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i : w i i i t i NINETEENTH YEAIL 8miN0PTELD, LANfi COUNTY, OIlEO ON, TI fURS DA Y, AUG UST 24, 1922. NUMBER J2. If 1 STRIKE BliGIHG REORGANIZATION Labor Board's Rtcommtndatlon For Sytttm Organizations Being Carried Out The IT. 8. Ilallroed Labor board, at meeting held July S. to consider the situation brought about by tha strike of the railroad ahop era flu. adopted series of resolution besting on the legal aapecta of It ha cao, aa the board vlowa them, and recommending ac tion. Aftar citing the fact that, aa (hit organisations comprUIng 4 ha fej rated ahop craft had notified the labor board that a vary larga msjor- Ity of the employe they teprownt bsd j left the service of the carriers, the members of theae oiganltntfous are an longer employes of the rallroml or ut..ler II... jurlB.llcilon or me board or sublet to the Trsnspo.l. ll.m Act. the resolution proceed: "When aa. In the future submission ( (f dispute Involving rules. wugei; ami grlvanc?s of sail classes of rm- ploye tt the trtpr. It will be d sfrnlilr. If not jmctlcal necessity for Ih? employe of rach claa on each carrier to form Biine sost of sasm la- tlon or organisation to function In the repreaeiitatlon of said employes befcre the rnllrtmd labor board. In onler thst the effecllveneits of the Transportation Act may bo main- tallied: ..v ,t....f t... it rAtveii iii.t It be communicated to the carriers and the employe remaining In the itrllr Bllll the new employes Sue-1.,, ceedlng thosa who hsve left the serjwfM ong t0 ,hroMcn nglh ; vice to tase sepa aa tlcahfe to pirfl on . i soon as prae- each carrier such Organisations aa may be necres- sary for the purpone above mentioned. and I lie It further reaolved. that on anv(reit . yount tf 20 0r more. carrier where either of the above named organisation by reason of ltslThcy had come through aouthern, inomberahlp aeverlng tholr connection , -,... .).. .rrier. eneea to reorcMont ' It, da, of employe, irocedu.e slml- u, d: 1Pn , Ur Cies-!fre!gh on,? raenrer agent, of Eu l.r to the hT9 s..gge.ed In the',,,, over Willamette pans ,nd f: "'''n Pacific officials; wtre case of the shop crafts Is recommen l- Anwn le Ml(l,,e Kork. They aeemel MM ln fxle. toom down 1tfH ed. ...d I to be looking f, r a more satisfactory M 'hV V heard the rumbling lie It further rr.olvcd. thst the l..tlon than the country they had of ,h "tF clock street car .h le. ...e, .n,i .,! .tr,-.i ...h ,i,- "PPrrnchlng ths turn at 3rd street. empto, r-...-.u.. . ma .V'.w .v.."" 'r:.!...,., ....... nccoriiej me app.uii"ii i j ... -h n K of the outstanding wag and rule de-jthla vicinity. v.lth a view of ftmlh.g a cUlon of the railroad labor board until Reason's employment and perhaps a th-y are mendiJ or modified bv j net t lenient . Snvcrnl ether rsmperi. agnements with said employes r - j In the r""' fw iIhvb. who have nit rlvd nt In conformity with the Trans- been spolitlly mentioned In thla pcrtailon Act or by the decision of colmnn. huve ixpnS8id a similar pur tni board." p- Tim concludlrg resolution 1 ns fol-. lows: "Ho It further resolved, that If It i. n,i that the employes who . a. .. . leuve lie service of tno carrier cuu-e of their dlasiitlHtaciion wi.n ",,T decisions cf the labor board are with-! In their l' gsl rights in ari uiiiiiB. i. ... . . .a . . i it must likewise bo conceded mat inet tueu who remain In the some anu, those who enter t anew are within, their rights In arreptlrg such employ 1 men., m... ... . "7 Tuenday sad Wednesday nights. They Becking to moose ths arbitrary will ' ' . . ..... , had gono through Montana by way of of an employer on employe, that y iKB Hho o hav the moral as well a. ' iS,Uan. now throuKn eag,orn Wash. right to engage In 'ilngt.n a. far as Pro.ser. then Into ths American pub !c to avoid ,l'"uP,'"n,Yklm. iy. and south through of indls.