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r MIGUEL 11 11 ME NINETEENTH TEAR. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1922. NUMBER 3T ASSOCIATION FOR ITS AN ILL WIND THAT mm WOODMEN OF WORLD ENTER BIO CAMPAIGN Springfield cams of tba Woodman of the World, baa entered tba big SERIOUS COLLISION (JOHN SEAVEVS HOP IN WEST SPRINGFIELD. WAREHOUSE BURNED About 10 o'clock Uat Saterday Job a H. Beavey'a hop atoraga ware morning. William WlllUm. from Dai-, boaaa. on bla tana about three mllaa IMPORTANT MEETING OF EUGENE CHAMBER Tha Eagaaa Chamber ot Commote , . FOREST PROTECTION BLOWS NOBODY GOOD By a aommnnlcatlon from tha mo revary. The New It Informed that, at meet tag aeid la Um Imperial hotel la Portland. September II. aa organl halloa wee formd to be known Tha National forest Protective Ae- oclanoa." Jedge Jobs U- Child, of Creeceat City, California, waa elected president; ant Arthur Conklla, 44J Colassbla etreet Portland, secretary. Aa edvlaory board, coaaletiag of the lollowtnff men. waa alto elected: Hon. Geo. P. Topping, Bandon. Oregon ;j non. w. a. wooaa. uow imocb, Ore gon; O. 8. Blaaobard. Qraata Peee. Oregon; II. X. Walthor. Medford. Ore oa: 0. 0. Steele, Yreka, California; V. W. Parker, Marabflald. Oregon; lion. Cbarlaa Lamkln. Ashland, Ore cm; C. T. Ileae, Portland. Oregon; r. W. Thompson, Portland; n. P. Jonss. Newport Oregon. The aama and addreeeee of Ibaaa gentlemen will abow something of tba acopa of tba field represented by tola aaaorlallon. IU headquarter ara la Portland. Tba elogan carried on tba letter hand of tha'aaaocletlon It, "We Want Highways." Prom tba eecretary'j letter and a printed official statement and aoma clipping from Portland papera relative to tba organisation accompaaylng. wa gather these notes rom-eralng Ita purpose and tha facts which called It forth: Tha original forests of tba United Btatea ara estimated to have covered 113.000.000 arrea, and to bava con tained 1.100.000.000,000 board feet of timber. Two-thirds of that area baa been culled, cut over or burned, and! tbree-flftba of tba timber haa been used. Of tba remaining timber In the United Btatea, one-half la stand ing In Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia, and tint other half la print! pally In tha west ar.d south. Irge portions of tha leven western atatea of Colorado, Wyoming. Mon tana. Idaho, Washington, Oregon. Cal ifornia, Nevada, I'tah. Arltona anj New Me i loo ara included in the bounds of national forema. Over 1SI 000.000 acre of their landa have been withdrawn from entry, and are not aubject to taxation. All countlea hav ing national forest landa within their boundarina sbonld ba- Interested In this movement It la expected that tha acopa of thla organisation ahall aoon be extended to Include all tba na tional forest atatea named above. Tbla organisation will concentrate It effort ia the beginning upon on project the construction of highway through and adjacent to tha national forest. The government ahould con struct tha roads necessary to protect thla timber. . TLa organisation wMI ba financed by contributions from tha vartona conatlee affected la tha national for- oat atatea, aad will endeavor to aa liat aa many members as possible la highway : and - forest, and will aa dtoavor by all honorable meana to la tere tba federal- government to pro tect ita national forests; Brat by tha eooetractloa of high way r and. so od, by a mora Intensive reforestation. It solicits the coeperatioa of cham ber of commerce and other civic Vodlea. PRODUCTS COMPANY SECURES SUPPLIES Tha National Producta eompanv have aecared a tract of timber down the Sluslaw river, adjacent to tba Coos Bay rail load and will not hereafter ba dependent on chance and Irregular auppllea of material from tarmera and other email timber owners In this vicinity. They have In time pasl tost orders from lack of a ready supply of timber. Tbey have bad for a long time all the orders they could fill; and with an assured supply of mater lal they anticipate a strong and steady run of business In tba Immediate fu turn. THE HOYT COMPANY UNDER GOOD HEADWAY The Hoyt Manufacturing company