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EWB JiOE- 'it NINKTKKNTII YKAIt. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23. 1922 NUMBER 10." J ') I CARLOAD OF POLES IVEOT Work on tha Ciliforni. Oregon Power Una Fairly Started Off ARB ODAY (Orant Tu.-aday morning a gang of a' half V are very rry to kern that di.im men txtii aet to work culling Marjory Grant haa taken a relapse bruah and rlearlng away other ob- with the f!u. and la very sick again. trmlL.n along the course of the; Rev. J T. Stiver la conducting a new power line through the gap In revival mating at Thuralon now. The (he hllla beyond the mill yard. Tola Internal and attendance are very Dioinlng. a carload of red cedar pot, gl- from futlatch. In northern Idaho. I Mr. and Mra M. J. Mi Kiln, Howard which had been expected for eeveral and Mlaa Edna Dlggs. from deye. hrrlved In the Bprlngflcld yard . 8prlngfleM. and Mr. and Mra. Erneat Several men. with an equipment of Weal and children spent Sunday at fire brand new peevlea, were aet tjjJohn Edmtston'a home. , work anloadlng tbero. Ho It may bJ Mra. Llllah llhodea and children fairly aald that construction wor,Pent he weekend with ber sister. on iha rallfornlaOreton oower line baa commenced. Contrary to expectations here, there will be no offloe established bore" for tbe management of the work. Aa one of the men In charge expressed It, . "Our offloe will be In our hats." Con ) trary to previous understanding, too. th construction work will not be dls-l trlbuted along the line, but will be carried glorig from this end. Of course, there will be nrenaratorv work that may be carried on all along th!LIIIh Rhode. Howard Cotton. an1Clsco on a motorcycle. Mr. 8mltbl't Marshfleld. Howard bad been em line at once. j0" Edn drove out lo Thur-lhomt u Tennessee. He Intended ployed at a hlng'e mill at North Bend SPRINGFIELD W. O. W. VI5IT WALTER VII L E Monday evening about a doxen mem-! uvrs oi cvprinswHi ramp muiorwu i Waltervllle; where 'bey were enter- wnicn waa Broken at the same time, talnei by the rnrmhri of that ramp. I healing nicely, after which a supper waa aerved such' Grandma Rum-Jell la quite serious aa that camp la notvtd for. District , Manager E. O. Royal la working' M Margaret t'ampbcll and eon among the eeveral camps adjacent Frank madn a trip to Eugene Tues to Springfield, and on Tuesday even jday.. lng. April 4. all five camps will met! Mlaa Mabel McPheraon. of Spring- In Springfield for Initiation. The of fH-ld. attended church at Thurston of the gme were well attended, and ment wa banded to the New by a fleer and team of tbe Eugene camp, Tuesday evening. certainly provided fun and exercise friend of tbe bridegroom, to whom It will put on the Initiatory work, after j Mr- Ev Taylor baa been attend fcr thoae who participate! In them, was aent: which a banquwt will be aerved. During ,n court In Eugene the paat week.' Several more gamea bad been ached I Mb and Mr. John R. Denend an the past three, month tbe field men fih' (he first lady from our neigh uled. but they bad to be called off on noune the marrlaae of thefr dtnthxr of the W. O. W. bare beeo howlng a aeries pf pictures In California and on April 1 the district manager nee:s the operstor In Cottage Grove and' shows (hla S reel picture In 16 camp In the Salem dlatrlrt. ji.onie oi mr. aon airs, jamea laiverl, Tuesday evening. April 4. thla ahowhe parents of Mra. Raugh. will be for members only la the' Mrs. Fanny and Nanny Hendricks) Springfield csmp. but on Wednesday evening, April 5. It will the public In Eugone at the W. O. V.,r tiieir brother. FreJ Russell.. ball. Thla la a wonderful picture and Is well worth seelna. i 8prlngfleld camp Is making a won derful gain, and thla campaign for membership will put them very near to the 200 mark by April 4. Cottaa I Grove; Creswell. Waltervllle and Co- burg will alao have tholr candidates here for Initiation at thla meeting ana none will go home until the wee tiny hour of Wednesday morning, satis- fled that they attended one of the bent meetings ever held in, this dli- trlct. MURDOCK i i ' I Harry N. Nelson, state adjutant of Layne. 