candidates will be Ini tiated District Manager E. O. Royal Is crndurtlng a campaign during ihtt 'month of March nmong right camps In the counv and they will all m"et here on this date. Deputy Head Con !ru! E. P Martin of Portland will do- liver ths address after which a -supper will be served. Tl'e W. O. W. Is a western society I derating In the nine wesfern states, haa a nietnl.-.M-i-hlii of HO. 200 with a reserve of over nine million dollars. There Is SSOO.PCO ( f W. O. W. money Invested In Lune county. January 1922 wai the biggest niorth i the order has had for over ten years I mid In February more certificates wore Issued than In any corresponding time fur the past 20 years. The order paid assessments for 7000 member; all duilng tho war and have 235 million j dollar! In protection. Sprlngfi il l ;cump has a memlKruhlp of 164 and J own their own building. A protective society and 100 per cent fraternal. Q SNOW BOTHERS CAMPS BUT RUNNING AT PRESENT Durlna- the time that mow haa been falllnc frouuenllr In the vallev and.1 covering the hill acros the McKenzlelrote1 tnMD themselves. If that la a there have been heavy fall In the Booth Kellr lorrlna ramoa above Wendllng. At time. It haa Interfered houM ' oluntary increaaed the .erloualy with the work In the camp...,tat U1 621 ceDt ,n ten wa It waa rumored here the early part of wben PPltlon "r Increaaed 1 per this week that the snow waa likely een Md "lotions 6nly 2$ . frr . iU.nn.inn of work in tfc. P cent? reaaonable that from campa and might cauae a ahort lay-off the mint for the mill h.. not . great supply of log. ahead now. Tin camp, did .hut down for the two flr.t day. of tbl. week but they resumed Wednesday. It la to be hoped that there will be no further trouble from anow. rtJRMER MAYOR SUTTON AGAINST AfJNEXATION i'he mall, last 8a'u-ia.' morning. bm.igl.t to the Near the fyllowlng lettfr from W. M. Rurtu fnn'.er nrin clpal of th Sprlnrfleid achoola anl,lent Pte " clerk b former mayor of the town Mr. Hutto-i haa large property intereta In Spring field, larger, we prenuma. than In nny other town. Thla consideration to gether with the feeling growing out of a long residence here, entitles hln, aa be aaya, to an expression of hl.,ortjr per cent whjr not reduc the views on the matter. The expression which he gives In this letter li thx natural and logical otve: "I wish to congratulate you on your article in the recent Issue of The News on the matter of consolidation of the cltlea of Eugene andSprlngfield. You are quite right In the matter, and I am sure that the good people oi Springfield will also see It that way. It would be a mighty big blunder should a thing of that sort happen now or any other time. We are what we are and hope to be. and Eugene haa alwayn tried 'to make believe' I . too great a measure to be agreeable to Springfield. I know from former occurencea. Springfield has a future, as we ail have known, and while some of ns may be somewhat the worse for weat when It com?s. we nevertheless feci that those of us who are fortunate enough to be left to realise the co itumnation of our hopes are entitled in sua It all rnms tniA nnitpr thn i name of '.he City of Springfield, and idK mtoslonr with separate power not under the name of the city acros, I"" annf officials? the river special session of the legiuU- i i, , . , . . ture had the Immaculate gall, on top I have alwaya bcn a. booster fori . . . .... ... , . , of all other taxes to Introduce bills Springfield and former residence eu . . .... . ,. , . lo. . !for five different forms of tax. The titles me to the above expression ofi my views on the matter of consollda tlon. Very truly yours, W. M. Sutton. WILMOT Kenneth. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wilmot, died at their home at Cresn-fll March 8. 1922. a red 10 months and 21 days. The funeral will be at Walkers chapel Friday the 10th at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. Thos. D. Yarnes. The burial will be at Laurel Hill cemetery. W. F. Walker I... ..h., t hn-iai rt oil nr.,. paratlons. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks mii- manv frlpnria who extended svm rathy and klndnesi to us on the occa Blon of the death and funeral of our ti.ii. ri..:,i.tr? r.n.PtAii. tr, those who brought offerings of flowers to the home. J. D. GREEN AND FAMILY. h h "hB ..rv Baxter Young, w of flu at the home of his sister In Coburg, is back in Springfield. What, Again? T,Tywwae nyyy aJUi:.!.' toKnittn icta rue AimxAma mav. co. FLAIN TURKEY TALK TO TAXPAYERS politicians aay me peopie are blm tor nln UlPS nd tn,t theT fact they can "unvote" them. I rinaDi w.i. vut, people j 1919 t0 1922 the P"'9 ,houM nav voluntarily Increaaed their total etate tax tnm '.. " 1 1 "ked t0 n Pllca i h at war ,eTel,T u H wM inai me legislature auouia peni (waste would be a better word) $43, 231 on clerka for a forty day session, over $1000 a day? Why should the legislature keep np thli pernicious demoralization of young people wben experts could be secured to do the work tor StOOO. Why waste money paying five to ten dol lars a day and overtime for lncompe it can be done right for less? When the farmers are taking a deflation of fifty per cent, and wagea of labor and the profits of businesi are cut In two why not reduce? When the cost of living has come down from thirty to overhead cost of public service at least 25 per cent? Whon the atate of Washington has abolished 72 boards and commissions and effected a aavlng of f2.600.00, why retain them all In Oregon T Washing ton has consolidated all boards and commissions under ten beads appoint ed by the governor and responsible to