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NINETICHNTH YKAIl. 6PUIN0FIELD, LANE COUNTY, OUEGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922. NUMBER .17. MATTER9 RELATINO TO THE 4L ORGANIZATION Tlie affair of the 4L ortanUallon are ao Intimately Interlinked with all Uie bualneaa Interests of the North wait that we think these blta of In formation concerning Ita atrm-tura, tib)tH-ia and operation, from a circu lar acooinpaiilng the 41, News letter Of April 15, will be of general Inter eat: Catraeta from th Constitution Ob Jecta: ' To provide an organlxatlon on tlul basic principle of the "Suuare deal" In which both cmiloyer and employee am fltglble for membership and may meet on common ground, To Inaure the workmen a Just and , Pcorn were served, equitable wage, and to the employer. A farewell party was given for a maximum degree of Hflinuy. 'lre and Mable !mb Tueaday even To maintain the basic eight-hour''"' ,MM " i i la t tela aav ara itlnVaiit m rA ttti n.K anil day. , To ataudardlae work lag and living condition In campa and mllta. ' To create a community spirit by - nil,,H n, ni.Hir, vtAFtBlntn me promoiion . n.-.w,. . 10 PUDHC wnar. in e.cn .uc.ii.j. To Inatltfte and maintain, when sslble, employment service. feasible, To further recreational and educa tUinal facilities In the campa and mill T .rnvlita mnana for the amicable adjustment, on an equitable baala, ok all dlffewncea that may arise between employer and employee. To Promote a closer personal re- .nrf th. ahirtt of lovaltr between the employers, their repre 4 factory there, and came back. Mr. 'svntallvee. and the employees. Van Dyke Is looking about for car To develop to the highest degree penter work with some good pros polble, loyalty to the United States. pects here and In Eugene. They are Its Isws and government, and to pro-, likely to become permanent settlers mote and demand proper respect for 1t flag OFFICERS President. Norman F. Coleman. Portland. Ore, Hoard of directors: ' ' Kmployera: A. C. Dixon. Eugene. Ore.; E. D. Klngsley. Iortland. Ore.; It. II. Uurnalcle, Raymond. Waah. J. t Rhiw. Ilonulani. waan.: J. 1 Buchanan. Tacoma, M'aah : Ed. vcr. utile Waah .! L. C. Engle, Sank. Wash.; J. P. McOoldrlck, Spokane. Wash; Huntington Taylor. C'oeur d Alene. ldaho;rrana uarai nlor, Baker. Ore.; J. P. Hennea. Bond. Oregon, Employvea: Wm.' H. Ferguson. Manmflnld. Ore ;W. D. Smith. W. A. Pratt. 4L fH-ld repreaentatlvea. Port land, Ore,; R. E. White. Raymond. Wah.; Steve nrown , lloqulam. Wiinh ; Frank Wilson. Tacomi, Wah.:A. 1). Chrishotm, Ruoqualinle Fall, Wash.; J. C. McOregur. HfllluK- bum. Wash.; Ctias. F 8. Nelson. Orln, ; u'Hh r.-nliiiore Cady. Coeur tl Alene, Idaho; Joel Brown, Emmett. Idaho; Iater Vaughn. Bend. Oregon. Field of operations; Oregnn, Wanh 1 11 K ton and Idaho, divided Into 13 dis tricts. What the 4U Offers To the Einrloyen: 1. The 8 h ur day. Reasonable working conditions, j 3. Tho best wages made possioie by costs and market To the employer; 1. Settled labor conditions. 2. Minimum labor turnover. 3. Maximum product value, mini mum coat. To the lumber Industry: 1. High morale. 2. RslabllHhed standards of man- Bremen t; workmanship; wages; hours; conditions. To the public: 1. Industrial peace. 2. Improved citizenship. 3. Continuous operation of Indua lry, In ao far aa thla can be con trolled at the producing end. TESTIMONIALS One 4L employee aayst . "With tha 4L organisation, men and tlon." operators are drawn closer together, . ' Points from an address to opera for each realises that bis side Is going. tors: ,. . to get a square deal. As a means to-J The 4L prevents, costly and de ward efficiency In production and aa structlve conflicts In the Northwest a tie for drawing men and manage 1 meat closer together, tbe 4L tilts thsods In advance. I bill better, I think, than could any other organisation." , , , , Another says: "The 4L la all right If all concerned live 'up to the constitution and by laws and If all step out and help. There has been fighting over ques tion of labor and Industrial suprem- cy ever since the Roman