□■VOTED TO IN T tR B tT | .
OF tPRINOFICLO A h , .a (J. IJR H *T
T H « FARM ERS OF TH
W IL L A M E T T E V A L L I.
X
TWBNTY-FIHHT YRAR
TALK RECALL OF
SHARP AND RONEY
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SPRINGFIELD NEWS
SPRINOPIELD. LANE COUNTY, ORBOON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1924.
VICTIMS OF FIRE
¡ONLY TWO ACCIDENTS
BURIED YESTERDAY
IN MONTH AT SAWMILL
Mr». O. B. Nawman and Baby Are Hacord for Ov»r 200 Man Employed
Interred In Mt. Vernon; Many
Believed
Oue to
Vigilance Work
R elatlvee A ttend Funeral
"Th* People's Papar"
A
LIVE NEWSPAPER
IN A LIVE TOWN
NUMBER 5
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
BETTERS FINANCE $ 11,000
NEW STREET GRADE
INO SEWERS «UEO
THREE DIVORCES ARE
Outstanding Bonds $188,000
G R A N TED
BY C O U R T
Threat» Made to Ou»t Commit- Funeral eervlcea fo r Mra, (J. K. New- Only two negligible accident» over]
and Delinquencies Amounting Council Provides for Laying of
•ionerg Because of Road mm, and baby daughter Eva l.ucllle,
period of more Ilian a month with i
to $56.000 Are Out; City
Three Sewers and the Grad­
who
met
tragic
death*
by
lire
o
n
;
'uore
than
200
men
concerned
la
t
h
e
l
^
hree
Couple»
A s
Separated
and
Policy and Nettie Timber
$100.000 in Debt Above As­
ing
of Seventeenth Street;
February
12.
1924.
were
h
Id
ye»l
y.
record
of
the
ItoothK
elly
saw
m
ill
In
Two
File
for
Oaeree»
Before
Cruise Contract.
sets, Figures Would Indicate
day morning at ten o'clock, the Ray- • report marl ■ nt Ita regular aenalon ,
Circuit Judge
Houses to be Numbered.
nrend Mr. T. O. Yarnea. pastor of the,'*» Monday, February 11.
,
---------
The city of Springfield bettered It»
Providing for the grading of S er­
Springfield Methodist church, official-, Conatsnt vigilance and nt, restrlc-
Thr>e divorce decree» were grant­
ing A number of brothera of th e',Ion a placed on preparedness
are ed and two complaint« for divorces bn'incea I**1 ’,”a'
taking up 311,-, e n e enth street In Stewart'» addition
dec aaed
woman c a m ’ from out of thought to be the reaaon for this nl*‘l ln circuit court Wednesday. Nora
ln outatandlng bond», according aa 1 e lay*ng ,,f three »ewer», or-
town. aa did her fa,h.-r, Frank D ean.'condition. «Ince
all appropriation« Ngtaoo, of Springfield, filed ault for to the report of Pity Trsaaurer C. It-j - ”*nC**, **’’* paMaed by lb i Sprlng-
of Linton, and nil her alatera but one naked for are Immediately grant d
divorce from CUrene» Nelson
on Hughe« to the city council last Mon- e ’ c ty ‘>ouncl1 at Monday nlgbt'a
Interment w a. made in th .
Mount; A , . w change. tf> b), mad, lnclude «roudn» of dmmrtlon and cruel a n d , day nlght. The c „ y
hag ou(. re7umb<ring ^ “housZ.^of T h t” cb Z
»>'«r an order for the placing of algna near ^ “h u a V n T X " ^ v m
‘ 7 7 “ « » » < » « bond* amounting to 1188, and routine bualne, transacted
led lu It» molhrr» arma.