12 year old aon of Mr. and the Legion, waa preaent, and ex Mr T. C. Murdock. of Marcola. died: plained in detail the Leglona nation In Mercy hospital. Eugone, Saturiay. j wide aervlce campaign for the ecur March 18. The body waa prepared n, Df all necessary data relating to for burial at the undertaking parlors !earh man'B ,ervlce record, and also of W. F. Walker. The furral and for mmbershlp. Oeo. A. White, ad- uurlai waa at the Marcola cemetery. at 8 p. m. Sunday, the 19th. Rev. Rtchter conductel fie Junera! ser vice. Fred Barnard was taken with an at tack of high blood pressure, while at hla work at the Loud factory, on Mon day of last week. He had to quit work at noon, and had difficulty In making bis way home. He thought of going to work again laat Monday morning, but conclude! that a lit Us longer rest would not do him any barm. He had a similar attack sev eral years ago. Charles Ray In "A Village Sleuth". For why them tracks to the lonely lakra? And a rich man, vajilahedT And funny golnVon In that smart doctor home for nervoua women T The only clue I ee thla picture at the Bell Wednesday. "With Stanley In Africa'" ha great historical value. Cha. Klngery and family, whoso car wa burnd on the highway beyond the overht'ud crossing, last December, are camped on our ground again. They have spent most of the Inter veiling time at Ashland. The Insur ance on tholr car ha not yet buen tett'.od, and that I one of the object that bring them back. Mr. Klngery la on the lookout for work, too. W. O. W. meets' evrry Tueiday evenjng at W. O. W. hall. THURSTON NOTES Mr. and Mrs Elmer Martsln, of Murcola, spent Saturday rid Hundsy with Mr. Mertaln'a aunt. Mra. Marga ret Campbell. Mra. Clifford Weaver, from Alpln. la vidian .relsllvna In our neighbor hood. The flu haa agin madn Ita appear ( n. The latest victims are llerold and Howard flaughman and little Jane rs. "or batnision. . i Mill Mabel Mcpherson spent Satur-! ' Maude and Hatel Ed; rnlston.- Mr. and Mr. Tnomss William returned after several day Doe-we. vll!ng Uielr daughter, Mr- McCollom. Mr. one and family, from The hss moved on I o M I s "eTsma'a place. Mr- and Mra. M. J. McKlln. Mr. ,0n imm Hpnngueio. Monday evening ."na " i Mr. Enhoff I building a new barn. I Prank Campbell baa hla Ford re i paired. It waa badly damaged In a.WM,k. Robert will probably be about ...... wr-. - , horhood called on the Jury. "un Dennle ha been unable to r ,lrn achool since having the flu. Mr. and Mra. Ray Ilaugb visited at Junction City last Sunday at the r t aurornia Tueaday morning, be free toThev have been vla'ltlng at the home. ' LANE! COUIMTY CnilNril " " , QF AMERICAN LEGiON , , A large and , enthusiastic meeting of the I-ane county council was held at Junction City last Saturday even- lng. Eleveq members of the Spring- fMd , post attended. The council Is crmnoaed of elected delegstes repre- sentlng the five posts In the countv: ' at Eugone, Springfield, Cottage Grove. Junction City and Creswell.. 1 The Springfield delcgatse are W. H. Adrian M. B. lluntly and Oswsld Olson. Mr. Adrian was unable to attend. Jutant general of Oregon, also spoke of the organisation of the American Legion In Paris, France, In which he participated. REVIVAL SERVICES IN STEVENS' BUILDING Have you heard Marshall? He I different. The late Senator Daley pra flounced him one of the greateat ora tor of the weat. Crowd are com ing to hear him every night. Any olio who dure not hear hi in while bo I In the city will mix aomethlng really worth while. .Preacher, lec turer, orator, all In one. He will make you laugh and cry and think especially think. He knowa the Bible and la not afraid to preach It. He knowa life and la not afraid to expoe Ita ahama and hyprocraclea. Hla message are clttar, plain, forcefol. He will entertain you whether you agree with him or not. If you bear hlra once you will want to hear blra again. Do you want to know some thing about Christ the real Christ the Christ that ha been hidden by hame, and ceremonies and ao much false teaching and living. Then come and bear Dr. Marshall. Every night thla week at Steven' hall. Every body Is Invited. All will be made welcome. ROBT. KIZER AND FRIEND ARRIVES FROM FRISCO Robert Klter, accompanied by a comrade. Samuel 8mlth. who received daughter of Mr. and Mr. O. F. Riser, a medical dlacharge at the same time and her