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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1922)
D ME m 1 .' ) MNirTKKNTII YKAIl. SI'IUNOFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1922. NUMBER 4-L OPEN MEETING MONDAY EVENING it ilnuBURlly Qood Attendance Interesting Addresses, "V, Cood Feeling; , The blasting announcad ft last Holiday evonlng. at tbe Woodman ball! undor the ausplcea of the 4L Hiatal,, and de.lsned to bring toother mea-! bra of the 4L and cltlseris generally, brought together one of the largest audience that haa ben brought ou. t any meeting of almllnr chararUr In Springfield tor a good while. .The ball wai well filled, the room being well (peted with chalra, and a nun ber of men not finding avata at all A number of tadlea were present Tb attendance of business men waa a matter of remark. Geo. Davenport Chairman of th local, called the meet ing to order, atated Ita purpose and announced a muelral feature, by Frank Skinner, violin, and 8am Par due, piano. They gave two numbers. and greatly pleaaed the hearcra. The band not being redy to perform the part expected of it, Mtaa Vivian Ben eenaey responded to a call for a song, with Mm H. J. Coi at tba plane. They responded to two encorea. Ralph Martin, of Eugene, the first speaker, waa Introduced a a man who bad made a close study of the Indu trial condition and problema of the tlmea. Rermarhlng on the largenesi of the attendance and the evidence of Interval, be aald that, being a mem ber of the Eugene chamber of com merce, be waa tempted to turn the imMttln into a dtaeuaaton of the auea- I and Sprtagfli'ld. A number of voice over the room called out, -Nomina doing." I Tbe speaker pointed out tba aer- loua probleti) confronting tbe 4L and J lumber Induatry of the northwet In Springfield. Oregon, tbe next two yeara. Ona of tba chief Gentlemen:- of thes wit that of southern men. Pleaae tell me at what place I caa whoe timber auppllea - are falling. obtain Amber-o-latum In Seattle. I and who are aaektng lnvaitmenta in 'bare Inquired at aevwral drug etoree. thl country, and. a they come, eeebut they don't handle It, In fact don"t to Introduce trere tha lower atandara jknow what Jt la. - and harder Industrial condition pre vallfng In the aoutb. Thvn, be aald. the newspapers had aought to create too optimistic a view of tha condl'lon of the lumber market, which had been steadily declining alnce January. Tb answer be proposed to tha problems of tbe tlm was a high standard oi' efficiency from top to bottom, lie closed with an appeal to all to help mslntaln the 4L, atandards. W. D. 8mlth, of Portland, district organiser of tha 4L. was the chief apeaker of tha evening. He under took to speak of th purpose and man tser of the organisation of the 4L and what it bad accomplished. It la an organisation to promote peace. Be cause It waa organised in war aaya. and one of tha Immediate obiecta w.s to Insure the continuances of produo - tlon to carry on tba war. and to Ireep down aedltlon, people are too apt to think of It at a war measure. He warned the 4L men that tbey - wore going to hav a fight on hand to maintain their atandards. "When that take place", he aald, "be aure yon know tb mn you hav to tignt and be sure you know your friends." Ho gsve a number of examples of tbe conditions that threaten the Industrv In the northwest. He quoted a aay- Ing of a lumber operator from tha Indiana, December, , 1843. 8he bad south. "We will cater to labor no j lived In tbla part of Oregon alnce 1889. mora." liter btusband, Eraatua B. Pattiaon, He cited a case where Japanese died at Brownsville In 1898. 8inc tilted the cl-olce placea Indoora and j then, aha has made her borne with soldiers worked on the yard In tneiher, only daughter, Mra. Wallace, rain. He told of negroea Imported 'Funeral aervlcea were conducted at from the aouth to taka the placea of. the Wallace home at 10 a. m. Mon- whlfe men at Weed, California. He aalil the Influence of the 4 bad tended to eliminate strife, to pr mot cooperation Between employers .... . 