days, why, riot try to affect a settlement In some other manner In open dealing along lines of mutunl Interest and Justice : as Is proposed by the 4LT" One 4L employer says: "I feel th 4L has stood the test o' fire and has rome out refilled and.nlred as being Industrially fair and, strengthened. We have pa s s e d through a period of excessively high values and wages followed by a period of depression, great operating losses WALTERVILLE NOTES Mr. and Mm. I L. Lamb visited the IIIkIi acliool Friday afternoon. Mr. II. I). Fountain and daughter Neltlt have boon spending several days In Springfield Itonald Chae apent several days at hla homo hero, lis returned to Uoxcburg Friday, Mr. and Mm. V. V. Willi and daughter, Mra. F. M. Dotson, apent Saturday In Eugene. Mr. P. E. Rchamp baa gone to float burg to work. The ("i rim Inn Endeavor business minting waa held Wednesday even- lug at the home of Mra. C. I Inman. After the minim" the party engaged I In Mine and home made candy and r- I cookies were served. The engineering class of the unl verslty visited at the power plant , Mf ' ' . , ,nd -howad pictures whl. . fIum. - MU . . The ladles Aid basaar will be given at the hall Saturday evening. WITH THE TOURISTS ON THE AUTO CAMPiM,ed ,n ' business, lie would al (ways jump In and help out a roan In M. C. Van Dyke and family, who urgency, no matter what the na- ' I. .... i wre reported on the camp laat week, went to Albany, found nothing satis-1 here Loula Dewlt and family, who had .. .. . t anown ine van iyr. in unem ; California, bad gone to Albany about. two montha ago. They followed their' Mend, back here, arriving Tuesday evening. They alao sr. looking for work and settlement here. 8. C, Smith, of Montana, and bis T.'two sons, whom be picked up o the lhU opportunity to recommend him tc le.'way. arrived flnnday evening. They',the T0,'r, f mm r mn ' lef t Tuesdsy morning for Drain, in J the bop of finding work on a high- way in inai region. 11 mey no nui. they may come back. STILL ANOTHER AUTO CAMP GROUND Z. T. t'olllu. who owns the old store I building in West Springfield and .1 tract of ground connectod with It; i(ioo. Sherman, who haa a little store ,, building and a gasollno service HUlon ,n frHllt pf lt. Bnj Moonoy & Hon, who have a garage and repair shop to the south ot tl:a atore and hut vice station south of that; are Jointly fitting up a free auto camp ground on vacant ground In the rear of theau buildliiKa. They are making mhiio chnugca In tlio fc-nctng, are put-J ling In aom other conveniences und will fumlah wood. They are dolus. (hu exw.,.ttlon tl-at they will get t , enounh from the travelers to Jiutlfy the outlay. than the Indualry has previously ex perienced. "I cannot nee how th" doubting ones either of the employers or employes can longer full to e what this or ganlsatlon has done for peace and Harmony In the Industry' Another saya: "I believe we should all ubs every p6slhle endeavor to extend the In fluence of the 4L. We should en- courage operators and the men of the Industry to get closer together. Peace and security In Industry will como ' through 'a hotter understanding be tween employer and employee. This can be gained only through coopers lumber Industry, by conference meth-.Tom Also the 4L undertakes construe-'school ttve measures for the Improvement of production In quantity and quality, How successful It hss been In this regard, our employer members havt, testified. Her la an organisation that pre-Co. Supt. E. J. Moore, Miss Rice an1 vents losses and promotes gains for,C. H. Sedgewlck are features. The both employers and employees. Its, offers maximum local harmony and efficiency with minimum general rcg-J ulatlon. It embodies the cooperative sntrlt, that must conserve and build 1 up industry. 41, principles ar genernlly rcog- economically sound. 