brother Howard, of North as Robert, arrived at the Klaer borne Bend, arrived at the home of their on Vednedy evening of last week, parents 8unday evening. Mr. Hurl They made the trip from San Fran ,butt la emoloved at the Smith aawmm )to ,Bt reutlve In Portland before, going borne; but be secured employ- ment at a new summer resort up tlx. McKensie, and went up there last nprinanniu unui a is in iwiurr cuv dltlin for hard work. BASKETBALL SEASON SUMMARY OF RESULTS The basketball season ha ended, and the Sunday school league ha rroven to be a decided auccesa. Moat 'account of the Baptist revival meet-, lng. The pennant wa won by h iMethodiat team, which managed to win all of Ita gamea. Tbe pennant must be won three years in succession j in oraer 10 Become iue permanent property of any team. With a seaaon'a experience behind them, the teams loor rorwara to an even better league next year, when it ,ls hoped to be able to acneauie games 'earlier in the aeaaon. A summary of tall leaiue games Is as follows:- . J"-,'0' MethodisU 28, BaptlsU 1. Fen. 7. Metnoaista 03. i nnsuans is. Feb' 14 Baptlata 82. Christians 10. rb- ll- Methodists 20." Baptists 14. FeD- 28- Methodlats 41. Christiana 27. March 7, Christians 21. Bsptlsts 18. Tot1 won bv Methodist 4. by Bap- t,8t 1- Christians 1. FINGER LACERATED AT MILL YESTERDAY U. H. Park, who now Uvea In Eu gene and works at the sawmill here, had the middle finger of his left band rather badly lacerated wh.lle at work yesterday aftetrnoon. He was off bearing from a ripsaw, and a email piece of timber lodged. He took hold of It to throw It over to Its plao, when a heavier piece, traveling from the resaw, struck the rear end of It Jaromed Mr P,rk'g hand between the forward end of the piece he was moving and a-bumper. It .was only a flesh wound, but a pretty severe one. UNCLE AND NEPHEW FALL OUT AND FIGHT Abe Gilbert and hi nephew, Bu ford Gilbert, had been engaged In aome construction work together, anl nettled In a small house west of tha Roseburg where be has work. Loud factory last fall. The elder man j The McKensie High school I prae bad a family. He appeared to be thejtlclng for a play to be given In the owner of a working outfit. Including. near future. several homes. The two men bad ' Several people from Waltervllle at- disturbed the neighborhood by fre quent fusses. Yesterday, Uuford Gilbert who bad been working near Natron, went to hla uncle'a house, and undertook to remove the pole from a back, and put It another vehicle. Tbe nncle In terfered, and a quarrel enaued. - It ended by the younger man picking up an as which tbe nncle had brought out, and throwing It at bl nncle, cut ting a gash on bl chin. Both men were arretted and brought before Recorder McLean. Each man wa fined $50, and tbe fine was re mitted In each case on condition that the party ebould leave town and tay away. Buford left yesterday, and Abe I expected to leave tomorrow. SON AND DAUGHTER VISITING KIZERS Mr. Ada Hurlbutt, of Marshfleld. but wa affected by what I known a cedar poisoning. He la now en- gaged In Insurance work with the Yeo nxn in Coo county. He will attend a meeting at Portland In ttat Interest on tbe 22nd, and then go on to As toria, to visit hla two brother there. Mrs Hurlbutt will visit here for two or three week. MARRIAGE OF FORMER SPRINGFIELD BOY The following wedding announce Laurie Anleta, to Mf Wells O. Camn-i,n bell, on Wednesday,' the flrt day of March, i22. at Long Beach Califoi - nla." Mr. Campbell Is a son of Mrs. Laura oj,jg Raya. now of Long Beach, and 'a grandson of Mrs.' Robert E. Camp bell, recently deceased. He was bom t the oI(1 Campbell home, a mile and naif west of Sorlnirfleld. moved to'4U ,nd BroP08ed to resume operations Oreson Citr at the r. f k .n4 m Long Beach about 7 years sgo j change in policy came as a surprise Pri.na. h. .. wi ..a .,Jto the employees at the Barber and bride a happy and prosperous married nfe it : JL Mrs. Rabecca A Campbell Widow of Robert E. Campbell, died at the home of ber son Ernest Camp bell, in Tacoma. Washington, Friday. March 10. aged 75. Her body was brought to Eugene, and burled In the Masonic cemetery there. .Mrs. Campbell was born st Trenton, Mo. She came with -her parents to California In 