1 ana employee, to put a cnacg on in tendency to oppreailon and check alien Invasion, particularly of tha Japanese and Greeks. Ha described tbe manner In which the constitution waa drawn, by a Joint, committee of employer and employes, sitting to gether In a aeven daya session; and how grievance and differences were settled In like manner by auch a com mltoee, looking at each other across a table. Ha aald 834 cases of griev ances bad been settled by the 4L In tbla way In 1921. Tbe audiences listened to thes ad dresses with closa attention, wltbt great interest and apparently wiu genera) approval. Geo. Dorris Is planting 1100 filbert traea this spring, on bla ranch' aouw of Sprtngfleld; and Prof. F. L. Young la planting 800 en bla ranch north ef fepiingheld. DEATH OF JOSEPH FULOP OF FARMER'3 EXCHANGE JoKopb Fulop, th senior partner of III firm of J. and . Fulop, conducting tb Farmer Kxrhanga, dlvd at Mercy hosi'ltal, Eugene, Sunday forenoon, March II. H Iid biwn suddenly seised with an affection of th bart bout rcr and t half ago. Tba at tack which resulted In bis death cam on about tha first of latt wwk, Tba body was prepared for burial by W. F. Walker, and ahlpped to Portland Monday afternoon. The funeral ws held at 10 a ro. Tuesday. Toe burial h FuI"P P,ot I" r"- land, whrre on brother had been borled before. Mr. fulop wa born November 15. MM, In Debrecen, a large city In the heart of Hungary. All of bla bro thers and elateri were born there. Me cam to thta country about 34 yeara ago. H lit aurvlvrd by bla wire; three brother. Julius bere, and two In Portland; and three alitera In Hungary. The four brothere were In whole- ui am mrohnHi. ..th.P for a time In Portland They divided Into two parlnerablpa at the. time that Joseph, the oldeit of tbe brother, and Julio, the youngest bought tha Far mera Exchange atore, laat summev. Tbe move waa made mainly on ac count of Joaeph Fulop'a health. The other two brother are In bualne t gether In Portland. TRIED AMBER-O-LATUM AND WANTS TO GET MORE The following letter, received by John Ketei thl week, explain It elf It abowa that Mr. Kctel'a chest. ointment, where It la tried, doea all, that la claimed for It and more. It I an Instance, too, of tbe good re made of bla product at tbe Meier ft Frank display of Oregon product Seattle, Wah..March 13. 1921. Tbe Amber-o latum. Labratory. In February I obtained a Jar at Meier ft Frank' department atore at 'Portland. It gave excellent results for congestion of lungs and bronchial tubes, and I am now using It for pleurisy with good re.ult. I have) Dut of New Tork. ohetto out of apoken to a number of friends about tne gqUalor and misery rose a aoag your ointment, and they have used 'that Hooded ! world with melody, some of mine, but it Is too difficult ,HUmoresque!" A photoplay that to get. ao better bang on to what little y0U will never forget At Bell 8atur I hav left. Youra truly, M. 1. 8undstedt VAUGHN Virginia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kit Vauvhn nf fVH.r Ft. I rilori ..f ..,. , K '. ... . t....h.. ...nin. 11...1. ii ok. w 'born July 6. lli. Th funeral wm be at Walker'a chapel, at t 'o'clock tbla afternoon, conducted by Rvv. Tho D. Yarne. Tbe burial will be at Mt. Vernon cemetery. PATTI80N Mra. Nancy J. Pattiaon died at the home of Mr. and Mra. M. L. Wallace at Jasper. Saturday evening, March 11, after a sickness of about three weeks. She waa born near Montleeilo day, the 13th, by Rev. Thoa D. Yarne. Tha burial was In the family cemg tery on the home place. The burial rrangments were In charge of w. F. Walker Mra. Wm. Vincent, of north Fifth street, haa had a aevere esse of grip. 1 She Is now able to move about the hous a little. Mrs. Pratt Holveraon underwent a major operation at Mrercy hospital, Eugon. Tuesday. Mra. M. M.1 Male la up and about now, after a long tussle with th flu. Miss Madeline Miles, a relative of Mra. Bella 8 pong, who has been em ployed at tb Spong hotel for some months, went to Portland heveral weeka ago, to undergo an operation tor tha removal of a troubtoioma growth on ber neck. She mad a short visit at bom last Friday, and returned to Portland for another op eration, to complet th work begun In th first . ' WENDLING SAWMILL AND CAMP CONDITIONS 'a gj s, , -' 1 1 i n'fp Vp to tha laat of tail wwk, the now bad continued to Interfere with logging operation In tba