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SriUNGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922.
NUMBER 21
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PREPARING TO ACT
WALTERVILLE NOTES
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Mix Helen Lane spent a few dsys
ber coualn. MUs Nettl Foun-
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ITEMS OF BUSINESS
BY THE SCHOOL BOARD
ling tilp of about a week
Chamber oi commerce i-orm d toward Raiem
A Special Committee
For Thie Duty
Tha school board at a meeting hold
Monday afternoon, elected Mill
p, wouis uassen a leacner or msinn
nd Ray Holsllng' ... , u. fc ... ...
left Wednesns, jiornlng on a camp- ,n- y- M. ....
mi training In mathematics at tte
They start-
Mlaa Virginia Kotley of Portland li
pending a few wwki with nor
couHln Frances Ilotatlng.
Mlaa Alice rage spent tha week end
i with ber cousins, Mr. and Mra. F. W.
!'ag.
university, fine waa recommended
ly tbo university appointment bureau.
TRAFFIC VIOLATORS ;
.... TAKE FAIR WARNING
THURSTON NOTES
, There bai been a good dual of slack
nM In the enforcement of the traf
fic lawa and ordinance In Springfield 382807 baa qualified for a gold medal
heretofore; but condltlona here now vby producing 12,624 pound a of milk
, George Plivtt ba . twa-cowa . that
have qualified for medals, . On for a
gold and one for a sliver medaL ZII.i
are auch aa to demand a etrlct en
forcement and the officials baying to
deal with those mattera have under
taken a campaign of rlgourotia eppll-
and 703.06 pound of batter In a year.
8he 'started teet at 4 rear and 3
month old. Alice won. the allver
medal for eleven of the month she
Th board, at till meeting, elected .cation of the law. Many of the clti ;WM on tt ...
the Janitor for th coming year: It.
Ml.. Ert. Bcott. of Bond. errivel ' Mf' T.!.'' " r''P1 ot ltM
uiu ncuuui, win receive tiou a montn
here Wednesday morning to stsyt
with ber mother during ber vacation.
jor ll.ir.O for th year.
At a minting of the Springfield
tlumbtir of roiiinii.Tf In Steven'
halt, Saturday evening, Aug. 6, th
inaytJr of (the threatened enforced
separation of th Southern and (Vntral
Paclflo ayatema. th probable demor
alisation of traffic movements in thla
region to result therefrom, and th
r-ffoct upon th Intereata of Spring
field and ttti part of Oregon wet dla
runiel at mnif length. Aa a mean
tif preparing tha chamber to effect
ually cooperate with other bodies of villa have their threablng dona,
rltlxens In th region for th pro-l
,..n..n . i. ..i . . .i i. i ..... Mr. and Mr. Clnnrrm Rmlfh
In touch with all movement. frlendlvl'Tned home Monday evening. They, w e
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W. Smith for the blgb athool and W,
If. Ganti for th Lincoln school. There
will be no change In the ware of the
teacher or of the Janitor, etceot
n of the town have ' bad rather -
vague notion a to what the city or
dinance required, and have ometlme
minted person who bava Inquired.
Under the clrcnmatancei, the of
ficial have felt like erring. If at all,
on th aide of leniency; bat tby wish
all person concerned to take fair
warning from -lb time thla notice ha
GIST DEfilEASURES :
TO BE VOTED OfJ
Referendum and I n i tiativc '
Measure To Be On Ballot".'
At Next Election 1 1
The Thurston High school board
mef last Thursday evening and de
cided to have high school with only,
one teacher. If they can secure a
capable teacher.
I There will b no regular athletic
Mr. A. A. Campbell la very alck teacher employed. The athletic wlll,DJ t,m 40 oa1' In, the state law prorn- ,i0wly,
nain ana was iaan 10 me nospitai proooiy ue nanaica oy university . " wwn oruiiwnn win u unii-
Mra. Bele Brown anffered a
stroke, ot . paralysis . last Thursday,
paralyzing ber left aide. She I tin
Wednesday,
Moat of the farmer around Walter
studenta who are majoring In atb-:1 enforced
letic education.
