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T?TT.-Tr-;1' NINKTKKNTH YEAR. Vi J SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922. NUMBER 15. INCREASED TRAFFIC ON EAST SIDE LINE FINED FOR SELLING CIGARETTES TO BOYS REGULAR C. OF C. SUPPER DATA CONCERNING CHANGE IN ROUTE 2 NEXT MONDAY EVENING IE t Th Rugcn Guard of the 7tb, In the -oure of a brief report of ea Inter view with Wm. Sprout, president of the Southern PasINc, who halted In Eugene, on hla way to San Francisco. Wednesday, on hla return from a tour of Inspection, quotes thla atatemant Jrom him: "The Woodburn Bprlnnflold line wl.l be the ah orient route from Portland and polnta In the northern part of thft Willamette Valley when the Na tron rut-off la romoleted. A more ei- tensive uae of thla line for freight traffic and the electrifying of th wrat aide line from Corvallis to Eu gene would greatly rllvt Hi crowd ed condition of the main line and faci litate train service. Doth of these nrrangrmenta are among the present plana of the Southern I'aclflc, otic the litigation In which the road I In volved la rlnared up. Doth would bo done ahortly after the Natron cut-off I completed, and the former plana of the company In retard to new con atmctlon In Oregon are allowed to piocced unhampered. METHODIST PASTORS WHERE STATIONED"" Nearly all Methodist Episcopal con ference! reiutarlv meet at o'clock Wednesday morning, and nearly all."1""'- Jl proved to be an entertain the larger conference, are obliged to iwcupy all or part of the following Monday with business. Tue Kaday b ss I . .. . ..- . octal gathering Tuesday evening. The ordination, of deacons and elders and the consecration of deaconesses .ni naiiitn .lav Tnnra la B-t-nHraiiT a mi-imr the Sunday afternoon. This I th regular order of all Meihodibt;". " lrter In f-nrtfitranrea. Tha nam. 'Vnnf erencn" la applied to the annual bu.lneaa aea ! "'" I " alon and also to Its territorial jurlv! t ouheast f.-om Seattle, through dh tlon. The Jurisdiction may or may . Southern Idaho and Wyoming, doubled not correspond with alate lines. In " between lnver and most ca-a doea not Include ao much;P" north, through Eastern a a atat. For Instance, the Oregon Conference met In Ita annual business aeaslon at Salem on Wedneaday. Sept. t. and adjourned on Monday. Sept. 11. Thla waa an annual conference. There la a general conference, not for the t'nlted States but for the whole world evety four yeara. the year of the presidential electton.nelow the an nual conference, each dlatrlct die- trlct aunerlntendent'a field may, If It chooses, have either one or two dis trict conferencea la a rear. The Ore gon conference ha no district con ference. Down at the foundation, each "charge" whatever the paator haa charge of, whether a "station" or a circuit of eeveral "appointments" ha It four quarterly conference during the yar. Thla taat arrange ment la In process of change. With this long preamble, we give bctow a small Hat of tb appointment made at the wcent conference, aa re lating to persona and places likely to be of Interest to people of this vici nity: The districts and dlatrlct superln tendeat are as last year. Pastors and flaea Coburg. Oraoe Driver (daughter of tha late Dr. I. D. Driver.) Cottage Grove, 3. H. Ebert Creawelt and TJoshen, Robert Parker. Springfield. Thos. D. Yarn Eugene. J. M. Walters. Fall Creek, Unity aad Oakrldga, Walter Roas. Junction City, N. W. Phelps, Marcola and Wendllng, Earl Horse! Ikevlew, A. 8. Ortaaom. Beaverton, Q. A. Gray. . Clackamaa. 8. J. Keater. Madras. A. F. Lacy. SI.ertdan. R. R. Blahop. Yamhill. P. O. Drake. Hall's Ferry, near Salem Morrow. W. J W. R. Hutchinson, who had supplied Canyonvllle for two or three years, retired from th-e work to take up aome per Dim I business. 