Booth-Kelly camps abovf Wendllnj. Saturday there wai reported to be about 14 inches of anow at tba camp and about 30 ncliei In tba timber where the logging work la going on. Repair work baa been going on at the Wend- 'ling mill for aome time, and la nearly comploted. The lumbermen up there are expecting the mill to opn before a great while, and a greatly tn mamma foroe to be put on at tba cmajv. SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S BUSINESS IN ORfTG5W Tba Southern Pacific Railway com pany Issues t afd for general clr culatlon from wbkb we extract tba following figure: Tb Southern Paci fic operatea 1310 mllea of Haa m Ore gon; provide employment for ap proximately 6000 peraona In Oregon; haa a payroll In Oregon of $11,081,- 764.93; It maintenance coat li Ore ,on spproxlmatea 13.000.000; Ita pur rr.aara in uregon were at.aii.BSi; paid In Usee In Oregon f 1.110.038 81 These flgurea are' for tbe year 121. CIVIC CLUB NOTES Member of tbe Civic Improvement club met In regular eealon March 14 at tba town ball. One new name wa added to the membership. Lively dis cussions concerning plan for tba fu ture were beld and much Interest waa manifested. . A usual, after tbe bualne meev Ing, a dellclou luncheon waa served Thl tlm It waa called a paper aack luncheon. After a Jolly (octal time all returned to their bomea well aatla fled with their evenlng'a work. Tbe ladle meet on tba aecond and fourth Tuesday of each month. Every woman who ha the welfare of our town at heart la cordially Invited to attend tbeae meetlnga. , Dr. 8. Ralph Dipple. dentist, Spring field. Oregon. Russell Lenhart. wto has been tn tba government hospital at Portland, and hli brother Ted. who la In tbe marine aervice, and "Is stationed at Vsncouver. hav been visiting at the.1011:, la now employed at Schaefer'a home of their parenta. In the north eaat part of town, for the past few daya. day. Charles Buchanan haa nearly com pleted tbe remodeling of tbe old Max well store building which he' pur chased early In tha winter. Ha er pecM to more bla blacksmith ahop had th old building between that and 0l1 Mont Cristo building torn down thU wek M Precutlon flnst fire. I ' j Excuse Our Dust ' rvl fIJiL f - r; f .-. w ' 'aVX ' iTTcijkmt isea u Auvnoen y ta M. E. BROTHERHOOD NEXT MONDAY EVENING Tba regular monthly meeting of the Methodist Brotherhood will b held at th church next Monday even ing. 8upper at 7. Rev. 6. C. Miller, pastor of tba Baptist church, baa been engaged to give an add res on the theme, "Evolution and Modern Science." Christian acbolara who a 'a acquainted with tbla addreia bava apoken In high pralae of it la case the evangelistic meetings atould Interfere with Mr. Miller', giv ing it at tbla time, aome other good speaker will be secured. FURNITURE HOSPITAL TO ' OPEN IN NEAR FUTURE TkuM. McKinnl and B. Bean, both now rwldenu of Springfield, will open a furnltorw hospital In tba old E. V. Sneed grocery building, on Main street, between fnd and 8rd, la tbe near future. They will be folly equipped and able to take care of all klnda of cabinet work and npbolater- Ing. They will repair furniture, and rebuild and aphoiater couches, chalra and overstuffed chalra and daven port. Tbey wilt do bualneaa under tbe name of McKlnnla ft Bean Furni ture Hospital. Anyone desiring any work In their line, call McKlnnla or Bean In the Seavey building, over tb theatre. Clarence Kester, who waa employed in steamboat work In Alaska through laat aummer, hat been aent for by bla former emptoyera, and will put In tbe coming season with them. He haa already gone. Pan co aolea and rubber beels. 8ome combination for wear and comfort. Put on by Hall, the shoe doctor. Misses Let tie and Lottie WhIUker have been seriously sick with flu for a week or more. Lettle li now able to resume ber work at tbe county clerk's office. Lottie is able to ait op Miaa Doris Holland baa been tor a week and atill la off duty at tb county crerk'a office by reason of an attack of f.u. She h at borne. Miss Bessie Bench, who haa beea employed at Green' grocery tor ao In Eugene. 8?e th great dam explosion the cataclysmic achievement that turna th course of a whole Oregon river! 