the people; why not do it? Idaho hai abolished boards and cou missions and adopted the cabinet sys tem with seven heads named by the governor and resonslble to the people. Why should Oregon retain an obsolete system of tax-levying and money squandering boardi and commissions, all interested in more appropriations? Why should the city of Portland, the county of Multnomah and Port land school district maintain three different political machines to manage the affair nf nractlrallv tha aama 'people , , . Why ahould the city of Portland maintain a port commission and a tasi itKisiHluro appropnaieu iu.uuu to create a commission "to ascertain new sources of revenue", in addition to all present taxes. The legislature before spent $20,000 on a commission to find ways to con solidate boards and commissions. They spent the money and then quit The last legislature enacted over 400 new laws, many of them raising sala- rles- creatln new 'flces' ra,a,c ife8' etc -etc etc- fnau ino"e same lesoers db rewaro- ed for their tax-boosting labors by brlng glen more power ,an.d higJher oiiicea wnen mey promiseu reuuc tlons? New state institutions are to be fastened upon the people, and there is a progiara on the skids to raise official salaries at least $100,000 a tear' it win ue up lu iub peupio iu uw for candidates who have qualifies tlon8 recommending them as being aoie 10 carry oui a reiroui-uiueui pi w gram. Manufacturer. Robert Kizer, who has been In aa rmy hospital at San Francisco for so long, expects to receive a meaicai ais- chaige and come borne some time this I I month. 0(l NEW BOfiUS BILL BEFORE CONGRESS Avoids Heavy Cash Payment or Serious Increase of Tax Burden One of the most trying things id ' (national legislation in tbeae late time ' and one of the hardest to understand. baa been the work of congress In at tempting to provide mean, of relief for the ex-service men to evolve what Is commonly spoken of aa a "soldiers' bonus" haa in U aotnethlns; not very pleasing to the persons most directly affected. ,.Tet so lose aa Jt waa used only as a handy terra to ex press the Idea of an allowance beyond the meager wages of the eoldler during his service, there is no need to take exception to the term. It is in the nature of an evening up be tween the compensation of the man Irs the field and the emolument of the man at home. When, is so large a part of the cases, the man at horns directly profited by the war, without any of the risks, it is bnt natural that the service man should regard such a measure as a matter of proper' com pensatlon. and not as a gratuity. ' There does not seem to be, either. any necessity to criticize congress for ita long delay; though aometlmes it has been bard to bear, especially where men are straggling to get them selves fitted again Into the places in the affairs of life which they gave np for their country's good. The demands upon the national treasury have been so great, and the strain upon' the country's credit so great, ita foreign debtors being nnable to help it out. that congress has had some very per plexing problems to deal with. One plan after another haa been proposed. discussed and pushed into the back ground, until it began to look aa though the years when this relief would do the service man the most good would wear away before it would come. Finally, the bouse ways and meats committee appointed a special sub committee to draft and present a new plan. This sub-committee haa devised a plan which seems to avoid the ob jectionable features of all the, former plans, one which will not involve rucri heavy Immediate drafts on. the treas ury, one which will not greatly in crease the present grievous burdens of taxation, and one which those who are familiar with the plan and with, the previous discussions believe will go through congress, will receive the approval of the president and solve the difficulty with less strain on the country's resources than any that has yet been proposed The new bill which is regarded and spoken of as a compromise bill, has been approved by the ways a ad means comml'tee of the house, has been in troduced In the house and will pro bably be brought up for discussion and action eaily next week. vTbe follow ing is a rough, but we trust a fairly accurate outline of the main features of the new bill. Service men whose adjusted ser vice credit does not exceed $50 to be paid la cash at once. These would be the only cash payments to be met for about three years. This would give time to complete the refunding of some short time bonds falling due in that time. The credits would be calculated oa a basis of $125 a day for service overseas and $1.00 for service at home. The limit of the credit would be $625 for a man who served overseas or $500 fcr a man whose service was all at home. A man whose service credit, ex ceeded $50 would have an option of four methods of settlement The fir-t, the heart of the bill stripped of all intricacies, is a ser vice certificate for the full amount of ice credit, dated October 1, 1922, ma turlng in 20 years or at the death of the veteran, at four and one-halt per cent Interest. Trior to September 30, 19C5, national banks are authorized to loan on these certificates amounts cot exceeding 50 per cent of the face and accrued interest. After that date .tho Government would mate loans o.i '.lo cor:if:cate'5. The other options are: i Svcond, vccatlonal training. j Third, farm and home aid. K ) Fourth, land settlement. The new service station men began advertising early. They put up a "free auto camp" sign on a telephone pole at their corner about the time they commenced work on the build ing.