-enslble railway "! Pnrtlnr.d. They had made a tour of tlon. and that they .ra milled to the fc rol w , nrntectlcn of every depnrtment and . . . ' nrOH'IIUll -"-iJ " hrnrt Ulth III mam f run irmiiirv t.i-am-ii nf the Kovernmeut. state and natlrnul." Wm. 8nron. nresldent of the Southern Pacific issued a statement jwncJo of Mr Br,nkman.g had 8tarted at l o Angeles. August IT announc-w.,. ,he ,nt,nton of mauig the trip lng ti e following action laVen on that w,(h fhem. bu after tnoy hB(J mB,e system In compliance with this Vlt with soma relstlves near Pros- commendation of the labor board- M1( he we(jt bal,k by ,ra)n "On the Sohrn Pacific company's . lines west of F.I Paao and Ogden and j A late caller found eight cars on the south of Portland, commonly known'rsmp ground Inst night. Among them as the Pacific gvstem, a new organ!- these points were picked up: tatlon of the allied shon crafts' has Two cars were ' parked close ' to come Into exlaten.ee as In result of nether, near : north entrance, both thu alrike. This Is 'Paalflo 8ystem ProTjed with files. ; Ona was occu Shop Crafts Protective League'." j pled by couple from 8tockton, Call- "Of tha several thousand men n"w1fornls, who had gone aa far as Port working In tb allied sl-oo orafta, 80, land.' and were on their way back. Ths per ce"t have s'ved nn, hv elected .other wss cccunled by a young man helr chsicmen. 1R of thetn. and hsvend his wife, tha man an army sr elected their other officers, and the gea"t transferring from Camp Lewis organisation has entered uron Ms(tO San Francisco functions. The chairmen bavei ear the sooth entrance was a signed sgreemen'a between the men'vnun- mRQ and his w'fe. who have snd tha comna"y In acceptance of iDeen mklng their. home 'n Portland, the rates of psv. r"les and working wnere t;-s s haa bsn emlovsd by conditions, a detMjd by tl-e Unl'ed gtates Itailrosd Mhor board. Tho1 Poiilhrn Pseift" has recognised the nsif organisation. "The d'lv aiMltion the shin forces give assursnoe that In thai future the company will hava an ample supply of shop men. and thsyj will taava their own organisation on ha ayatam plan to deal with thalr wn affaire on the baali of mutual rood faith between the employer and employed on the Southern raclflc company'! Pacific ayatera. "It la t he policy of this' company and Ita management to deal with the men In the aplrtt of good faith snl good will which we believe will be promoted by the new organisation, aa It cleara the atmosphere for future good relatione" A almllar plan will doubtleea put In effect on other roada. be WITH THE TOURISTS ON THE AUTO CAMP A family party consisting of Q, t Prls and wife, hla brother, jt. i. Frlx and Mrs. Frlx' brother. W. U. Wan. shsff, camped on the south sld Frl Amu t.l,f Tliav frnttt Man An tonlo, Tex... They had come through N'nw Mnali-n. Colorado. Wiomlnc. I(la() g)(, 0r,.K(,,. am1 wet, ,,, (((wn Uin,uh rilIforn am Arisona. gn(J hek hrm(( hrol)th ,.,,,., fl,, T .... ,,-,, Ti .1,1,. I"rl end Mr- , th r(.01, ,m(t Tamplco. M-lco. as veil n , ,..,.. . -.,.,. In ; fn,lly par. v. consisting, npua-ent- 1y lw distinct household, traveling ( California State fair, September S to s, ,w0 cara, camped. Monday nlsht,10- Tickets on sale Sept. 1 to 10 In- ,on by the river, on the south side, i elusive, with return limit Sept. It. riiv nrrt:cante of one rsr were 0v.p ' One and one ha'f fsre for the round m nit hla wife and two children and , ypUnK Hitcr of Mr. Morris. In the Industries Expoaltlon. to be held n,ri w,r Mr. Morrla1 mother. an-ln fan Francisco October 7 to 28. ,nPr )nung alsppr. his younger bro-jTlcketa on sa'a Oct. 2. 7. 13. 14. 20 ti,r Drnald Morris, and a young man """1 SI. with final return limit 10 days an,,j u. g, Kay. Mr. Morris' home'''-0'" date of purchase. I nt Bend, end he Is the foremsn ol ! . , " . .... .i , ho STREETCAR CONDUCTOR Hrotika Siunlon Lumber company, tlf- j i, on Ma vacation. The slaitlng point Ilw. .lh.i- rnnn was I'nrll.- H Thev! of rallfornla Ran Dleao was to be!""1"" ii " u.