1 Frank Lattln and Mlas Isabel Use were married In Portland oa Tuesday, the 6th. They are now living In Ea gen. Mis Uae was for a long time Might operator In the telephone ex change here. Her people live across the river. NOTICE Having sold my Interest In th Secood Avenue Garage, I will not be responsible for any debts con tracted by the above mentioned gare; on and after August 18, 1822. R. O. Maaters. Th roof oa C.' W. Peftljo'hn' houS la being replaced an! the da mag to other parte by the recent fir repaired this week. D.iB. Wortey Is rerootlng his houae a 8 street, betwsen 6tn and 7th, How occapled by Wm. Darling. K. 7. McKlIn Is doing th work. fete Savol waa arrested Monday reding on a chare of eelllng clgs rettea to minora. He was brought be fore Recorder McLean Tuesday morn ing. Tha often charged waa aald to bar ben committed on the lli, but a number of other were testified to by boy a who had bought of him. The warder assessed a fine of $2S. Tet complained that be waa not doing much bualneaa now, and could not af for to pay auch a fine. The tec-order told him that he would make more ' n,on"J, would obey the law WITH THE TOURISTS ON THE AUTO CAMP M. Dunn and family, of Bend, ""'District No. 1 on our ground Friday night. They had come over the McKemle paaa, and gone aa far south aa Roaeburg, their chief obJi-tlve being a lslt to some relative at Yoncolla. They were o.i their way home. They made a slml lar trip about the aame time lent year, and stopped on the on me preneni camp. They ato came tnrougn three wnt.out" n any yeara ago, and camped on the old!.uch mentioned camp, near the present atand of Bpen- A lore mun turned Into the corner nearest the south entrance Monday ' '' " A. Brown, lie n a a ror me nam nve year a, dmd - wintering at various point In Central x!n,, Southern California; then, wheu nHn waa mnii aiivanred r.iin nnnh.don also, la a carpenter. They apoke r- -- - "landing some time at Seattle, where, of having worked at ome points to day afternoon were from a grass and ' Property, touring over some,tbe west and south this summer. OnJtmber rire whch WM itarted by a ,Prt of the country northward andlthe preaent tHp they had been aa rar )r,rmer trylBg t0 barn out an old fence ' . - . j .i i t I. r. I .n.i , K mm r.p 1 n Onn rt tha hova waa ..... ... '. . V auiornia. ma eamwaru lour mis Wyoming, apent a week In Yellow alone park, and went through western Montana, through Spokane, a circuit through British Columbia, a while at Seattle, and thua far on the way to California- Figuring either up to the point of hla return to 8eattle or to thl point, bl summer tour bad meas ured 4900 mllea; be had consumed 1ST gallon of gasol'ne. costing an aver se of between 82 and 33 cent a gal lon, or a total of between 860 and $65 The highest price paid for gasoline waa 48 cents, and the lowest 25. Mr. Brown has not yet decided upon a per- manent abiding place In California.) Ivan Richard, of Corvallla. waa a Municipal and business conditions In guest at the Rar Baa go home Satur Seattle aro so unfavorable that he day night would be glad to pull loose from that city whenever be can dispose of his, holding tbeie. . , Flv cars turned In for dinner Tues-j day: two of them traveling together, and bound for Ban Francisco; the! other going in varloua directions. In - dependently. These, with two hold- overs, made a good attendance for the middle of the day. tt4aVr Tuesday evening, about dark, a Car rlth two men and three boys turns! In. They proved to b not altogether strangers. In fsct quite like neighbors, They lived In Albany, and had passed I - - r- -( 'fi lawn a au,imta m laaaaiaaia-aaj -i iii-iiiai,mn,iaa i L ijii'Ju.ji i in in r m if , ,, ' M P UNFOUNDED RUMOR AFFECTING 4L WORK Rdltor Springfield Newa: Information baa reached ma to tb effect that a report la being circulated In that vicinity regarding an attempt by an organiser of the 4L organiza tion to organic a 4L local at a lum bering operation bear Cottage Grove, resulting In a walk-out on the part of the men. There la abaolutely no truth In the statement as no 4L of ficer haa been In that neighborhood for about a month, and no attempt waa made or ever baa been made ts organise any mill or camp near there. Would conalder It a big favor if yon would Insert a