4L practice has made a good beginning, but Is largely to ba developed by employees and em-1 ployers working together for the good, 0. A. R. ON OBSERVANCE OF GRANT MEMORIAL The O. A. It. and the Ladloa Auxl llary desire to eipresa their thanki to thn, teachers and pupils of the Springfield schools for their efficient service In making the observance of Grant Memorial Day a proper and In teresting one. They wish also to join In a request to the governor and atate superintend ent of aclioola that they cooperate In the effort to promote the annual ob servance of his day in a suitable man ner through public exercises In the actiooli, MAGLADRY'S EMPLOYEES UNITE IN TESTIMONIAL A number of J. S. Magladry'a pre sent employees about Dorena, with their wlvea. about 70 In all, united In a testimonial to his worth recently which was published In the Cottage Grove Sentinel. The reasons they " un give for commending him are tbe He has always ben fair and square with hta employees, never making a promise that be did not fulfill. "We feel that he Is one of ns, be cause he haa always so conducted him- sen inai ma men were always inter-1 '"""in ' naa aiwaya snown an Interest in the welfare of our families In sick- ness and misfortune, and In every way proven himself a real man. ,"He la a man of unusual ability. ! which haa been demonstrated by his being able to Veep his plant In con- tnuous operation rturtna; the atren- uous period of 121. when many bet- iter eoulDDed olanta were nnable to - - ' Maaladrr aa a w look upon Mr. Magiadry aa a m" who c"n " ly repre.ent the ,ntM", f th' f,or ,nd fh? com- mon people, out ine larger mieresis of the state aa well; and. therefore.; we who anow mm are pieasea 10 use inai win a rom, Kwr, ui wanu no one will ever be ashamed." : - W. O. STAR BUCK led In Portland Thursdsy morning. May 4. Hla funeral was held at Veatch's chapel. In Eugene. Saturday at I p. m.. and waa conducted by R.,thBk, te Rhode Island whites are j. XI. wallers, iniernmeni was mane In the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Mr Star- buck was RS yeara of age. He leaves his wife, two daughters, one son and seven grand children to mourn his loss. He was born at Indlanoln, Iowa. In September 1858, and came to Eu gene ln 1907. He waa Injured- In ai. automobile accident several months ago from which he never recovered. He waa a member of the Methodist church. NOTICE TO WOOD DEALERS Sealed bids will be received by tlw School Board of School District No. 19, Lano County, Orepon, for 500 cords of wood. Suhmlt bids for second growth fir, old fir and slab wood, to bo delivered by August 15, 1922. The Bosrd reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Bids to be opened June 6. 1922. at 7:30 p. m. Mark all en velopes, "wood bids". Mall to J. W. Coffin, clerk of School District n0, 19, Springfield, Oregon. A copy of the Pe Ell Tribune, of Pe Ell, Waahington, comes to hand, with 'an advertisement en tbe first page of! tha "P. I. Pumitnra rv n mnA second ; ' H. B. Corssw manager." I Tbe Springfield schools will clost June 14, which will be Wednesday. I They were late starting last fall, on account of the delay In the finishing of the High school building, and the . opened on Thursday. Ralph Sweeney has aold hla Interest In the Drop In Lunch to hla partner, Thomas. I The Creswell Drlstrlct 8unday ' association will hold a coh vention at Goshen next Sunday. We have not apace for the full program. It la liberally Interspersed wtth music. Addresses by Dr. Frsnk E. Brown, Rev. Moll Cpse, Rev. 8. E. Chllders, Sunday schools of Trent, Pleasant Hill, Goahon, - Cloverdale, Creswell, Coast Fork. Siielnaw snd Walker are repretientcd on the program. - '" - Fro w-lker. as representative' of the Grand Mnxter, ''paid . the local lodge of Odd Fallows an official vHIt May 3rd. After lodge the Rehf kahs 1 1 1 were entertained In a social manner. a. G. Moshler and Herbert Walker were presented with Jewels for 85 and 25 years membership respectively. LECION COUNCIL AND MOTHER'S DAY The county council of the American Legion, composed of representatives of the five poets In Lane county, will meet at the Woodmen hall Saturday evening. The business men of Spring field are especially requested to at tend, to consider methoda of coopera tion for the welfare of the community. The legion and auxiliary will meet at the hall nest