-nr- ,hrlr ,urn,n-w,,nt. They expected u m,ko Miidford Tuenday. A. T. Kerves. and his son. C. R. ni(j ,.oniB from southeastern Colorado. idnl o. by way of Mountain Home. ! ..h f. i.i. .11 ti.. h.A ,nm."onlMi n0 HparKa, aisirict .... ..... . ... .... i K P. Drown and wlfo. log time realdetits of Hun Franclhco, had been ' a tour up the coaat as far Hi tin ntisl aitrvvtf a.1 hara n Vt A Mr u ! """ """' ' 1 They wished to find a house or house-1 bt(tM:inar nifiliia aiwl tiliin I- n ra fnw - - - " """ ". - n . , . B. J. Hrlnkman nnd wife, firm near ewcsstle. Wyoming, stopped here . . .. and filled with admiration of the won dors of the highway Itself. They were going on Into southern California. An ,he rudahv Packing Co. They a-a; - ,,!,,, to make " vlilt ta th wltVsi ne.0n'e at 1 A a-d 'f he mn J Il'ke . rr'tfn n tn wh"S has bn offered him there, thay will stay there. Tha campers hsve to rustle their own wood now. SHIPPING BY WATER TO AVOID DELAY BY RAIL t. T. Sparks, district freight and paaaenger agent of the Southern Pa cific company, announces that ha ana received many Inquiries from mer ehanta of Western Oregon regarding tle movement of fall gooda from east ern cities by all-rail route, which movement la delayed In many eases at the preaent time. Mr. 8 parka tts that shipments from New Tork Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston an! other principal eastern cltlw are mov ing without Interruption via the Mor gan line from New Tork to Galveston, thence via the 8. P., the time con sumed being from If to IS dsys. It Is suggested thst merchants having gooda coming from any of these points wire thelr eastern firms to route these shipments via Morgan ;" In order ,0 ' ""'" REDUCED FARES TO CALIFORNIA EVENTS The Southern Pacific company an- "ounce, renucea .area. a. ne,ow. to luiiuwiuaj l niiiiiriilit vvciiis; one and one-hair rate for the round trip from all po'nts In California and! Reno. Nevada, to Sacramento, for the ,rP ttom all points on its lines to,n8(j been working on a highway con VIV IMUI MALI UN olUNAL Eron a street car conductor Is some- llmi Put ' whr d , ' I . J... I L I . f"rd ,h8 w",h or of the uiKirrr-u v. no iuo acniry we read about who refused to let the commander-in-chief pass without the ,un'erK"; " ,urh "k ''orles. Tuemlny afternoon. John . M. Scott. general passenger agent; Chas. 8. ee' VHenpr ,tr"lc0 mn':er- of Tt-.ey daahed out at the door, and Mr ka. being the luatleat of the three. ran a little, snd nhlatlcd. called and waved hla arm a good deal. But when they got to the corner where they ! could ee the car. It waa polng round 'the next curve toward th river, and ;thpy were "left lamenting." like Lord I I'llln. That conductor was faithful to hi duty. To complete the story, ac- ,...' . ' .' promoted for his faithfulness. Iant Sunday evening. as several jboys were playing In the wa?r. jn the ; channel cut through the bsr In the .... UBhe. ODeraon. c,re Thur.' i ,r an Bon of 0 c Tliurman. stepped on something supposed to be a plwa o( Um of a ,ece o( Un w,u A Iraared eriee. and cut a deen easn in Itha hnltnw r.f lie tn nf his flight T.n fi,,. t ih. ...l'n toes were cut to the bone., i I XT TfWJ VJ y, I tweSE'UL Bt THE )fyR ( PSESEttvuS ' -( ) f 'J' V.eew pippins ' .f H V'on a pna fytiS 7!V " fStT WrNO TAKE) SVl UlJJ,ll " wot-o iHA t iXL thb f air rN W A fS -K, - 'fc STUDENTS' STREET CAR COMMUTATION TICKETS The dtalrtct freight and paaaenger Agent's office of the Southern Pacific announces tHVt, effective September 18th, commutation tickets of 100 cos pone, gopd ' only between Spring field and Eugene, will be told to bona fide students attending school at Eu- geae upon presentation to tha agent at Eugene or Springfield, of certificate ' algned by proper officials of the school attended, at the rate of t cents per coupon or $3.00 per book. , Two coupons will be pulled for each trip between points named. This will give students 6 cent fare between Springfield and Eugene. This applies to students attending the University of Oregon, Public Schools, Business College, etc., whoae residence Is lo cated In Springfield. HICHWAY WORKERS GOING OVER THE RANGE Saturday night, an outfit of road workmen, consisting of seven men. one of them accompanied by his wife. with 36 horses, several wagons and their equipment, lodpedtn Spring- field. The horses and most of the men were lodged In Thurman's stable: one family lodged at the Springfield hotel; ar.d one family, traveling In a car camped on the auto ground. They tract beyond Cottage Grove, and were on their way to Prlnevllle, to engage in similar work. F. M. BENCH AND FAMILY IN SNUG NEW rlOMb ' F. M. Bench's r.ew bouse has been brought so far on the way toward pUtion that the family has been living it for two weeks or more. Mr. 