atatement from me to that effect M. W. MILLER, 4L Field Officer Ceo. A. Cox. chairman of the 4L local, received a communication from i Norman F. Coleman, president at general headquartera. Portland, to the aame effect aa Mr. Miller'. The local officer confirm Mr. Mlller'a atate ment aa to all the facta aet forth In It. Tbey no knowledge no knowledge of any lumber concern. In the rumor re- ,.rr(1 to ubo. If any auch thing oc- currol. It aeema certain that no 4'., people were concerned In It In any way. thla way before, and camped on our .around at other times. The man who " i"!" w ' " E. 8. Ge Cordon. Mr. wa E. 8. Oeer, bla companion W. M. Oeer. perhap Mr. Gor- i , , - Mr. Geer's son. the other two were;,, . KvnnH raimi .. h,. i friend. One of tbo.e, whose name la Dlnkel. aald he and bla people live in npringtieia wnue me new weioo- ant cnurcn waa oeing duiiu Charles Lamkln. wife and two child ren, of Caldwell. Idaho, camped with ua laat night, on their way to Callfor-j nla. Mr. Lamkln was moved to leave Ll.kn hv tha hiiaftiaaa itnrAftalOfl Ore.' vailing there now. on account of the, poor market for some of their peculiar product. - . THURSTON NOTES Mr. Hubert Gray ha Just returned from Klamath Falls. Mr. and Mr. Edmliton and family were visitors at the Calvert home Sun- day. Christian Endeavor and regular Sunday aervlces have been d I aeon Untied during hop picking season. Mr. and Mrs. Roth and family,' of Springfield, were visitors at the F. Taylor home 8unday. Mr. and Mr. Shaffer and family war dinner guests at the Wllsoi home Sunday. Harold' Baughmaa. who baa spent his vacation at Thurston has returned to Eugene, where he will attend high school. -""' Mr. and Mrs. RaT Baugh and family were guests at ths Calvyirt horns Sun- day. svrUrv arot1rl o frxilflt . mil vrvutu u vviuuu The regular 1:80 aupper of the Chamber of Commerc will be held at Spong'a restaurant next Monday evening. After the aupper the mem ber will adjouan to the new rooma over the Commercial State bank. The room bave been cleaned and are now ready for the furniture to be moved la. The commute haa severs! Inter eating feature planned and everyone Interested la cordially Invited to at tend. Supper CO cent. THOMAS McKINNIS' NICE NEW RESIDENCE Thoa. McKlnnl baa been doing hi own work, with the help of bla boy, oa the construction of hla new boase, op to the point of preparation for the plastering. He ha been waiting on a plaaterer. The plastering will prob ably be done thla week. The plumb ing, wiring end aewer connection bave been done. The houae front to the north on D street between 8th and 9th. In the eastern half, there I a porch under eparate roof In front, a double room occupying the front part of the body, with a kitchen to the rear of that, and an enclosed porch at the rear. In the went halt there are three bedroom and a bath. It will be some weeka yet before the bonne will be ready for occupancy. The heavy clouds of smoke aeen oe- yond the hills to the southwest Tues- ;row a snon aisunce soutn or Eugene. a ,ontherIy dlrecUon burnIng UD . -M of fenc,ng Bn(, tjabr and (janj,,. aome green timber, but destroying no buildings. OFFENSES NUMEROUS BUT NOT SERIOUS The number of traffic offenses - " u "V" f revenue Is not so good as at first The cases tor the past week have been a owe: ROT.' Carlton, parking oa wronaj side, 83.00. ' i J. M. Gibson, parking too near a ' hydrant. 82.00. M. L. Tobias, speeding. 815.00; N. Smith. 810.00; B. C. Barnes. 815 00; E. D. Paine, 815 00. For no UH light: A. B. Kepae . I 82.00; W. F. Bettls, 83.00; Joha Doe! 82.00; H. N. Thees, 83 00; Clayton Clark, 83.00. ' . ...? For Improper lights F. L. Holme. JJ.00; W. A, Lloyd. 82.00; McKenxIe Stag. 82.00; C. W. Brooks. 