got tbelr first planer atarted laat Mon day. ' It ba not been running quite ateadlly a yet. Tbey haya all tha lumber plied on their dock that they will hold and leave room to work at all, and parbap a doen loaded cara atanding on the tracka here and at Eugene, en,, all tha order that they can Bll for tome time to coma, fbev ara planning to pat oa a aecond shift aoon.1 They ara working half a dosen maa now. Tha enrollment of tbe High school bad reached lit yesterday, and of the Lincoln acbool, 387: a tot4 of KM. the rlgheat aver reached at thl period. : Special meeting ot the, Chamber ot Com theme next Monday evening at tha Ball theatre. j , A track belonging to Jon a Beavey, loadad with burlap to ba used la bal ing bla hope, wa etartlng oat of En- gene la at Friday aftaraoon. wtaa aa aato bumped Into It aad caused dam aga eaoagh to maka It noery tor tba driver to Uka It back for rapalra. Ha eollactad f II from tba offaadar for tba damag. Tba burlap aboald ban baaa laadad la Mr. Beaver war boaaa thai availing, aad If ao would have baaa bora ad that Bight, A friend aaggeatad to Mr. Beaver that ba augbt to bant ap tba owner of tba aato aad rafaad bla til. because his btttnptag tba track and the consequent delay' eaved tba burlap. THURSTON NOTES Hop picking la over and every one baa returned homo again. iaRrr BwB" P0lh, Cherro- let Coupe. Tba Thurston grade school atarted laat Monday with Mlaa Helen Travis aa teacher, and tha high acbool start-1 ad tba same day with Prof. Catle, of Eugene, aa Instructor. SI atudenta reglatered tba first day. J ,Urol4 Ronl relumed home Mob day from Newport where ha bad spent a few dsye. iieimont iiaaeen ana Ales Mathews left for Salem Monday to attend tha state fair. Mra. J. H. Brown, who suffered a stroke of paralysis aoma time ago Is slowly Improving, J. II. Herbert who underwent an operation in Portland soma time ago, tor cancer, ia Improving and la ex-pet-ted home next Saturday. Miss Maude Edmlaton returned to Monmouth Sunday after a three weeks vacation at home. 8ha Is attending, normal school there. Taylor Needham and family left Wednesday morning for Salem, to at tend the atate fair. They expect to motor oa to Portland before returning. Mlaa Will -Edmlaton la attending Business college In Eugene. Mra. John Kdmlston haa Iter tlttlo nephew and niece, of Junction City, staying with her now. Rev. Harry Benton will preach at tha church next 8unriay morning, after a montha vacation. Marlon Cantther, of Beltountaln Is spending a few daye with hla parent, Mr. and Mra. 8am Carathera. lie la helping to get Ua wtadowa and doori In their new bouse. ... Tha voaaa- neonla of Thnraton ! I Maude Edmlaton a surprise party Saturday evening, it ' waa a com bined birthday and farewell party, a aha1 left for MAnmoath' Sunday. Miss Margaret King, who I teach ing tha nppar Camp Creek achooL pent the week and at Thurston. Mr. and Mra. M. C. McKlla. t Springfield motored out to Thurston. . a Jl a I .enu.y wt.o.rb, Mlaa T&eima Fowler, or Eagaaa. Prlday to take a abort special prof spent th week end at ton rmak Tay-jiional coan, Mas. Keater aocom- lor home. Inanted him Ther will return about ' Mra.- Roaa Banghmaa aad - on of Eugene apeat Sunday at tha Joha Ed- mlatoa hoaaa. - That Turkish Tobacco j paiy sni-ea- mwmii-mmmmmKmmmmJY ' 'm " " ' " " '''a-Jfaaaaaa "T'a ry J"' WfTr1" " ""' " '' t campaign balag eoadactad by att tba, camp la (oar oouetlt.' la aa eadea- or to 1 nervate It membership. Dis trict Maaager E. O. Royal will ba la Springfield tba antttlng two weeke to aaalat tba local camp la tbelf work. AU tba eampa will meat la tba Eu gene armory oa December 11th, for a eomblaad laltlatioa of 104 Candidates. Springfield' quota la fifty. . La it aprlng tba local camp Initiates elaaa of S which Increased thl meabereblp to W. Tba W. O. W. la a worklngman's organisation and tba ratea are within reach of all. Tba protection la af gaardad by a raaerra fond of over million dollar, which belong to the' membership. Tba reserve la Invested In government atata and municipal Itionda. iiiarinr rmi4t9 rather than a hgh ftf lat9ntU u 0T.rjaftr be aaw tba standing car la Uma 