I the entrance, to the mill to warn hW hu"»*nd sent her to Iowa to live
The accident occurred a, the real- *orker» on how b »t meet the traf * « h her mother then prevail:«! on her ’ •*• and d »"duencl a in »treet,
An ordfnancs provide« for the grad­
E u g -tie in e rrh a n ta
den.-.. Of M r and M r . N e w ,,,,,,, tw o f c a t certain place* lo avoid accl.lent «° l' ”nB ba< k laat yaa'
,^ tcr he
sidewalk and oth er, amount- ing and graveling of Seventeenth
street from Ninth street north to the
themaehrea.
A portable railing le,t ,or ra ,,,o r,>Ia «nd ah«- »ay» »he ing to more than 156.000.
Who will run to replace th com- mile eav, of Utwell while Mr. N e w -
baa not seen him since. Frank DePu i It would appear from the trea su re's Paul Brattaln line. Th • street wilt bo
lolaelonere nt the recall election lia r man
graded 30 feet wide and graveled in
Ith th Hill Lumber company, wa« «*"•■ » stairway down from the m ill,1’
h,>r a’,orn,’y-
report and the recorder's book» that
no t been made known
Colonel V.
<• H Mercer, until lately an avowed at work a m il’ and a half away and where there «na a chance (or a 8aniuel
K. Bualck. of Co’.tage Grove, the city has 8100,000 indebtedn as the center 16 feet wide.
Ordinance» providing for 12-Inch
friend of t'ointulnaloueni
Sharp and About two o'clock Mr» Newman had possible Injury by falling For fur- hae been granted a divorce from above it« aaaeta and those who have
H on -y. mad - the recall announcement l ut h e r on e and a half v e n r old ba b y ib e r In au rn n ce n r a ln s t A re rlak. a eer- Mary ß o.lck on ground* of d aertlon »tudled the «ituatlon declare that in »ewers to be laid in the alleys from
"intb to Tenth street» between A
Monday lie rlnlnia that It cornea af to »I.- i - b a« ii .nal and left her on the ’",n B*bt was ordered suspended from Tb«^ couple wars married at Roseburg future substantial »Inking funds should •K
in September. 1919.
be provided In the
cord
budget every and B ’rtree’a and F an<l O street«
ter an exhaustive luveattgatlon co bed She then went to a closet ad
Mary C. Alstalt ha» been granted a y- ar
were passed unanimously by
the
hl« part and clnlma the support of Joining thr room where th» child »»«
The men working nt the wood sew s
decree
from
Frank
A.
A
lstalt
on
council
An
ordlnanc
providing
for
the Pomona Grange and Farmers* sl ’eplng, atrlklng a match to look for w ill now he prot-cted from
fly’ng
On February 28, 1924, all lien» un
° f d’," 7 “ °" The
der the Bacrof, act will expire, with a 10-Inch sew er between Main and
I ’nlon.
some article. She thought «he had sticks. It I. reported. .In ce boards
The
ft f„w , |dew a|k. an„ A »treats from Ninth to Tenth wa»
The recall movement »<• far aa the exllngulahad 'h e match, whch »he |eft{h » v « been placed for their protection, married In November. 1905.
mother hi given the care of their
also passed. The city engineer has
road building 1« concern d tak*a the ’*» ’h* cloaet floor, according lu
the The ground floor of the mill 1« lo be
the property may be »old to satisfy
two children and property right».
he deltnquoBt a s s e s ,m .n ts . There be*" lns‘ ™cted to dra’ r P|an ’ a“d
•nine aspect a* It did a' the lim e of |,i,,ry *•** lnld
w c 11 bh»n o f ,« rid io lh e ,| to prevent a man's atumbl
filed Is due In delinquent assessm ent» on 7 ^ ’/ ”
" f coat« “ w
B barpu election and In the h«u dur HoBngfteld who attended her P h ' Ing and spraining h l. ankle, or fa ll-'
7*_
suit for a divorce from William W. all Improvement» 839.954.23 and 816,- for these Improvements. Th» sew ers
Ing his attempted recall last sp rin g .!lhan WBI" *® *h* PObl’m yard to jln g by at pplng Into chug hole»
Rankin. They were married In Pm-
923 01 Intarest. totaling 856,877.24. are expected to be 8500 or 8600 each.