6 big thrill never before ahown on any screen In Stuart Paton'a atupendoua sensation of the great north woods. See "Conflict" at the BeU Sunday. The society of camp fir girls under th direction of Misa Crystal Temple ton have been greatly praised for help given to famlllea that needed help In caaea of flu during the late epidemic. Mr. M. M. Peery I on an extended vlalt to her daughter, Mrs. Edesse Cox In San Francisco. W. O. W. meets every Tueeiay evening at W. O. W. hall. BAPTIST REVIVAL IS MOVED UP TOWN to! U V , f I A large nnd irT'atfva audience1 greeted tbe avangeliat. Dr. H. E. Mar ball, at th flrat service In tb new quarters where tbe Baptist church la now conducting revival meetings, tLa old atore building beneath Steven' hall. Dr. Marshall baa well earned bis spura a a public apeaker. He doea not use them, however, on bis audlenoe. Clear, forceful, aympi thetlc, sometimes , bumoroui, ha carries bla hearers with him as ha develop bis theme. Jt Is seldom that SprlngfteU baa an bppoHttnlty'tO hair to "sat and Sana" kit Cvanfcebirt If Dr. Waflbali, Scorea of ftdpid wad har heard falffl alnce ha haa com. peak with the hlgbeat appreciation of bla ability and forcefulnes aa a speaker. Thoa who do not bear him while be is here, will miss something really worth while. The meetlnga will be conducted .la tbe hall above referred to during tbe Urn tbe exangellstic serricea con tlnue In th city, Including Sunday morning. Tb adult classes of the Sunday school. Including tb young peoples' class will meet la th hall wnene tbe meetings are being con ducted. A cordial Invitation la extended to tha people of th city to attend all these services. Tb Ladies' Aid society of th Baptist church will giv a basaar and cooked food saie at Long and Cross' plumbing shop- on March 25. The Modern Woodmen recentlty presented Miss Cora Denton with draft for $2000. Tb amount of the policy carried by ber father the lace Edward H. Denton. Charles Count of the Oregon Sol dier' home at Roseburg. spent laat week at the home of hia daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mra. Frank. EM- well. Mra. J. F. Powers Is now reenperat ing after an Illness of two months, during this tlm ah haa bad an st uck of th flu, hay fever, and broa chlUa. "Deep Watera" presents a thrilling story with under water scenes of magnitude not hitherto presented tn any picture production. Also the third chapter of "With Stanley in Africa" which is proving very popa Iar. At Bell next Wednesday. We mentioned last week that Mrs. Pearl Clark waa the flrat Springfield lady to serve on a Jury. In the Mack lin larcency case, tried last week. Mra. Clark; Mra. Ivy Davidson, who Uvea n-Jar Springfield Junction; Mn. Nora Plank, of Eugene, formerly of Springfield; and James Laxton were all on tha Jury. By a recent order of th atate public service commission, automo bile and trucks engaged tn transport ing parsons are required to com to complete atop within CO to 100 feet of any railroad crossing at grade, and make aure that th way ta clear be fore crossing. ' Mrs. F. B. Hamlin la now a regular member of th postofflc force. Miss Dorothy Ditto works of mornings, as distribution clerk. Mr. and Mra. M. L. Wallace, rf Jasper have been suffering from a severe attack of grip. Both are now much Improved. , Miss Vancourt, of Seattle, has been visiting for several daya at tbe home of her cousin, Mra. Walter Llpes, who baa been seriously sick. Miss Martha Williamson, domestic science teacher in the High school, wiit down to Corvallla Utte latter part of last week to do a little prac tical domestic science work for her lather during tbe absence of ber mother. Dr. 8. Ralph Dipple, dentist, Spring field, Oregon. Misa Florence Furuset, whose home is at Springfield Junction, la a mem ber of the U. of O. debating team in the aeason's debates. Tbe next de bate will be at CorvallU with O. A. C. Mrs. F. M. Roth and son Kermlt hav beep In Portland tor a week 01 more, and will be there aeveral days more. They are with Mrs. Roth'a sister, who Is sick. Miss Opal Ho'.verson visited with her sister, Mrs. Homer Davis at At bany, Saturday. Suj.t. F. M. Roth, Prof, and Mra. C. E. Lambert, Trof. A. J. Morgan and Mrs. U K. Pag attended the Uachor'a lnstitut