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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1922.
NUMBER ID,
HAMPTON'S WHITE
LUNCH BURNS OUT
Building Already Repaired and
Restaurant to Reopen
in Same Place
A Utile afmr five o'clock Sunday
kflini(Hin, fire waa discovered In the
ruof of K.' K. Krpner's wooden build
Inn on tha anuth aid of Main street;
occupied tx-low by F. V. Hampton's
Milto 1, until restaurant, tliu upper
portion being used by living rooms,
I ho front by the Hampton family, the
rear by Mr. Kepnrr. It la uppoMd
that tha fire caught on the roof fro.n
sparks carried from flu on an ad
Joining building,
The wind waa from live northeast
Tha fire flrat Rained headway In the
rear half of the roof, but It alowly
worked Ha way under the roof to the
front The firemen carried a hoae up
on the rear of the one-story building
on the cant, and from a atand on the
roof of that building played on the
flamea from the rear. Afterwards
they carried a hoae up the atalrway
from the front, where they rould
throw a atream Into the upper room a.
It waa pot long after Ihla until ttn
fire waa extinguished, but If It bad
had little more headway before It
waa discovered, a good portion of the
row to the eaatward would probably
have tvn destroyed.
Iloth Mr. Kepnrr and Mr Hampton
apeak In learms of atrong pralae o
the good work done by the firemen,
nd desire to ex pre a their thanka and
appreciation for their efficient eer
vice. The content of the restaurant were
tarried out, and afterwarda placed In
the rooma to the eaat, alao belonging
to Mr. Kepner, which had )uat been
vacated by L. C. Ilelmer'a ahue repair
hop. Not much of the effecta of
either the Hampton family or Mr.
Kepner were taken out of the uppri
rooma. They were considerably dam
aged, chiefly by water. There waa
no Inaurancw on either the building
or the conH'nta.
Work waa commenced Monday
Monday morning on the repairing of
the roof, the repairing of tha upper
portion of the building and the reno
vation of the lowvr. Mr. Hnmpton
expect a to reopen the restaurant for
bmlneaa hi week, and carry things
on very much aa before.
MINERALIZED BODY
EXHIBITED ON STREET
A man giving the name of It E.
llihbH lias been exhibiting all the fore
part of thla work, on the corner of
Main and 4th streets, what la act
forth aa tho "Mineralized Body of a
Prehistoric Woman." He transports
It from place to pluce In a apuiiully
prepared motor car, and the body
rents on a padded bed on the bottom.
Adults aru charged 25 tents a look,
with the vtory thrown in; children 10
cents. Not more than two or three
can see It at a time.
Ti e man says he has spent most of
hla life In prospecting, and ho hits the
appearance of a typical old-time pros
pector. He says he and a partner
wore running a tunnel near the sur
fuce. In aott formations, In 8ult river
valley, about 16 miles southwest of
l'lieonlx, Arizona, In a search for hur
ried treasure, when they found thla
body, on November 2, 120. Thie
does not appear, on the surface, to
be any reason to question the man's
story.
The body appeara to be that of a
amall woman, but ia aald to weigh, In
Ita present atate, about 260 pounda.
Ha aaya men of some scientific know
ledge, who have examined It, are of
the opinion that It ia the body of a
very old woman, and some think an
waa overtaken In aleep by aome cata
clysm. She la certainly a "hard cltl
gen" now, whatever ahe may have
been in bar better days.
ADVERTISED LITTEM
Springfield, Oregon, April 14, mi
H. E. Keya. Mra. J. H. Rees, Mra.
Allen Wlshert.
The above )ettera remain unclaimed
at the Springfield, Oregon postofflce
A charge of one cent will be made on
all advertlaed letters.
FRANK D. HAMLIN, Postmanster.
The beginning of tha work of re
modeling the Drownavllle woolen
rotlla, la preparation to recommence
manufacturing on a large acale, waa
celebrated In Brownsville, last Friday
evening, by a great gathering and a
banquet, at which a number of local
and outside speakers addressed the
company. ...
WALTERVILLE NOTES
Mra. V. Woalka, of Orralaaka, Wash,
formerly of thla place la visiting
friends here.
Mr. Everett Wearln haa moved hlk
household gooda to the Oeo. Wllllan
place.