I, la largely a difference of opinion 'ook aB*r the chicken«. In a few
The acting chairman w i l l _______
BWOlnt dleton
1M# ghe aHegwI he
city council h a . e’xpr’e e ie d ’ i ï s !’’«•»•rty owners who d e.tr» m .y tak e
of tw o fa d ton- In th • county, that n","'“n,a * ,’ e heard noises an I saw h l. own aucceaaor for the following -_ i
, . u ,u
j
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WArvAf, e «and v ia li. * -----— » ------------ — - —■"------- - —■, »dvantooro
r-v . F ilio
DnRAvrcV»
■
to tw fair]*’ rijiinlly
"nit ironi ft» h o u r « i
f f lf r t Q n c r o r d ln * to a n>w m l f n a ____ _______—__«
«. »- »
.
intention to start r alizlng on these t_
_
equally divided 1 ”
married women in their homes wh n
Ing for these sewer assessm ents.
T he issue differ« now only in that a X“rda *w|ay
passed at the m eeting Thia measure
•
"" " .b ack assessm ents to reduce the ln-
,
Those
who
do
not
must
pay
as
soon
thetr husbands ar» away.
debtedness.
year at the "Fharp mad buildlm, i Although »b» knew that to enter wa* thought to enable the com m ittee
¿Mary J. Cooper of Cottage Grove, .
as the Improvement is completed or
policy" has been experienced ind oa !h« building meant suicide, she rush 'n function m or’ satisfactorily. L. h has been granted a decree from Her-
° ,r ,a *ur'*r a report «hows the have a ,j3n on lh e p ro p e rty . P ro p e r ty
follow
ing
receipts
and
disbursements
e- e
»
•— -»
frrs something concrete lo talk about cd lu to save the baby, whose cries N'»et. regular chairman for several hart j cooper
on grounds of d ser-
on which a lien is placed can be sold
during the year 1923:
Tho Neaaa limber cruKe .on tract lb ’’ could ,H",r s l*e iound <*»• cblld
ar,P">n">d Frank E Lenhart to , |on
The roup,e
wer, raarr1ed tn
in 30 day«, the council was told by
la a new feature In which m e op- ««»»•*»« “ “d p.lta bed lo escape the “Ot as chairman of the next m eeting
R eceipts
i the city attorney.
ponenls of the cn itu laslon . n declare
*
^'rapping It In a quilt she » W McKinnon Is to continue as
Mand R g j , rards won a decree 1922 balance on hand Dec
Treasurer C. E. Hughes gave the
they used unfair methods In I ’ltlug b“f'««l front 'ho building, collapsing secretary of the group.
frt>m Rnber, L Ed ward•• whom she ' 31 .... —---- -----------------------
820 232 ,3 connCi| a detailed r- port of the city’«
the contract, that It binda *be cou«i- • iuw fo**1 fro“' <L H«r »„isll lour-; A letter from th • National Safety married at Trent In 19«1. He has General fund
9.745 86 finances.
ty to pay excessively for the cruise I'^ur old v>u had guue out lo the Council v i s
read, setting forth the turned <sold and distant, according Street Improvement fund ...
3.369.61
-60 8,
A res°1,It1on w-as passed by the
waa dutlva of the com m ittee »» being an m hPr complaint. One of th -lr two Library fund .............. ..........
and that the Niwae firm are not com ­ pump a l it t le earlier and so
8 "s6 14 councH providing for the numbering
petent cruiser».
aav d. Neighbors ware carrying the "army and navy against accident." children, a »on. Is a minor. The moth Osn. Int Slinking fund
-> ¿64 «4 ot boases In the city. From now on
On th s other hand friend» of the I» o to a nearby houae when Mr. J (’ Parker, head millwright report rr r-talns custody of the boy and A. 4. 5. 6 »nd 7 8t. Imo. „
j’o_n
"*rh block will be assigned 100 num-
Newman
arrived.