0Ra mlloa invested la Oregon. HOC. to avoid atrlklng it and tried shying 000 In Lane connty, and tSO.000 In Springfield. Nest Tneaday evening the local camp will hold a prise drawing and will aerva refreshment afterwards. ( All member ara orged to ba preaent lTh dl,trtet a-.anager la making bl " ,l "l W,M Iw iipio gaaa vi v trciu may call on htm. Information TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BRING LITTLE REVENUE The traffic violations adjudicated at tha recorder'a office during tha past week were light In two senses. They could all ba grouped In one class: too much light In front or too little behind. There were aeveral namea In tha liat but not much meal In the grist. O. W. Brush. Improper light 12.00. John Doe. no tall light 12.00. Prank Emmerich, no tail light. 12.00. John Doe, no tall light $100. R.' II. Garrison, R, Chetwood. E. E. Baxter, no tall lights. $1 00 each. There la ona speeding case atlll pending. BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICE Edgar B. Luther. -Pastor 18:00 a. 11:00 a. m. 8unday acbool. m. Morning worship. Ject "TU a Meaning of Tha Lord's' Supper." ( :30 p. m. B. T. P. U. meeting for young tolka. 7:10 p. m evening service. Sub Sickness To- "Da Go1 Heal IdayT" Wednesday. 1:10 f. ta. Ladief Aid meeting. a av -v I Wadaesday T:S0 p, m. choir rehar eal Thursday 7U0 a, m. pra--er meertng. Pol lowing tha morning service the Lord's Supper will ba observed, in tba afternoon wa will have oar annual business meeting. A hearty welcome!'00- will come again. ' ta Mtwlded to alt " . Keter left for Chicago laat! tha middle ot October. Tha W. O. W. meet every Taeaday evening la their own homV tar, In ad Oakland car, waa driving toward Eugene. ' A car waa atandfog oa Ua right atda of tba highway, la front of aCra. Domplar boa, perhaps 100 feet weat of tba tarn In tba neigh borhood of tba aid Went Springfield etreet car etotloa. Mr. WiltUma,tMiUding'. Then bad baaa bo Bra in attempted to paaa aroaad It oa tba a thl '.bonding, and tha dryari were left, and cam into collision with a 'about 304) feet distant Tha causa f Chevrolet car. fitted with a bos top 'tba Bra baa not yet been daterjulaedV ased for tha delivery of meat. aad Al hi coa tract price, tba valaa of drtvaa. by Wta Sofley. Tba cara met band on. Both cara wara eonelder- ably damaged la front Mr. Williams' mach tha worse. Both of his front wheel wara wrecked, and hla car was otherwlaa damagwd. It would appear that Mr. Williams waa clearly oat of hla righto la at- .tempting to paaa tba aUndlng car oa tha left. Ha nM ha mnM nnt atnn .around It But a eotllaloa with the tandlng car would probabty not bava been ao serioua aa what actually hap pened. William offered Sofley 125, aa com- penaatlon for the damage ha had In- flicted. although hi ioea waa much the greater. 8ofley refused the ofterfor thia campaign. About 131 republi and they parted with tba understand-, can office-bolder and nominees wera Ing that tba matter ahonld be settled lo attendance a really representative la court. It I to b hoped that Ihore Repnbllcaa gathering, though without temperate counsels will prevail. LITTLE GIRL DRINKS A DEADLY POISON A 4-year-old girl of Oscar Rlggs. of.01 resolutions, oy a committee select- Oakridge. found a bottle aomewhere outside of the house, Sunday evening:. ! which contained which aha thought might be good to drink. She swal lowed a quantity of It It was lysot a strong corrosive poison. The par ents telephoned into Springfield, and were directed as to a remedy to use for quick relief. She was brought down to Springfield that night anl has been at tha home of her grand mother, Mrs. E. E. Tullar, ever since. She la coming on well. CHRISTIAN CHURCH ' A. G. Sater, Pastor. ' Bible achooL :45 a. m. Worship, 11:00 a. m. Chriatlan Endeavor, 1:30 p. m. Evangelistic eervice. 