W. I'. Cobb la moving to tha F. E
Hill place across the river.
The Rebeccas hold their regular
meeting Thursday evening. Aftei
which a delicious supper was serve 1
In tl'a honor of thn birthdays of three
of the members, Mra. C. C. Polley,
Mr K. II. Ilotallng and Mra. M J.
YVearln.
Inga Kaldor made a trip to Eugene
Kaltirdny to meet her elntr. Rosin,
who spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mra. N. N. Kaldor.
The paoili around Waltervllle ar
taking advantage of the good weather
to get get their farming done.
Mra. A. A. Johnston, and family,
Mra. II room and family all of Leaburg
were here Saturday evening.
Mr. V. C. Chase baa moved Into one
of ti e Momb houses.
J. V. McArthur, of Eugene, waa
here Monday.
Frank Ashley haa bought the ranch
of Mra. A. Sarbacher. -
Oscar Kaldor and family visited
with hla parents Sunday.
N. N. Kaldor baa gone to Hubbard,
Oregon, on bualness.
Inga Kaldor sprained her , elbow
Monday, wbll - playing basketball.
' School Notts
Clara Lamb la moving to Eastern
Oregon next week. We are all aorry
to see her leave and we're wondering
what Oarrel Gillespie will do.
Oren Masteraon 'tailed ..cool last
Thursday.
An epidemic of aore throat la going
through the community.
Tha Iarent Teacher'a association la
giving a box social and program nexi
Saturday evening. Ladles bring a
box and men bring their purso.
Coffee served free.
There waa a large attendance ,
Sunday school, and Endeavor Sun
day evening. Rev. Ostrander deliver
ed a very Interesting sermon. Ho
will be bore again next Sunday morn
ing. Some of Mr. and Mra. S. C. rot
ter'a people from Moscal Idaho ar
visiting with them thla week.
Mr. and Mra Carl Baker, of Eu
gene spent Easter Sunday with her
rarents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thlenea.
uIho Mr. and Mr. Calrton Buttons
Kthel and Mrs. Thlonos returned with
them to Eugene to attend the party
given by the tenth division of th
Methodist ladles.
Harney" Oldflold has sold a bunct
of cattle. He crossed on the ferry
with a number of them Wednesday
morning.
A baby girt was born to Mr. and
Mra. Harry Parks. They have named
l er Felice Ueruldlne.
A number of young people from
here went to Eugene Suturday even
log.
Anton Barbncher moved Jo Sprint,
field Wednesday.
Several people from here attendee
thn funeral of Mr, livln In Kugei?
Wi'dneaduy.
Mr. and Mrs C. A. McClnln, of Eu
gene, visited ut tho power plant Tues
day. Mra. Walter Bailey and her lit.
children have boon visiting for the
pest few daya with her mother, Mra.
Piatt. Walter I going to take up
again the pastorate of the Bapttet
church at Carlton, Oregon, from whicL
he went to San Francisco. They will
move to Carlton next week.
SHOULDER WOUNDED
BY DISCHARGE OF GUN
SBaaasaaaawaskf
John Plasell. of Oakrldge, waa pa
Ing through a tunnel about a mite
thla aid of Oakrldge, last Sunday,
with a rifle on bla shoulder. Ha
stumbled over a tie, and the gun was
discharged. Tha ball entered bla
right arm between the elbow and the
shoulder, aud ranged up, shattering
the shoulder. The wound waa dreaaej
that day, and he waa brought to
Springfield Tuesday, for further treatment.
LIKE SPRINGFIELD
IF THEY CAN GET IN
Mr. and Mra. A. C. Peaae, of Port
land, have been In Springfield for the
past week looking fur a house In
which they could make a home, but
at last reports bad not found anything
satisfactory. Mr. Pease haa been en
gaged In the brokerage business In
Portland, and expects to continue It;
but they, aud especially Mra. Peaae.
are tired of city life, and tbey like
Springfield. They are afraid tbey
will not be able to aettle themselves
here satisfactorily unless they build.
That, of Itself, would not be a bad
thing for Springfield.