Sunday, at 7 p. m., and go In a body to the Baptist church to attend the Mothers' Day service. MRS. BLISS LECTURE. ALASKA THE BEAUTIFUL A fair audience attended Mra. Mayn the Mabel saw mill. Hla leg was C. Bliss' Illustrated lecture on "Alaska the Beautiful," at the Metbodlat church, last Friday evening. She pre sented a great number of views of Alaska life and scenes ; and so she could not dwell long on any one. The lecture was limited to a very brief I explanation of each picture and dee- crlptlon of the object represented; bu. w,tB talking rapii- V " ". Ba ure waa lor considerable lengtn. rne pictures. aa works of art. were certainly fine. This exhibition of Alaska and Its life was no doubt a continual surprise w ,n ,D w" we BOt wu ""'ormed on Alaska. It cer- Ulnly Justified the title of the lecture. On Mskwliai eaa K Jfc HillallM Ala Vint gall .'.iJL,.,, k. a ... representing mem were iimuei outheastern strip atretching ,on th Mt northwest of Britlah Columbia, and did not touch the great of territory; und donbtlesa most of those who saw the acenea carried wv tb roprlon that they were !' proceeoa 01 io lecvure wCr. .abont $17. This went to the funds of e Women's Foreign Missionary ao, - ' : nrrDn rr.c 1 AViMr. " " wviv, ... , ; PEKFOKMANOfc , M . Bulev. of South B street, has , Rhode l8Und whu hen wnich he thinks Is tie champion layer of thU re((,on( 1 ot ot the, world, ao tar as . ai-ii Mrfnrmnea anes. -Sb laU. a Single three eggs rs yesterday within 10 ntes, bit flon-tu-Uw, Vera Wikoff, and hlmsnlf waril naatulnaT thja fffcPrfnrfYI Anre. ! Tfve eggs wer , ordinary slMf and B corop,e,a exeept that the . oWJ Wm .oft.gheUe,!. He the finest chickens on earth, tnd great as steady layers; but this feat went beyond anything he expected even of them. W. O. V. meets every Tuesday evening at W. O. W. hall. Kenneth Ralph, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jack, whose home is 1 northwest of Springfield, died last Friday, aged 22 days. The burial wag at Creswell. A small boy, son of Mr. and Mr. Henry Lyons, of West Springfield, was operated upon at Mercy hospital Eugene, Monday evening. Dr. S. Ralph Dlppel. dentist, Spring-j field, Oregon. The man had sprung from the gutter Gangster, gunflghter, spawn of a great city's slums. The' girl, an invalid, lived, on a rooftop. Below l:er, the roar of the world. Above her, the stars, the Infinite blue and the God . of her Innocent faith. See Thomas Metgnan in "Tne Frontier or the I Stars" at the Bell next Wednesday. Don't forget that we are giving away many FREE presents Nu Bone corsets. Mrs. A, True Lundv. Abdominal auncorbera for men and women, prion e Eugene 239. tor appointments In Springfield.." , I The poles on the O. C. power line have been set from the substation to the mill pond. The pile which la to be set In the pond, to make the con- jnection with the line on the other ' side, haa not yet been driven. I i There Is still a last-yesr's sign at the Junction of the highways, lust across the river, advertising the Eu- 'gene city auto camp as a free' cant, 1 But that camp la a fee camp now. Better cut the "R" out or take home. the sign. I W. O. W. meats ery TaHa evening at W. O. W. hall. J. W. Baker has been In Msrshtield r the past two or three weeks, v He for is fitting up a laundry, and preparing to go into buatness there. ; The forms for the basemeit and foundation walls of Lawrence May's! new house an ready for th con?rete.j The notarlil ccmmlBFion rf Wm. G. iTnhM. president of the First Na- tlonel bank, was filed In the office of the county clerk yesterday, f The ladles of the Civic club sold over 4000 of the Springfield advertle Ing envelopes In tfcstr canvass last. THURSTON NOTES Mr. , and Mrs. William Jones who have been visiting their son and other relatives here for some time left Mon day for Molar to visit a daughter. Mlasea Meryl King, Haxel and Mand Edmlston attended the older girls con forence at .Santa Clara, Friday ' and Saturday evening. Mlaa Pearl Ream apent the week. , end at her home la Santa Clara and, attended the older girls conference, The recital