7:30 p. m. Now tha "summer slump" and "va cation" periods are over we content- nttta aeelna- msnv familiar far as hack . in tha Bible achooL Come thia Lord'a day aad enjoy tha Bible atudy period with ua. Oar teaoher take aa Inter eat ia their pupil and are capable In structor la the Christiaa eervice Men a re-welcome to visit the men's class which Is taught bf tha pastor. Last Sunday there -were 17 ' ta tha class. Wa want 25. Coma once and ucmea m inwsrwai ana lusiruciioa 01 ba handled from tha fcnlplt Wa crave your attendance aad a hearty wetaewe aiwaya await you. Coma aad bring a friend. !t- .. ORDER 'your tomatoes from ' Bar tholomew Gardena. I0e par bushel; 7So delivered.' Phone 4P-P-4. a28a southeast of Springfield, was da- etroyed by flra daring last Prlday aight. Hop picking bad Juat baaa Ba (abed, aad baling waa ia progress. About 400 bale and a large .quantity of anbalad bona were (tared In thl 'the hop destroyed woald probably ba ISO, 004 or mora. ' Besldee thl. th4 (warehoaee, aoma amaDer bandings near It and aoma equipment ara to be 'considered. Tba kxa I fully covered iby Inanranc. Tha adjuatment will probably ba affected tbla week. a REPUBLICANS HOLD PLATFORM CONFERENCE What la ipoken of aa a Republican platform conference held a session In Portland tha Brat half of thla week. Coder tba primary ayatem, aa at pri- aent carried ont no aatiafactory pro vision ia made for tba adoption of a general atata platform;' Thla confer Jence waa Intended to aapply thla lack credentials fa the asual form. All I parts' of the atata were represented. I The proceedings ara represented as .nmoB,ou, throughont and the chief result was the preparation of a aeries M ror tbAt Purpose, covering all Pln t lne In the coming election or demanding- treatment In future legislation in short a Republican party platform for 1923. It waa un animously adopted. Following are In brief some of the more Important points In the plat form. Commendation of the Oregon dele gation in congress for Its effort tor the emergency tariff and extension of financial aid to farmers of Oregon. Commendation of President . Hard Ing's work tor reduction of taxes and for wise diplomacy. Declares the reduction and equali sation of taxes a vital Issue In this campaign. Pledge economy in atate legislation and administration, and favor a county budget ayatem. Affirm faith in the atate primary law, but pledgee the legislature to amend It ao n to prevent lnterfer- eBce b Totr" ot a prl ,ln"IT of othr. provide for a convention to enunciate a platform. Propose legislation to prevent frauda In Initiative petitioner " - Patora .giving ex-aervioa men em ploymeat la atate position. Declare for water power develop ment and reclamation, for abolition of nsetoea atata board and commissions and tor a suitable pln for retiring tba atata bonded Indebtedness. Pledgee tha party and Ita officials to strict enforcement of the laws. The conference also endorse the administration of Governor Okott aad pledged support to him, WITH THE TOURISTS ON THE AUTO CAMP w" esBsBk-' assa s. During tha latter part of last week, three parties that had been on the ground for aeveral adaya left and by Sunday the camp was empty. Early Sunday evening, two young men from Astoria came in. They were going to Los Angeles, and might atay there all winter and go back to Astoria in the spring. They talked of looking about in this region for work, but they were gone Monday morning. Monday, George Elliott and Lonnie Young, two young men from Detroit. came on the ground in time to cook a late dinner. They had come acroal the state of Iowa on their way west crossing the Mlsslppl river at Clinton and the Missouri" at Council Bluffs; had gone north aa far aa Jamestown, North Dakota; through that atate and Montana; and through Spokane and rortland. They expected to visit relatives of Mr. Young at San Fran cisco, go through 'Southern California and by a aouthefn route back to De troit, Three cara came on tha . groun l Monday evening.. Two of them were oee-ip'ed by ona party, .from-Myrtte fomi. oouna ror Balem. to awe the. at fVr. The party wa composed .the ot two famlllea. While It waa rain-On. l-g Tuesday morning, and they could do nothing to farther their Journey,' they were glad to find aomabody to talk to, and they proved to be an en tertaining company. They consoled I held aa Interesting aad important eva sion Uat Monday alght U waa de voted chiefly to a dlcostloa of