83.00. CARD OF THANKS We daalre to express our thanks to our friends In Springfield . tor their many acts of kindness and helpful service, and especially for the floral offerings, on the occasion .Of the fun eral of our dear one. ''ii ' DR. O. S. GIBBS. MRS. ANNA KNOX AND , . FAMILY. crV - An abstract of the record of the change la Springfield Rout No. X, how the following essential facta: Change effective, September It, lilt. "Baals of change, to aupply patron of Camp Creek postofflce." Addition to the, rout described "northeast erly on Camp Creek road. 2.4J miles and retrace, 9.99 mile." Prior length 24 65 miles; present length. 11. H miles. Name of carrier, Burton O. Sankey. Former salary, 11830 per annum; preaent salary, $2040 per an num; Increase, $210. " DEPENDENT CHILDREN TO HAVE FARM HOME The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union of Oregon Is promoting the establishment of a farm home for dependent and orphaned children of Oregon. It Is to be under Protestant control; but no restrictions are to be made on the ground of race, color or sect. In the reception of children. The children are not to be herded, under strictly Institutional conditions; but are to be provided with a real honn life, based on the activities and ea vlronmenta of the farm. A farm of 245 acres has been pur chased, three miles front tb city of Corvallis. The cost of the farm was 8200 per acre, or a total of 849.000. The farm consists of 80 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, 80 acres cleared. 80 acres pasture and timber and 5 acre of lake. It Is furnished with a good farm house, 26x34; small bouse for employeea; two large dairy barns; two silos; two poultry houses; machinery shed, milk and pump houses; two good drilled wells; pres sure water system; buildings In gool repair, and electrically equipped. Easy payments bave been arranged, andsome payment have been made. The plan for the care of the child ren Is to build a group of cottages, each cottage to be a completely equip ped home unit, each ander the care of a woman selected for character and fitnesa for the place; not to be the i1 ln,t,tuUoB' but . the mother of this family. .The grouping jot the cottage will give some adran- Stages of Tillage life, - nie children" win attend ' public school near by. thoae of hlxh school i - age will attend th Corvallis high school, and the O. A. C. will cooper- w,t" tn executive board of the borne in Its plans to give the inmates tbs bnaflta of literary and. vocation 1 f taatitutoa. A campaign has ben Inaugurated o raise a fund of 8135.000 to carry I out the plans for the complete eqatp- ment of th hom An 'flo'rles and " 11 correaponaence- mwy o aaaressea to Mrs. Ada Wallace unrun. f 13 Stock Exchange Oregon. ,. t, Oa-fldlng, Portlanl, BAPTIST CHURCH KRVICE V Edgar B. Luther. Pastor 10:00 a. ra. Sunday school. 11:00 a. m. Morning worship. Ject, : "The Greatest Thing- u World." r- " . Sub tle 7:00 p. m. B. Y. P. TJ. meeting for young folks. S:W p. m. even'rj service. Sub- lecL -X Pool There Waa." .. Wednesday,-: 30 p. m Ladies Aid meeting. Wednesday 8:00 p. m. Choir reher Thursday 8: p. m. Prayer meeting If you haven't a church home, come and worship with us. Roy Allum will take his place at the second Chair, Monday, in Ander son's barber shop. Haircuts will raise to 40 cents starting Manday, September 18. Moving In two special trains, twelve new "J-102" type locomotive, valued at nearly a million dollars, and con signed, to the Southern Pacific com pany for use on Its Pacific system lines iav Just reached the Pacific coast yta El Paso. Texas. These huge engines, th second consignmeut of an order st 50 placed by the Sooth-,crn- Pacific with th Baldwin Locomo tive works, are) to be put Into service on" thy Southern Pacific ltnea across he Tiatiajchapt . and Siskiyou moun tains. Tbey afs equipped with the latest f'lel'conse'rvg'ioa and auxiliary power devices.. - There Is a' herd of buffalo in east err. V.rs!.:gton. linowa a the Yakl m hri owr.ed' by' parties living in V'.KI-ua. Th's hard' Is tb-e remnant of 's Coaral hrl" ot' KalispelL Moa tstta, The "owners' b'aVs bean expert insttir.j fjr soma yaars with running buffal-i on cattl ranges, and thsy statia tat the experiment la entirely practlc(C. , ' ;, t FARMERS' UNION . . , ' IN THIS VICINITY -A th result of the