1860. Several years later, she and her husbaud settled on a donation land claim west of Kelly butte, their home being about a mile and a half from Springfield. Mr. Campbell died there about five years ago, and Mrs. Campbell lived there until about a year ago. She leaves another son, George, of. Portland and a daughter. Mrs. Get-! trude Williams, of. Pleasant Hill, Mrs. I. A. Stevens, of Springfield, Is a" step daughter. WALTERVILLE NOTES Dave Fountain and family made a business trip to Eugene Tuesday. Ronald Chase was a visitor here, Monday evening. He left Tuesday for tended the Leaburg play. It was re ported to be the best they have ever given. Mr. Fred Dotson, of Portland, is visiting with ber parents. Mr. and Mr. V. V. Willi. Mary Key had ber tonsil removed laat week. C. C. Polley and family, Gladys and Violet Inman and Frances HoUUng were .visitors at the borne of E a Fountain Monday evening. A special meeting was called by tbe W. O. W. Monday evening. Sev eral member were present from Springfield and a supper was served. LUMBER NOTES . FROM NEARBY FIELDS From .the 4L News . Letter of the date of March IS we cull these notes, which were crowded out last week:. Following the posting: of notices on February 24. at the Klamath Falls sawmill and box' factories, announc ing a B hour day; to commence on March 1, and similar notices at tbe large operations at Weed and Mc- Cloud, California, declaring' a 10-hour day, to commence on the same date, the workers at all three points struck. The 4L has never been Introduced' Into this terrltorr- The strike at Klamath Falls was' confined to box factory and planing mill workers. About 450 mm were Involved. ; From Bend, Oregon: "The winter has been unusually severe with fx quent snowfalls and continued cold. logging has been carried on with from one to three feet of snow. The frost In the logs and the deep snow hss docreased production of both camps and mills from ten to twenty per cent . The February payrolls of the two companies at Bend, employ ing about 1350 men, totaled $149,100. 22. The Shelvln-Rlxon mill Is ope rat- two h,tt of hour; the BrooM 8cnlon D,nt u operating three shifts iof TeB mn1 one-half hours. , The i mills at Bend are 4L operations, and " Jntend,n" t0 continue on an. 8 hour basis. : The Boise-Payette Lumber company 'gave notice of its withdrawl from tbe "ren oa -uur Emmett plants, -who .after a Joint meeting petitioned the company to re tain its 4L affiliation and the 8 hour day. No reply to this petition has been received to date. "-. Springfield News 11.50 per year- . . STATE TREASURER'S , REPORT. AND SURVEY State Treasurer O. P. Hoff has is sued a "report for the year, 192L to- !gether with comparative survey.' Facta and figures for 1918 are placed against those for 1921 ' for the pur poses of this comparison. We. extract some of the most essential and Inter esting data: . "Starting wl'h the year 1919. we j have' the commencement of the state highway and irrigation districts pro grams of development, which two fac- tors alone have caused the cash ac tivities of the office to be trebled In volume and detail. In 1918 the re ceipts were $10,503,177.62 and the dis bursements $10,037,882.65. (While In 1921 the receipts were $34,378,560.62 end the disbursements $35,680,464.98. J During the same time the number of funds created by law has Increased from 132 to 231. and the state's bonu ed indebtedness Increased $29,405,125, while the Interest on the same has In creased $717,704.46. During 1918 . the average dally balance tu the Active State Deposit ory, on which no interest Is earned, was $343,357.62; the' same balance during the year 1921 was $34,743.03. .During the year 1918 there was aa average -month!' bnlar.ee In the la dustiial and segregated accident funds of $2,371,382.60. ' and t'. 'se fund earned during the year $68,708.98 in Interest. During "1981 the- averogs. balance In these- funds wss $4,665,640. 