These points should be H. M. Price of Notl spent Friday
(specially noted, and our citizens! night with his son, John Price, and
NEW HOUSES STARTED
AND OTHER NEW WORK
or unfriendly having a bearing on '""! Portland. Astoria. Seaside.
this matter. It was moved and carried Tillamook and various other polnts(
that the chairman appoint a commit- of lnlrst. They report a very plea
to of three to act for the chamber nt ,rlD- I Three new houses have been com-
of commerce In all matter ,'""-1 I r...... n Springfield within the past
To suit Mr. Ditto's convenience, the should call tWo attention of their out-1 family.
school board meetings hereafter wlllilta frlenda to them on Inquiry:
be held in the afternoon. Instead of' Flrat the law requiring parking on
the -tighthand aide of the street.
Second, the 30-mlnuhe limit for
parking on main street
Third, the 20 mile speed limit
everywhere within the city limit
Mis Bessie Fountain, ' of Elmlra
spent the week end visiting relatives
here.
to thl affair, thla committee to be 0f the Interstate Freight Audltlni wwk:
known aa the "Natron Klamath Fall company, solicitors and claim adjust-1 A Mr- McMurray. of Medford. Is
Kxtenalon committee. era, apparently. Mr. Hltcb for a num- Pu'-Ung "P a building on lots Just
TV. r. lRPr, TmiTUl Vl III PI VI Vtlll wur.ra S m OiaCKSmitn UT-vit ucn i rniiirmr.
chamber of commerce, appointed as I el various points In Slaklyou county, j"0 Pcts to occupy It with a sub-
euch commltlc Welby Stevens. O. O.
Ilushman, and W. N. Iong, By reso
lution, the duties of thl committee. tlons there and In the Itogue river, cerT bualness.
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
FEWER IN NUMBER
Violations of the traffic ordinance
are becoming fewer and less serious,
moat of tbem showing no evidence of
California: and ha and the visitor ex-iurbn cery, M bull dwe,II" disregard or Intentional violation. Fol-
changed note, concerning obaerva-j r. He I experienced In the gro- iow1nc are ,n(l offenses for the past
were aet forth as follow:
"First, to encourage and foster the
building of th Natron Klamath Falls
Suaanvlll railroad line;
"Second, to Investigate and espo
through tha public ptvas and other
wlae all fals propaganda, league.
association, firms, or other organ
liationa which have for their purpose
th spreading of misleading Informa
tion for the primary Intent of confus
ing the public mind aa to the sincere
purpose end pledge of the Southern
Pacific company to bring ih Natron
Klamath Falta cutoff to completion;
Third, to discourage and oppoo any
separation of the Central Pacific rail
road properties from those of Mie
Southern Pacific, and lo oppose to the
fullest tentent any Joint trackage ar
rangements which any railroad, not
at present financially Interested In
thla aectlon of Oregon, might try
tinder the present clrc umatancea to
force upon the Southern Pacific In the
slate of Oregon."
At this meeting It was voted that
cnploa of the record of this action he
sent to the Morning Oregonlan, Ore
gon Dally 'Journal, Portland Telegram
Kugene Onnrd, Morning Register, and
The Sprlnfftwld News, aa well as to
all Interested commercial bodlea of
Oregon.
country.
Mr. Perkins sold him we?fc.
Thomas McKlnnls commenced the
building of a house for himself, last
Friday, on D street, between 8 lb and
8th. It will be a bungalow. 26 by 62.
Including porctes at the front and I
rear,
laid.
A. E. Burgdorf. who said he waa a
"Duke'a mixture" aa to nationality
German. French. Irish and plain
t'nlled State camped In one of the
favorite nooks, tn the northwest cor
ner of the south glade. Monday night
lie aald some traveler whom he met
down aouth that day recommended
to turn
and hi
living a fw mile from Klamath ,'we,n 6th and 7th. Robert Dutour,
Fall. We Judge Uey were "well,0' Satherlln. la the builder,
fixed" there, but Mr. Burgdorf I ,ohn Moakop Is rerooflng his house
health demanded a lowev altitude, at "t ,he cmer of ttb and D street,
leaat for a time. If he could find a!The tront of ,h mln roof and of (ha
good tract ot SO or 40 acre In a at-!Porcl roof era to be remodeled
Vt. Int. mwtA rt.tl nn tl.. knll.l
.'. m b.. I Claude Cradner, failure to display
ng. Mr. McMurray and family are uMgnt 00
iitiiib; in cuviie m preneni.