work of t C Oakee, of Springfield, field orgalT of th Fanners' Union for Lane coa.v ty, eight local anlona are bow orga Ised In thl county, all within a abort distance of this city' . The plaa la generally to organtsw at the county achool houses. . The eight locals are at Mount Vernon. Walterville, Jasper, Unity, Treat Cloverdale, Camas and Goshen. Th officers of each local anion ana a president, rice president, secretary, treasurer and two or three minor of ficer. In most case, th office of secretary and treasurer are held by ' the aame person. The officers of th local -union constitute aa executive committee. Th vie president of they local anion Is, exofflclo. a member of -the county executive committee. ' A county union for Lane county was organised at th Mount Vernon achool houae June 28. Th county anion is organized on the same general plaa aa the locals. The membership of tber county executive committee equals th number of locals la the county. Tb county executive committee plans. In general, the work In th county, and . promote the coordination of the work of the locals in the coanty. A board of five directors Is elected from the. membership of the executive commit- . tee. This board will direct the bust ness operations of tb county onion; and when the county is more extea- .. sively organized, and the business) . plans of the county anion matured, tha . board of directors will be an Import- aa part of the machinery of the or- . ganizatlon. There will be a county -manager, who will handle the business) ' affairs of the county anion under tha direction of the board of director. The principal officers of the coanty union are: W. L. Wheeler, of Trent, president; Ralph Laird, of Mount Ver non, rice president; H. C. Jackson, of ' Walterville, secretary and treasurer. The county anions are articulated with the atat. and th state with, the) .national in much the- same way as the locals with the coanty. TABERNACLE MEETING OU AUTO CAMP GROUND ReV. Albert BeaS. a Free Methodist -evangelist ' traveling under a special horn missionary commlssaioa from his church, with a com pie t oatflt. consisting of a round teat, evang-ella-Uc car. tc will open aa evaagelistle campaign on the aouth side ot ta auto camp ground this evening. Ser vices every night at 7:30 and at S p. m. and 7:30 on Sundays. The even ing services, at least for the first few evenings, will be preceded by a meet ing oil the street. Mr. Bean is assisted la this summer's campaign by Arthur and Delia Botcourt. who are both stagers and preacher. Vat -" CHRISTIAN CHURCH A. G. Eater, Paator. ,f- J Our services for this Lord's day win be as usual, except that th evening; hoars . are changed. . C. E. meets at 8:30 and evangelistic services will b At 7:30, You are. welcome at all ser vices. Come and bring your friends. FACTORY SOON READY FOR OPERATIONS' The Hoyt Manufacturing eomnaar . hav built a section, of dock from tha angle betwssa th) aula railroad track and th spuY to th Washburn field, over 200 feet They Hav erexjt- ed the frame of a planer ahed, se"t Odd planer In place and built a Ua of rolls from the planer to the car track. They are accumulating- considerable stock of lumber. The connections with the power plant are now being: made. This 'haa required the aettinc Of a line Of new hearv nnlna alnna- . Wall street to '5th and down 5th as tar aa O. The company will probably be ready to begin operations by Mon day. . 5 ANDERSON GIVES $15 ruK BUILDING FUND Tuesday, Sept 5th. A. A. Amdersoa the. bsrber, nve the entire receipt ot his day's bjafness, which amount--ted to to 811 less 81 tor general ex penses, to the Christian church build tr.g tuad. .. The building commltte Is basv working oa plans for a new church building, but at this Um ha not d' e'ded oa a defnit plaa. Many of the cltiseas of 8prlagfleld and vlcio airy have offered their ttnaaclal aid for the new building. D. B. Murphy la chairman of ftnaao committee, Thos wanting to help can get la touch with him at Cray's Cash ' ft Carry stor. . . , , ,