7S, which earr.ed $203.983 34 Interest. TrVe.tance taxes, collected during 1913 amounts! to $195,643 02.' whtie 'Cr!,0C!X9 was fllected In 1921; or, an !ncre:i of $128,281.06. Strict prop-j cr'.y appraisals and lnves'Igatts;as lias been nsronslbl4 for much of ttifa inorease, the appraised value of Vro rerty of estates so luvestgated having ' t?en ra1p1 $889.S91t7 during hl !IL Pie Eeating Contest and Other Features to Entertain ' Crowd March 27 . The Springfield American Legion. Post No. 40 la giving a vaudeville aai picture show at the Bell theatre on Monday. March 27th that wiU hav more laughs than a hoptoad, has bops. Tbe Springfield Post is one of tu most progressive posts in tbe state, but they feel that they are not going ahead fast enough, so each and ever member of the post has pat all that he has In blm Into making this shosr one that will never be forgotten. 8o they are going to make, laughs crow where they never grew before. ,' Take all the comedians yom eveir saw, extract and count every laugh, nicker and giggle. The total will nog approach tbe genuine whole hearted, rib-tickling, tear-compelling, laughter you will get from Jim Lawson's trio of black face comedians In "A Nigr-t with the Ghosts." . , ' " There Is more fun to the dance cf Guy Moshier la his famous South Sea, Island dance than can be found on the beach of Walklkl. . .. , , Major Merritt Huntly is one of the few men In the state .that are entitled to the twenty-five year medal given by the state of Oregon fqr service, and on this occasion, Gen Geo. A. White, adjutant general jpf the Ore gon Nation guard will present this medal to Major Huntly. , I ,', "The Rookie's Return" la, a sequet to' Mary. Roberts RhinehartV story, ' "Twenty-three end one-half .' Hours Leave" featuring Douglas McLean. 1 This is a five-reel . comedy feature with a laugh for every foot of film. If yon think that your wife got out on the left aide of the bed dont fall f encourage ber to see this. Here is a lltt'e side stage talk to Mrs. Wlflei If your husband la grouchy this pic ture will be good medicine for him. . -The Pie-Eaters' .Handicap" will one of the most smeared p events of the night. The boys have wagered a little on the side. so. it will be a race to the finish.. This Is not Jest a pla'n ordinary pie-eating contest between a' bunch of country goofs, but a. novelty act with men like Tom 8 wafts. Slim , Freeland. Oawald Olson, Fred Lemley, Shorty Meats and Sid Ward; featur ing Tom Swarts. year, and $20.026. 10 additional 'tax col lected. ' ' : A comparison of the fees. and -t"c collected and Interest earned by this office for the years 1918 and 1921 dis closes an increase, tor 1921 of approx imately $350,000. It Is trite that vastly larger amount of cash has been handled through this office daring' the past year than that of 1918. but snost of this money has been derived front the sale'-of1 state highway and .other bonds of the state., which. Is almost. Immediately disbursed, and on whlcH practically no Interest is earned. To take care of 'the ' increase In funds handled by the ' otfjo of state treas urer, 78 additional state depositories have, been designated, thus -serving 78 more localities with State menev. There were 135 state depositories In 1919 and 21 on December 81.1821. In addition, when the general fund, was exhausted in 1921. and 'warrant drawn on this fund were required to be endorsed "not paid- tor want of funds", after which endorsement the warrants, under the law, drew interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, arrangements were made with the -Salem banks by which these warrants up to $500,000 were carried., without cost to the state tor nearly 4 months tl-ua saving the 'state $5,683 25, In In terest, and saving the payees of the warrants any discount. The law creating the general fund should be further extended to avoid the neces sity of endorsing state warrants tor lack of funds. ' "" HIGH SCHOOL PLAY 1 HICHLY APPRECIATED . ' ' .. The High school, .auditorium' was crowded to its full' cspaolty, last Frt-. day evening, to witness the play. "My Irish Rose",, put on by the. students of tbe High school. The performance gave evidence of close study ard careful preparation '. and , fatthfulntsi in performanca.' The preparation and general management of the play wa under the direction of Mrs. Carpenter, tbe teacher of dramatio art. The girls' glee club of the High school en livened the opening and the Intervals of the play by several musical num ber. ' ' 't AfilERIGAl EGIO SHOW f D DAI EVE