L. E. Thompson, parking on wrong
-side of street, $2.00.
I D. P. Curley, turning between in
tersections. $5.00.
The council Is amending the ordi-
The foundation walls are nowj ,,u, "'u 111 " ". con
form to the state traffio law, which
a In to the Springfield camp. He Fred Montgomery commenced work. nU ,n c,'te 'ndSw" 'l
la wife and little girl had been ! T-eaday. on a dwelling on E street, f m""- e recorder I. advised by
Mrs. Ttosa Baugbman and son Her
old and Howard and Lonen Edmlstoo
visited at Pleasant hill last Sunday.
lafactory location, aomewhere In this
region, he thought of settling here,
for a few years at least
The auto camp and vicinity ahowed
more activity at noon last Friday than
la usual at that hour. Two family
parties from opposite directions met
on the south side of the ground the
Robert Vitus hss re roofed bis house
on D. between 7th and 8th.
A small rear porch has been built
on the rear of the old Browning resi
dence, now owned by Mr. Voris.
L. U Ray that this takes away from
towns the right to fix a lower limit
The law, however, require a driver
to have due regard for the safety of
lire and property; and this would be
a matter to be established by evi
dence on a trial. The signs are being
changed to conform to thla change In
(he limit
LINEMAN KILLED
BY SCHOCK AT ALBANY
While Slcwert Mvera. a lineman In
nltht before, and arranged to make a , ,ne emplov or MounUn Su',
FORD EXPOSITION
MAKES BRIEF HALT
WITH THE TOURISTS
ON THE AUTO CAMP
H. J. Navotney and u' of Drem
erton. Washington, camped on our
ground Wednesday night of last wek.
They were on their way to San Fian
Cisco, where they expect to make a
twomonth's visit with Mrs. Navot
ney's relatives. Mr. Navotney Is ft
radio Instructor at the Bremerton
navy yard.
U ti. Fish and wife, who camped
her Friday night, have the distinc
tion: of laying out the longest trip of
all who havw yet vlalted our camp, so
far aa we fcave record. They came
from Honolulu, T. H., by way of San
Francisco. They did not come all th
way by auto, however. Mr. Fish has
burn connected for" the past seven
years with a large supply house In
Honolulu. His health waa becoming
Impaired, and his physicians had told
him he mint get away from there for
a while wek a dryer region per pa.
So he Is tsklng a year's vacation.
From here-they expect to go through
Portland, and from there op th
Sound aa far ss Vancouver, B. C, back
to Seattle and across tha state to
Spokane. They expect lo go through
the -Yellowstone park, and may turn
aside to Olader park on the way. Mr.
Fish waa born In the province of
QiVHc Canary; wwj pifcfpally
brought up at Newburyport, ' Ma.;
and eemed familiar with New Hamp
shire. Mr. Fiah' early home wa
somewhere .fartrfr west. They ex
pect to visit those regions, then go
down the Atlantic coast, and back to
some Pacific port by a southern route.
Then thy would discard th automo
bile nd make their way back to Hon
olulu by steamer. Some trip.
The Ford and Ford son Power Expo
sition, a caravan of 17 motor vehicles,
turned into Springfield last Friday
for bait an hour. Thev exhibited at
fishing trip up the McKenile together.. r.owft. eompanv wgl worklng In thelCreswell the day before, and were
Thev were going uo Friday afternoon gub.ullon Bt Albany last Thursday. o go to Junction City that day. It
One party was an elderly couple from one of nlg armi came n conUct with was an Impressive spectacle, and at-
nooa itiver, tne otner, a midflieagefl a j300 voIt rurrent He WKa vnocks1 tracted a good many curiosity seekers
couple with a little girl, from the east-(Jovn af,erwards able to 'and Interested examiners; but nobody
ern part of Klamath county. crHW, , Bhort dl(,Unce Tw0 physl-'called tor a demonstration of any
11 'clan worked with him for two 6r part of the outfit, and so the caravan
Two young men from Portland were three hours, with the use of a duI- moved on. Incldently. the demon-
on a trip that would take them motor, but failed to resuscitate hlm.'stratlons would be exhibitions of tUe C,
Ross and Arthur Calvert, Jep Jen
son and Miss Dora Calvert, all of
Junction City were In Thurston last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jackson anj
family, of Spencer Butte, spent Sun
day at Mr. and Mr. Ray Baugh's
home.