at Cottage Grove last Saturday. Mra. Emory Richardson has a ser ious case of flu. 0 s SHOW AT EUGENE Three) of Springfield Liv Establishments M,ake Good Showing' ' The "Oregon Producti Show", aa Jt waa generally apoken of, waa held Inr ' tb ,PVW1, buJn. In Eugene, dur- In; th whole of last weak. Over at side1 entrance was tbe legend, on lark tiaras, "Oregon Products Carni val". But It had nothing of tb na ture of a carnival. Id any proper sens of that word. It was strictly, buslnesa exhibit.' It was not limited strictly of things produced tn Oregon, though mostly of that nature. A somber of Portland houui, en- gaged In production or merchangl were represented. Outside of these, tb exhibi's were all or nearly all from Lane, county. Eugene houses as . might be expected,, were largely represented. In the local exhibits.. said of. tba general, home product occupied the larger place, bat not to we exclusion ui nusuiea not BincJjr in, the line of production. Tbe pro ducts ranged from music .and othsr arti to lumber and foodstuffs. . . - . - - The show was promoted .and man aged by the Home Science club, a. lad clvib society c(f Gugene. It. occupied three floors of the, Hamp' ton building; though tha aecond floor waa not ao fully occupied aa the others and that mostly by the lighter article', Th lower floor waa crowded. Springfield's Exhibits A Springfield visitor made a brief aurvey or th collection on Friday-. afternoon, and gave special attention of course,, to the Springfield exhibits. Three of our best Industrie! were welt represented. In on of the most easily accessible' and most favorable positions' on. the flrat floor, Jurt to the left or the main Wllllamette street entrance, was the modest, "but complete exhibit of the 8pringfleld Will Grain ' eomnanr '. Thl enterprising firm, under Its rr sent organisation, la rapidly forgingr j to the front, bo?h at horn and abroad, and la doing as much Juit now tV' make tbe nam of 8pt1ngffleld mor extensively and more favorably kbowtt' as any other concern. Its business Is of auch a simple character; dealing,, ai It does, tn the commonest staple of everyday life, that not many words' are neceasary to describe, US exhibit.' Suffice It to say that It Included sam ples of every brand of the company product: all their brands of floor -and feed;' all kind of grain products, all kinds of foodstuffs which they, tarn oat, for the as of man, beast cr ' fowl. , ' ;;- " '-' At the . west of the lower floor. moderate slxed booth was occupied by samples of the various kinds of pro-' ducta of th mills of th Booth-Kelly Lumber company: timbers, boards, lsth and shingles; ranging from a Jap' ' square. 10X20 'inches, four feet Ion, standing on end, to a couple of hand carriers loaded with stove wood, slab and block. Over thla exhibit, fh bold characters, were these legends: "Tha largest Individual Industry In 'Lane' . county". "Two great modern mills, at Springfield and Wendilng. with ex tensive logging camps. Annual cut approximately 75,000,000 feet Em ploye from 500 to 800 people, and ex pends more than 81,000,000 on payroll and supplies tn, Lane county." On the third floor, the Loud Manu facturing corporation bad a booth, the sis of an ordinary room, contain ing. In Its construction, represent tlons of nearly all features entering Into the ftnlihed buildings which they turn out. Including sections of wall, glasa door complete, section of roof, pillars and different atyles of aiding, all In place. This is on of Spring fteldi latest Industries, aiid ona which is rarldly pushing out Into a field . which la practically without limit, and carrying the nam of Springfield with. It CLARK : The News received, yesterday morning, a note from W. H. Clark, master mechanic of the Booth-Ke.ly mll here, announcing the death of bla wife. Tb not waa written oa Tuesday, at Salem, wher ber deata occurred. Tbe body was to be taken to Cascade Locks, wher Mr. and Mra. Clark lived for om year, tor burial. Mr. Clark has been In the employ of tb Booth Kelly Lumber company here ever sine the mill was built, ex cept about two yeara. Ha ia building op a fin trait and vegetable tarn on the McKensle, north of 8pringflld. Bis mother lives with htm.