THOMAS A SWEENEY
MAKE GENERAL CHANGE
Thomas ft Sweeney are completely
temodellng, not only the room In
which they bave been doing business,
but the busineaa Itself. Tbey hare
cleared out the pool and card room,
and will enlarge the confectionery'
and lunch room featurea of their busi
ness. Tbey are putting In Ice cream
booths, and expect to have aa tine an
Ice cream parlor aa there la In town
The room and furniture will be fresh-.
ly painted throughout, and finished In
Ivory.
DR. REBHANS HOUSE
NOW WELL UNDER WAY
Work on Dr. Rebban'a new house,
on tha aoutbwest corner of Fifth and
D atreeta haa been going on for aev
eral daya. It will be one atory and a
half, with a full baaement 30x65 feet.
The baaement will contain a heating
furnace, a wood room, laundry room,
drying room, store room for fruit and
vegetable and a pool room. The
house will contain six full rooma
above the basement, but they will be
extra large. On the ground floor will
be a reception room 19x30, with fire
place besides the furnace heat; a din
ing room, a kitchen and two large
bedrooms, also a large bath room,
with tub and shower baths. There
will be a aun porch on the west,
15x29 feet.
The work Is In charge of Mr. Mulll
can, lately from Oklahoma, at present
living In Eugene. He comes well
certified aa a first-class architect and
builder. He expect to have tin
house completed within 60 days.
THE AERIAL TOURIST
SEASON HAS OPENED
The cranes and wild geese know
better than any of ua when real
spring has come. For several days
past the 8e feathered aeronaut have
been passing over, In groups and
flocks, looking down, perhaps with
pity, upon us unfortunate creatures
who are fitted to move about upon
the earth's surface upon our our feet,
enclosed In clumsy leather case;
bonking aa they go, to announce to us
who are gaxlng Up enviously from be
low that the aoason for northbound
aerial tourist travel baa aet in; look
ing out all tha while to aee what pro-
Like Father, Like
RALPH DAVIS AND WIFE
ON A TRIP TO TEXAS
Ralph T. Davla. caabler at the 8
P. depot, ia a delegate to tha eleventh
regular convention of tha , Brother
hood of railway and steamship clerks,
to open at Dallas. Texaa. May lat.
On their return, they will visit Mr.
Davla' two sisters In Southern Cali
fornia and their parenta at Grants
Pass. They will be gone about three
week. During Mr. Davla' absence,
Wm. W. Ilalfe. of Portland, la supply
ing hla place.
SNEED A SON'S EXHIBIT
OF HOME PRODUCTS
Mrs E. V. Sneed Bon have a
nice little display of home products in
one of tha front windows of their
atora. The itema of the collection are
tbeae:
A full line of eamplea of the pro
ducts of tho Springfield Milt and
Grain CsV Egglmann'a bread, aeveral
varttt; Tample of cheeaa from the
McKenxle lver cheeaa factory, of H.
Scbaefer A Co., on Springfield Route
J; Samplea of butter from tha Spring
field Creamery; aeveral bucket of
8 warts A Waahburne lard.
All these are product In which
Sneed It Son regularly deal.
HELMER'S SHOE SHOP
IN ITS NEW QUARTERS
L. C. Helmer moved hi shoe re
pair shop across the street laat week,
and la now snugly enaconced In hi
new quarter in the Stevena' building,
our next door neighbor on the west.
With the room completely overhauled
and everything new and bright and
clean, he haa an Ideal location. And
he means to keep It bright and clean,
too. Dust and litter will not be al
lowed to accumulate. Hla machlnea
throw off but little dust, and an elec
tric blower can be turned on In an
Instant, to carry away whatever thero
may be.
Even the customers of a shoe re
pair abop will appreciate a clean,
bright room. One feature, of Mr. He!
mer'a own devising, to meet thia need
la a small, enclosed ladles' rest room!
In a rear corner, wltn an upholstered
seat and foot-rest, linoleum on the
floor, and magazines on a table, where
a lady, waiting for her work can be
pleasantly situated.
Mr. Helmer baa the best machinery
to be had for thla line of work. His
machinery la on one Bide of the room
and hla stock on the other. There Ik
no Jumble, and no Interference.
Mr. H"lmer has been here now
about 7 years. Ha had been here
once before for about four years. So
he is not a new man, and he Is not
new In this line of work. He made
his beginning in bis present business
about five years ago, with a limited
outfit. In the Montgomery building.