The . Thurston thresher .started
work Monday at the Barnett place.
Ross Mathew and family drove to
Portland Sunday to be gone about a
week. Mrs. Clifford Weaver and
Austin, and Carribel Mathews are in
charge of the store and post office
during their absence.
Mrs. W. W. Weaver and Mrs. Dave
Weaver and the latter1 son, who have
been visiting In Portland for several
day, returned Monday evening. Mr.
Dave Weaver and ber aon Roy atarted
for their home In California Tues
day evening.
Lee King, of Newport arrived In
Thurston for an Indefinite stay.
A Mr. Travis, from South Dakota,
moved Into the Heersma houae Tues
day. He plans on sending for his
family and If they like the location
will buy the place.
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Miss Laura Mitchell and Mrs. Vernn
Luther are on a hiking trip to New
port The young people of Thurston are
going to stage the play "The Elope
ment of Ellen", at Trent next Satur
day evening.
A BIT OF WILD LIFE
ANDt BUSHELS OF FUN
Tbe News has received from Hon.
Sam A. Kozer. secretary of .state, an
advance copy of tha voters' pamphlet
setting forth the measure to be voted .
on at the coming election. Tbe follow-.
Ing. nine referendum and initiative?!
measure will be on the ballot:
Two referendum measures, of no dl-
rect concern to the people ot Lane -county:
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"Amendment permitting Linn coun
ty tax levy to pay outstanding war
rants." Nos. 300 and 20L ... -
"Amendment permitting Linn ami '
Benton counties to pay outstanding
warrants." Nos. 302 and 303.
Seven measures proposed by lntia- ,
tlve petition:
"Single Tax Amendment" Nos. 304 )
and 305. ' '
"Salmon ' fishing and propagation
amendment." No. 306 and 307. )
"1823 Exposition tax amendment"
Nos. 308 and-30. ' v """
. "Income tax amendment" No. 31 :
and 311. ;
"Interest rate amendment" Nos. i
312 and 313.. ' . ?
"Compulsory education bill," Noa, '
314 and 315. - ' !j
, "Income tax bill." Nos 316 and 31T. I
; The News has undertaken the task
of analyzing these measures, or at C
least the more Important of them, and -summarizing,
where It seems poslbIe j
and necessary, the affirmative and (
negative arguments, so that it read- t
er may have before them, not predf-
gested, but in a digestable form, such;
Information as It can bring them, for ',,
their study, as early a possible.
Since the compulsory education bill
seems likely to receive as much attes- '
tion as any on the list, and since It
will take more space to set it forth
clearly, even If that can be done at an,
we will limit onr summary of the In
dividual measures, for this week,, to ..
that one measure.
A bill for an act to propose by inita- .'
tire petition to amend - section 5259,
Oregon laws. Compulsory education.
Be it enacted by the people of the
state of Oregon:
Section 1. That section 5259, Ore
gon laws be. and the same Is hereby, '
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 6259. Children between the
ages ot 8 and 16 years. Any parent
guardian or other person In the state
of Oregon, having control or charge or
custody ot a child under the age of 1C
years and of the age ot 8 years or
over at the commencement ot a term '
making every summer.
turned In to cook their dinner.