'U ,w" , h b dol hu own WOr .,, tne. wth . tew days' help about the lines the roof was going on. He expects to go to work at the mill soon, and will work at the house In off h'ours nnt K ,8 fmUhed, The nrrangement of the house Is aomething like this: At the front iivins room at the left and a bedroom at the right. Back of these, the din- lng room at the left and a bathroom roumj them enher way, and between at, the right. At the rear, kitchen at tbem nd hls jence and old green the left and pantry at the right; a bed-'honge Tllif Js lo be a paved drive, room at the right between the bath-and bordered on both sides by room nnd pantry. There Is a porch Hhrubbery and flowers, tho full wldt hof the house. 8 feet deepj Mindfu, of tne flood of 1909, which st both front and back, under sep.v miy fce ppatej any year. Mr. King rate roofs. J well has built a ' concrete platform. Abov. there are two bedrooms, with un(er cover, with a sloping approach, two large closets, and a storeroom al for nls 8Utomobile. A considerable the head of the stairs. 'space In front of the new buildings The main body of the house is on 'has alieady been floored with con s concrete foundation. A cement crete. walk will extend from the front porch j to the sidewalk; with a flight of two Miss Ruth Fish, of San Francisco, met rmm th nidewalk. and oue of three steps to the porch. LADY MISSIONAIRES GOING TO THEIR FIELDS Tuesday evening. Miss H ttle a r i Mitchell ma orotner jamei, m sister and brother of Mrs. u a. Murphy, drove up .to fcpringnein. James will remain for a visit of sev- eral daVS. Wnrinesriav mnrnlntr. Miss Tesle .WilUams. of Pamona. California, and AH Over the State Just Adsms A Inglesby the new pro prietors of the Second Avenue garage, are remodeling their bunding, to adapt It to the changes In their business. They have changed the position of their workabop. They are preparing to take care of all kinds of battery service. They have taken the agency for the Mac-Dry battery. t Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bressler went doWB to 8mtoot uk. , Wednesday of ,Mt fof ft two,wwk, Mj0ur at their cottage there. CHARLES KINCWELL ENLARGING HIS PLANT Charles Klngwell Is planning an ex tensive enlargement of his floral es tablishment on the west side of the liver, both for the extension of hli facilities for carrying on hla business and for beautifying of his grounds. As a part of tLls plan, he la now building two fine greenhouses Just south of his dwelling and southeast from the old greenhouse. They stand side by sld?, with a space of a few feet between, and extend north and south. . The extreme length of each, count ing a projection of a few feet on the north. Is about 80 feet, and the width of each Is 30 feet The height to the peak of the roof Is about 16 feet Inches, and bet height of the side walls about 6 feet 6 Inches. The side walls, the floored space in the north end and the permanent walks through the length of each building will be of concrete. The buildings are to be wholly of concrete and glass except the wood casings that hold the glass. They will be heated by hot water. The bulldlnga will be braced in all direction by a system oi iron (pipes running lengthwise and later- .iy The structures are already com-'erecte(j; tne interior finishing remains to be done. Mr. Klngwell haa been hindered aomewhat by delay In re ceiving the rlpes and other materials. Five hundred feet of piping wa re ceived this week. Another part of Mr. Kingwell'a gen eral plan, to be carried out later, to make his place more attractive. Is s walk or drive, running from a new entrance ln the direction of the high way entltely around these new build ings, so that vehicles can be driven m'br Mitchell here. The three ladies went to Salem that afternoon. Next Monday they will take a trip up the Columbia highway, and then stait east Miss Fish leaves. New York, Perteniber n for Buenos Aires, Ar- gntlna. for a term of five years in . i missionary service Misses