Oav question of nnmerging of tha Soataarar Paciflc system or retention, of ita ent relation ta the Central PaeiBC A. committee, recently apaoiatad Bar that purpose, praeeated a raaolatfw whlch waa to embody tha aeatlmeat eX - tha chamber and of the commtuiitr, and wa-1, M pre'sentad at the hear ing, to be held la Portland aoma Uma next month by tha Interstate eea merea commission. , ... , .. Tha resolutiati presented by Ahe . committee reaffirmed tba poeiUom taken by tha chamber la a mmtinar held June 12. It favored: the con- ' tinned anion ot tha Southern and Ceo tral Pacific aad the early eompletloa of tha Natron cat-oft, and empowered! the chamber to send a representative , to lay tha chamber's views before tha interstate - commerce com mission at Portland, One member ot the-eoet-mlttee dissented. Tha dlscaaaloa, re volved around the report of the con tntttee. which, of coarse, involved tha whole controversy. A straddle reao- -lution was 'voted down, and the reso lution adopted. Among the point urged la favor of the resolution waa thia by Frank -Jenkins, editor of the "Register, which. -should be of special Interest to 8prtn fleid people. He said that the pro- . posed construction of the car shops at 8pringfleld by the Southern Pacific . was a point that had not received due . consideration In discussing the var ious phases of the controversy. Tha -building of these shop waa an S. P. project and not contemplated by th C. P. Thl waa one local benefit that : would be lost If the nnmerging pla wa ratified. The building of the Na tron cutoff wa of minor Interest to the Union Pacific, whose chief object- ' ive was the control ot the Central Pa- ? citlc line to the coast - - W. W. Calkins expressed the opin ion that the Union Pacific la engaged in a 'deliberate attempt to wreck the Southern Pacific ayslehVand ita real aim waa not to add transportation benefits to the local field, bat t throttle a competitor. themselves for tha delay with the thought that there would be nothing; - doing at the state fair. One family consisted ot Mr. aadl! Mra. T. E. Dickson and a son,- Mr. Dickson 1 a contractor at Myrtla Point The family had visited 'Crater Lake and the Oregon cavea.; They gave a very lncl4 doriptiau at tha cave, which are beginning to Btff ' fenera! attention T,.- i"Tr .' . Tba other family; consisted - of If r. and Mr. 8. C Bradea and a daag&tar. They had to take tha rain with only tha protection ot a By attatched to their car. Mra. Bradea la a alatef of Mrs. Andrew Kystrom. aad tha whole) party bad visited at Nystrom'a Mon day evening. The other car waa occupied by Mr. aad Mra. George M. Case. They war huddled under their By, trying; to keep a four-foot square bit of ipaca dry enough lor comfort Mr. CaaaT had ipeot hli early manhood ia tha head offices of one ot tha eaatera railroads. He had lived in Tacdtt? for a number of years but had aoll hia home there, and they had beea for aeveral yaara making their bom at Redando Beach, California.' Ha and Mra. Caae had beea tor the fifth con secutive season spending tha summer to vajestern Washington, Icbiefly Is visiting some of Mr. Case's children at Seattle and South Bend. J PLANER FOREMAN HAS HAND CRUSHED Jo Skornlchca, planer foreman, of the night shift at tha Booth-Kelly mill. had his right hand crushed and badly mangled Just before the change of shift thia morning. He waa taken to Mercy hospital, and moat of the hand amputated. Only tha atumg of tha hand.' with the thumb and little finger, waa left" and the thumb waa broken. INTESRESTING PLANT AT" CASH AND CARRY STORE? D. B. Murphy haa a pot of rare and Interesting plants la tha front ot Lie store. There ara aeveral specie of 1 the plant. Mr, Murtmyj txtod - thia i apeclmaa near Florence, where It growa wild. Among aeveral familiar namea by which it la known pre tha pitcher plant" - and "Oy-caUjhlng " Plant." It haa a etalk Ilka aoma of lUles. wtth't hollow bulb or pod the ton, with a aeadeat flower under ha bulb, opening dowaward. Tba cup ot tha flower la very sen at-' tlva. and when aa insect pierce It to extract tha juice. It close and imprison the insect , . wAO uJ 1