given at the church last .Thursday evening waa very good but the attendnnce was small as every one Is working hard getting their farming and gardening done. Mr. Joos had a bad gash cat In his bead last Wiednesdsy, while working also badly bruised. He will be out of work for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gray atarted on a motor trip Tuesday, taking their sinter to ber borne in Klamath Falls. I Twv oinarl la be eons for a couDle of weeks. Mrs. Leona Withers, who has been on a trip to California and Mexico, visited at the home of Lee Davla Sun day. She Intenda to go on to Cen tralla, Waah, to visit ber daughter. Mr. John Willlan attended the senior play In Eugene High achool Friday evening. Mr. and Mra. Thomas Willlan went to Oakland, Ore., Saturday, where they expect to spend the summer. Mr. C. E. King and family spent Sunday at tbe borne of Finn Jones. Mr. King la planning to move to New port after school la out and running a confectionery atore. Mr.; Jones Is going to run tbe ranch for htm. Mrs. .Rosa Baughman spent Sunday with ber parents Mr. and Mra. P. K Edmlston. Mrs. . Baughman expects to move to Thurston In a few days.' Th Santa Clara ' baseball team played tbe Thurston team here last Sunday, Santa, Clara won 1 to 7. Mra. O. A. McMahon waa taken ser iously 111 ; and has pone to Eugene to j stay awhile to be 'treated by a doc tor from Portland. " ... - Mrs. Ernest West is still at Mercy t. 1. .lnnr nlfolv. ia the neighborhood .till MTe Bore throata and colds. . ' ., . , , - ' -rw.i4 ri. k..'.!. , Wi mln-.from Ralph Davis, now " In Dallas, Texal. He reported the ' weather as wa IhoM Tim flinrt Vila Wf went by way of Houston, and avoided the high waters In central and north ern Texas, which hindered some other travelers. He expected to be at Dallas about ten days. A commercial traveler who came up from Cottage Grove Tuesday morn ing reported an Inch of snow there at that time. Harold Lloyd in "Haunted Spooks" Is so funny would make a ghost laugh. "Half a Chance", a drama that wrings the heart. See the spectacu lar shipwreck; the crash ot the mighty wares against a steamer In mid-ocean. Saturday, May 13th. . , ,. L. J. Lepley had been down at Oak dale, California, with his brother, W. j., all the latter part of the winter. They received word that their mother. Mrs. Margaret Lepley, who has been j living In the house ot L. J.. was , j seriously sick. They both came up, ' arriving here Saturday evening. Their j mother is now much improved. L. J. .took his place at the council table Monday evening. W. J. will probably t remain here awhile, and engage in carrenter work with his brother. SPECIAL SALE at Mrs. Thompson's Millinery. One lot ot hats to be sold at from 11.98 to S3.98; values to 17.50, also'many other bargains. My bats are always offered at a very small proftt, so whn I offer a sale you may be assured that lt Is a real op. portunlty. Come and. see. tor your- self. If you want to trade your property, see Ballinger ft McPherson. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pease, lately of Portland, whose presence In Spring-; tlon of the heart had set In, and re- field we mentioned last week, bave.lted In death. rented a house on the corner of 8th The funeral will be held at the and C streets, belonging to Roy , Howard, who Is now blackamithlng at Lowell. Mr. and Mrs. Pesse had been 1st the Spong hotel for two or three weeks, prospecting the town between showers. Th"y have an Idea of build-1 ng a food home, some time during' the season. They are not altogether strangers here, Mr. Poase was at thj head of the Wlltamao Land company, wr'ch operated In farm land between here snd the MicKfnxte some ten j Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fuller left Satur- rs sgo. jday for Savannah, Miss., where Mr. Rlchnrd Dix and Helene Chadwlck ( Fuller will undergo treatments tor ptn" fool and the nurse In thl9 cancer. c - 'fil Mary Roberts Rhinehartj Mrs. Anna Quam, of Minneapolis, remedy dram, "The Glorious Fool".; Minn., spent the week-end at the "rk - e two stars wer .the feature, chnracers in "Dangerous curve . Ahead". See Richard Dlx Careen through this charming love atory In an Invalid's wheelchair. Sunday at if..: ear-, w,rirriMM w wiwwi.!.