through California; such a trip. Uiey His heart contlnaed to beat tor prob-, working qualities of various kind onrinkley of Portland, and E. J. Hor
,ny wmo in ii.v iinmi ui aDiy two nours. macninea wnicn tner carried alonsr. ton nt T.,ninn ...... j ,
Tney Jiad; Mr. Myers' home waa at Albany, the Ford motor furniRhin the cower. riM .on.,i v
; i -ujr uio on
He was burled there last Sunday. Ht This tour is undertaken by the Ford July 22. Mr. B inkle v Is in the m.
iVaves a wife and a boy about 3 years .branch In Portland, will reach alljrloy of Mason, Ebrman A Co, of Port-
A big wagon which had occupied a old. He had frequently been in parts of Oregon and will occupy two! land; and Mr. Hemlnway had former
nook In Ihe northwest cornel, and Springfield In the line of his work, or three months. A similar exnedl-jiy been in their service. They went
whose owner sleeps there and stsbles and was known to a number of per-. tion is belrg carried out by everv.by way of nhe McKensIe pass to Bend-
A party consisting of Wra. Darling, I0' puWic chooi ot the district In which,
n iT.nin r, .. 'said child resides, whn shall fall ir
u,uwaj ui iresweu. i n - -
negieci or reruse to sena sucn cnita
his team elsewhere, was still there. , sons here.
Ford branch In tbe United States.
Fl. A. UutklifV and Ed Hitch, men
rather past middle age, traveling to
gether, were on the ground, In and
out for a day or two at the first bt
h's weetr. Thar are traveling agents
A Big Load For The Old Horse
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Wvn ?ssgcmR. ...ii
then swung In west to Todd lake:
then took the skyline highway aouth,
visiting a number of small lakes by
the way, and fishing In all of them.
It was a wild life Indeed. They sw
to a public school for tbe period of
time a public school shall be held
during-the the current year In said
district, shall be guilty of a misde- .
meanor and each day's failure to aen?
such child . to a public school shall
constitute a separate offense. Pro
vided, that In the following cases,
children shall not be required to at
tend public schools.
(a) Children Physically Unable.
Any child who is abnormal, aubnor-
but few people; aside from those they mal or Physically unable to attend
met on the highway, except at Elk,
Odell and Crescent ' lakes, which are
kept up as tourist resorts.'
They had planned to go on to Crater
lake; but according to Mr. Darling's
account, by the time they got to Cres
cent lake they bad had so much tun
they could not bold any more, they
school.
(b) Children Who Have Completed
the Eighth Grade. Any child who has
completed the eighth grade, tn accord
ance with the provisions of the a tat
course of study.
(c) Distance from School. Child
ren between the ages of 8 and 10
had caugrt fish nntil there was no j years inclusive, whose place ot rest
novelty about It any more, and at- dence la more than one and one-half
together were ao surfeited with the mile, and children ever 10 years of
varied pleasure ot the trip that they age whose place of residence Is more
were not to a condition to appreciate j than three miles, by the nearest
Crater Lake; so that they decided to traveled road, from a public school;
leave that for another time. They provided, however, that If transporta
turned back at Crescent lake, came tion. to and from school Is furnished
over the Wlllamettte pass and came j by tbe school district, this exemption
down the Middle Fork, reaching ahall not apply.
Springfield Sunday evening. Aug. 6. d) Private Instruction. Any child
They were gone about 15 days, and who is belrg taught for a like period
came back with a re-venous appetite 0f time by the parent or private teach
fr work and home food. They made r 8Uch subjects as are usually taught
the trip uo the McKensie and over in the first 8 years In the public
he rass before the highway was so ,chool. but before such child can ha.
hylly nni up as it Is now. and they 't8Ught by a parent or a private teach
foMnd the traveling good all tha way er. such parent or private teacher
round. must Tecelve written permission from
the county superintendent, and such
Trr Ts cou-y butcherV and gro- remission shall not extend longer
err" -'rn'c rt Ccttace Grove last.than the end ot the current echoot
"'--nr. brought together a great yer. Such child must report to the
r-t-ri, est:mated as high ss 7.000. county school superintendent or some
person designated by him at least
Qilito a number went from hre.
Robert Kizer and Mary Hyrnchuk
were married in Eugene by Judge C.
P. Barcard. Vnr.day -rnii)g.
once every three months and take n
examination In the work covered. If.
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