He has worked hard, and attended
strictly and closely to hla own bust
ness. and he is bringing up his large,
family to go In the same way. He has
commanded the respect and confi
dence cf the people of the community,
who will be glad to note the evidences
of hla prosperity.
visions we have made aince the close
of the last season for free camping
grounds for tourists of their class,
with free feed and water convenlenv
to each other; to see whether wheat
fields, kale patches aud other filling
stations have been arranged at suit
able distances along the line of their
nortward J urney.
The Booth-Kelly company sent out
alx car of Jap squares yesterday to
be shipped to Japan.
Son
THURSTON NOTES
Mra. D. O. Baugh has been etch for
aeveral daya.
Mr. Charlie Gray la visiting her
sister Mra. Margaret Campbell.
Last Saturday, while aeveral child
ren were playing with an ax, little
Genevive Edmlaton got quite a aevere
gash cut In her forehead, making h
neceasary to call a physician to dres
the wound.
Mra. P. R. Edmlaton, Mra. J. M.
Price and Mr. Arch Shough visited
at the home of Mra. Frank Taylor
Thursday.
Mr. and Mra. Sam Caruther have
atarted to build their new houae.
Mra. Tbomaa Williama ia visiting
ber daughter, Mra. Marvin Drury, at
Waltervllle.
Mra. O. A. McMahon waa aick for
a few days laat week. Her daughter
Elizabeth from Eugene came oat to
assist In doing the work and caring
for ber mother, and while ahe waa
helping her father at assessing, her
borse fell with her, causing . her to
receive several bruises.
Mrs. William Rennle haa been aick
for several daya. Mra. Delia Hayden
Is visiting at the Rennle home and
helping care for Mrs. Rennle.
Mra. T. Williams went to Waltei
villa Thursday evening to attend the
Rebekah lodge.
Next Sunday in addition to the reg
ular services at the church. Miss
Hazel White, who Is assistant supei
intendent of the Junior congregatlov
In Eugene, win talk to the children
between the bible school and church
services. Miss Cecil Harding, one of
the vocaj Instructors at tha Bible uni
versity, will bave charge of the sing
ing. Marvin Jackson and Finn Jone
bave been helping John Edmiston ge
his farming done.
Mrs. Taylor Needham has taken off
another batch of chicks. This time
he got 1300 chick from 1700 eggs.
Friends of Grandpa Danks will bt
glad to learn that he made the trip
back to Wyoming all right
Mrs. Charlie Hastings haa reenred
Miss Beulab Irivln, a former nurse In
the Springfield hospital, to assist in
caring for her mother, Grandma Run
dell, who is very sick.
Carl Piatt was absent from school
Thursday, caused by a alight illnes.
Ross Mati-ews has given the base
ball team the privilege of having a
ball diamond on hla place.
Ernest West and family returned
home last Friday from Eugene, when
Mr. West has been convalescing from
a recent operation.
Mr. George Williams and family
have moved back to the mill after
spending the winter at their home
near Waltervllle.
Those from Thurston who attended
tl-e Endearor convention at Cottage
Grove Saturday were Mrs. Roberta
Baugh, Miss Pearl Ream, Mrs. Rena
Edmiston and daughters Maude and
Hazel, also Miss Marion Spencer who
spent the week end with Maude Ed
miston.
Mrs. Mary Pitney and Mrs. Roy
Morgan, from Santa Clara, visitei
Mrs. Weaver Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Edmiston and
family, Mr. and Mrs. George William
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest West
and family and Diotta Drury took din
ner Sunday with Mr. and Mr. Thos
Williams.
Mr. Walter Piatt and children
visited Sunday afftertooon with Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Edmiston.
Mis Pearl Ream spent Sunday
with Mrs. Ray Baugh.
Mr. and Mra. M. J. McKlln spent
the week-end at Tlurston.
John Williams and Loren Edmiston
made a trip to McKenzIe bridge
Saturday to deliver a load of lumber.
Mrs. Rosa Baughman . from Eugent
had her new Ford sedan out Sunday
trying It out, and learning to drive.
Mr. and Mr. Elmer Martaln, of
Wendllng, called on Mrs. Margaret
Campbell Sunday.
Mra. Hattte Caruther apent Sunday
with Mr. and Mra .George Eaaton.