- MORRISON STARTS " ' NEW ENTERPRISE J5. E. Morrison Is launching out M a new enterprise, which Involves somar radical departures from the former methoda and scope of his business. He Is about to begin the erection of wooden building 40x100 feet, at Ura corner of Fifth and Olive street, la Eugene, on ground leased from tbe Oregon Electric company, for a manu facturing plant and warehouse. He has severed his connection with, the Portland Flouring mills, except that he will buy grain for them In th fall At tbe new establishment, be will manufacture all kinda of stock, and poultry feed. He will retail . direct to customers. . , He will also do a wholesale boainesa along these, lines. He will deal la . all the lines of local products In which he formerly did a wholesale and re tail business In Springfield. He will also make hia warehouse a dlstrlbat-' Ing point for certain eastern and other outside houses doing business la thl region. He will have a partner, Hugh Ford. In the manufacturing: and retail bual neaa In Eugene. At the time this new., enterprise was projected, several . weeks ago. he again acquired an In terest, with Mr. Cllngan, In the feeot business which . the latter haa been carrying on In Mr. Morrison's build ing, on tbe corner of Third and Mala streets. In Springfield. - The - whole sale .business entering In the ;-er-plant In Eugene will be Mr. Morrison's Individually. . ':t , E. E. Morrison la one of the most . enterprising business men this region'' has ever had. quick to aee and t serve the needs of the country where he Uvea and does business; and it U 4 encouraging to aee him thus broaden- lng1 out In ' a line of business which deals with the products of the conn try and encourages production. .- This article was mostly put Into type five or six weeks ago, from note obtained from Mr. Morrison on the '. morning of the day when ha expected to receive his. building permit at"-' special meeting of the Eugene coun cil. Hindrance arose from-Ihe ob- f jectlon of a' neighboring -eohcem. ' This matter haa been adjusted, and ; Mr. Morrison obtained his ' permit ' "t BUSINESS HOUSES SPRUCING UP A BIT .. Several business houses on Maia street have had a noticeable touch ing up In the last week or two. T. F. Bennett had the old signs painted off, and new signs painted on the front and side of his market: "T. F. Bennett, Sanitary Meat Mar ket" " ' . .: J '-'' , : t The walls and ceilings of the dining room and kitchen of the Springfield restaurant have been calclmined, the walls of the dining room In two colors. The front of the partition between the two Is to J pa-Wed n gray. H. F. Crttsberg did the work. ' ": ifT i ' Besides the ' changes noted last week, W. H. Gott Electric Shoe Shop" and "Z. T. Klntzley. Real Estate" have new window signs on the east and west aides ot their door, respectively. McKinnls & Bean have painted a black background covering the old grocery signs, and the sign "Spring field Furniture Hospital" on the front and sides of their shop. They did their own work. MRS. J. W. BERTCH Died at ber home about 4 miles northeast ot Springfield, abgnt noon yesterday. She had been afflicted for a year or two, had been attended by physicians and had tried various 'remedies. He trouble was compli cated by an attack of Influenxa sev eral weeks ago. Yesterday morning she waa aetsed wtth , Internal pains. andcalled a physician. Irregular ac- residence at 2 p. m. Friday, Word haa been received here by letter that Ray Mulligan, who Is now an accountant In the city offices la Portland, has been very seriously sick with pneumonia for about tea days. Mrs.'E. G. Miller purchased at j acre tract In Douglas . Gardens on i ' May 4th from Ed Griffin. borne of her brothers Pete and John Tomseth, whom she had not seen for fifteen years. Mrs. Quam Is on her way home, having spent the winter In California. She will visit a sister H I! i i u i I . il ii i! l! - i IS I il i i i 1 1