Mitchell and Williams leave jsew ion srenr ber 26 for a tnree-year ienn oi s0nary service In the Belgian Congo. The .,U. . meets every Tuesday evening ln their own home.. Now II FOR 5PIGFIEL0 Hoyt Manufactulno; Company, A Wood Products Conctrrv Locating Hrt 1 MMW nn UflL Word cam to The News the latter part of last week that another wood products manufacturing concern, deal ing, probably. In Unas of product somewhat similar to those of the Load factory, was about to be established In Springfield. At that time, tha new firm bad Just secured a lease for ita location and made other engagement preparatory to opening. The move ment of the compsny looking to tho opening of business have proceeded mora rapidly than is usual ln sucU cases. The name of the new concern Is that "Hoyt Manufacturing Company." L. . M. Hoyt Is the head of the company, and be and his son and son-in-law arer the Incorporators. They will deal Ik milling ln transit wood products, and will prepare to handle) any lino of such products for which there seems to be a demand. They have been an gaged in this line of business la some ways before. They have felt tho necessity of es tablishing a finishing plant of their own. They have had some difficulty . in securing a suitable location, both" ln Eugene nnd in Springfield. They finally secured a lease on a 'small piece of ground belonging to the Na tional Products company, and lying between their docks and the field on' the south. They are building -docking-at the angle of the railroad track snd the Products company's old docks. The building housing the machinery with which they win open business will be farther back to the southeast.7 Their machinery hi expected tb arrive within a few days, and they expect to -open within two weeks. . ' ' This location is not altogether satis ' factory. They will be cramped In .? After testing the business. If they find a demand for-the machinery they ex--? pect to employ,' and they can ' find ' more commodious quarters in "a loca-' tlon otherwise favorable, they nay change when the enlargement they contemplate beteme necessary. ' The factory will be operated by ' . electric Fower. - - - COTTACE GROVE-, . . CAMP DEDICATED A very large crowd, including a. large number rrom Springfield, attend ed the services at the Methodist camp meeting at Cottage Grove, last Sun day. Bishop Shepherd preached- at the morning snd evening services, and Dr. J. M. Walters, of Eugene, In the (afternoon all excellent sermons. The day was crowded with services. Before the morning services. Dr. Danford, district superintendent of this district, who bad general manage ment of the camp meeting, presented the financial needs of the meeting".- When the amount to be raised hat been reduced, by pledges, to $200, he called for . volunteers to guarantee this balance. Ha proposed that 20 persons take $10 arlece, and It was done in a few minutes. After the afternoon preaching ser vice. Bishop Shephard conducted a service for the formal dedication of ti e grounds, using the Methodist rit ual for the dedication of a church with such modifications as the occa sion seemed to require. ' The choir, which ordinarily occupied a good share of the large platform, waa crowded to the rear; and the bishop Invited all the ministers present, with out regard to denomination, to occupy the front part of the platform. 'Ail the available space was filled. Dr. Walters assisted the bishop on the platform. Dr. Danford and a layman representing the local camp meeting; committee, standing below, presented the ground, represented by tho title to ths" bishop for dedication i TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS r ON THE DECLINE The gr'st of runlshable tratflo viola tion durirg the nast week ra light, and none of them were aggravated cases. ... For speeding: Clair Holdrtdge, H. H Peterson and L. U. Bostlck, sacn fined $10. , t - For parking too near a hydrant. Virgil Moon, $2.00 . j Mr. and Mrs. C, A-; Arehart, have been In Portland tor- several' days, making arrangements to move to that city. Mr. Arehart haa been elected to the prtncipalsbip of the Lincoln school in Porttsnd. . ' r I 1 s i 1 1 I