Mr. Ray Buelt and family, of Eu
gene, spent Sunday with Mtaa Heers
ma. Mr. and Mrs. Berry of Eugene spent
Sunday at the Rennle borne.
Rosa Mathews and family vUlted
Grandma Mathews In Eugene Sunday
affrnoon.
Eugene Gale, of Douglas Gardens,
visited Sunday with Cecil Herbert
Harold Rennle spent the week-end
at t'.:a tUh hatchery.
James Watson, of King's valley, In
V") northwest part of Benton county,
has been prospecting tbe neighbor
hood between Springfield and the Mo-'
Kenzie, In a aearcb. for a farm, this
week. He has been engaged in the
atock business. He is related to the
O. F, Riser family.
EVOLUTION A!
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Lecture by Rev. B. C. ' Miller
To Methodist Brotherhood ,
Monday Evening
(Continued from las t week)
Further, we have learned that all
processes of development are along;
the highway of artificial selection.
Natural selection, which Darwin
claimed to have discovered as the
process of the making and perfecting
of a universe, Is a process not of up
ward evolution, but of retrogression?
not of progress and life, but of decay;
and death.
Prof. G. V. de Lapouge, of the uni
versity of Nancy, France, In a recent
address, while accepting evolution as
the process by which we hare arrived
at the present stage, of our upward
journey, seems to consider natural
selection and the law of the survival
of the attest aa wholly Inadequate to
meet the demands of, any farther
climb on our part Most of us would
reason that If evolution la not ade
quate to the task of lifting aa from
the heights upon which we now atand,
it was not the means by which we
cUmbed upward from the lower alti
tudes. Prof Hunt Morgan and his assist-
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I anta, of Columbia university, havw con
ducted an exhaustive series of experi
ments, extending over a period of
years. In the breedjng of the : wild
fruit fly. They were able at will to
reproduce any type desired: flies
with or without wings, with or with
out eyes, or any color of eyes or any
length of wing; and this not by un
measured geological ages, bat by one
step.
Dr. D. H.- Scott, president of the
section of botany for the British as
sociation for the advancement of
science, said In a recent address: "For
the moment, at aU events, the Dar
winian period is past- We can no
longer enjoy tho comfortable assur
ance which once satisfied so many of
us that the main problem had been
solved. All again Is In the roeltinu
pot" There Is a broad gulf fixed be
tween an inductive science and a
theory supported by an act of faith.
And we are asked to cross this gulf
on air. Frankly, nnblushlngly, one of
its devotees (Scott) comes to as and
asks us to accept Its great god, evolu
tion on faith. And we have been
asked to believe that evolution was
an Inductive science! We have beef,
told that faith and science do not mix.
We have been told that unless a
theory could te demonstrated beyond
the possibility of a doubt it could not
be accepted into the family of induc
tive sciences. And now these hard
beaded, proof -demanding scientists
tell us they are willing to take what
has been considered one of the most
Important members of the family on
faith, and are expecting the rest of
us to follow.
And this is the thing that has been
crowding Christianity off the stage
and causing atrong men to lose their
faith in the word of God! A thing
ready to be laid on the shelf, marked,
tagged and preserved as a relic of
the days when men bullded their
science upon guesses and defended It
upon faith.
Let us turn to a brief survey of
paleontology, wherein Dr. Scott felt
so sure of bis ground, and which he
confessed to be the last ditch In th4
defense of the theory of evolution.
There are two general theories by
which men have thought to obtain a
knowledge of the order of sequence of
the world's building. One) of these,
first promulgated by a German by the
name of Werner, was that the strat
ified rocks ware to be found in a cer
tain chronological order over the
earth's surface. The "age" of a cer
tain stratum could be determined by
ascertaining Its relative position with
other strata In the place where found.
The standard Encyclopedia says of
this: ' "Wem r's classification has
proved Inadequate and la aaay cases
erroneous." Needless to say, this
theory Is not accepted by modern
geologists.
Wm. Smith, of England, was the
first to point out how each rock-group
waa distinguished by it own peculiar
fossils. Thus science soon repudiat
ed Werner's theory of the chronologi
cal sequence of stratified rocks, and.
adopted tbe theory of Smith and
Cuvler that not the stratified rocks
were the determining factors In the
sequence of the world's making, but
the fossils which were found In them.
Instead of the rocks determining the
MODERN
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