Ail
efforts
lo
give
ed
that
several
reeomm
n d a tlo n a nt- “ts »15 from the father each month Den. Imp Sinking fund —
rommtaalonera declare there Is a
«99 no hers, the even numbers on the one
Main St. pav. sink, fund ...
“nigger In th • woodpile " They »ay medical aid were unavailing »Ince fered by the sta te’» factor» inspecto* for the hoy's education
g,.
side and the odd on the othar.
th« real opposition Is not the Nea»e both had bodies no badly burned had been performed tn thy letter
^jteklng collection of 8600 alleged Main 8t Fav- Interest .......
death
came
within
two
hours,
while
125
40
Councilman and Mayor Eggimann
du ■ on one note and 8600 alleged due Fewer «inking fund
cruise but no rnil»o at all Timber
2.757 26 expressed them selves as enthusiastic
F o r tn ig h tly M e e tin g B e tu rd a y
Int »resta, it I» alleged, are behind the they wer < being taken to Springfield
on another, both Issued In January. Bond »inking fund ............. -
895.35 ovf>r the CI ar I^ake water project
The home o f Mr«. Maude Bryan Í1M2 Ksyton Fluster has filed su it A'
movem-pl. Several county off1, Ini « to thv hoapttal In an ambulance.
" ®,s '
,n ‘ skK
________ and several mombers of the council
Mr» H altle M. Newman was 29 waa the scene of th» E'o-tnlghtly again«, Hsrrv W. Meet through Her­
nre of the opinion the real attack
8 51.925 10 Drd Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Total .......... ................
Plie la survived by her m e,ing of a "500** club on »Saturday bert W Lombard, attorney of Cot­
Is not the Neaae crulae hut to knock Xeera old
will attend a meeting in Albany Frf-
her four y< ar-otd son, a -iv ? n l„ g . Six table» of guests enjoy- tage Grove.
out the crulae altogether.
ch ic, husband
Paid Out
-•ay to hear further plans for the
idne-y-ar-old
daughter,
who
was
at
with
o
n
eio
u
rse
refr
aliments
Those
among I hat»' 1- Assessor B n Keeney
Coneral fund
8 12.487 58
mammoth undgrtaiinri Cpn’ncilnt'ti
who unhesitatingly declare« the con school at the time of the fire by her present >veie Mr. and Mrs. E O Sut
St.
Improv
ment
fund
2.97976
Club Meets with Mra MeKlin
declared they favored Springfield con-
tract O. K and Ju«t what la needed ia ’b«"’- Frank Dean, and by « e v e -s ljo n . Mr and Mrs. John Edward«,
522 86
The A. E N. A S. club met at the Sinking fund ...................
-ectin g with the valley wide system
t„ 1-ane county to equalise th, (,IX broth' rs and sisters An unci« Gsorge Fred C lln g a p , 9|rg. JO'lla Cantrell,
P
e
n
.
im
n
In
t
Sinking
10.34183
heme of Mrs. M J. McKlln on Tues­
•r i, could be worked out at reasonable
Dean, came from his home at Three M
Grace Roberta. W elby Steveps
Ini plena.
2013
day afternoon The house w a , a t­ ft Street Interest ........
c o ,,.
It was pointed out that if
Jim Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Do-
. 11.000.00
District Attorney Clyde N. Johnston I'tnea to attend the funeral.
tractive with d'Jcorations o f pussy­ A. 4. 5. 6. 7 S t, Imt>.
»
ocn
nn
Springfield
grew
as prospects se*med
Pue,
Mr
and
Mra.
J.
F.
Ket
la.
Mr.
l
.
O
n
O
.
U
U
a
a
.
a
A.
4.
5.
6
7
St».
Int.
.
call d upon the court In the taxpay­
willows and red carnations. Seven
,
,
to
i-d
icate
the
rre«ent
water svstem
and
Mrs.
Ronald
Roberts.
Mrs.
Jess
11.94D. 4 b
. . .
er»' m eeting to rescind the N ease ARBOR DAY EXERCISES
members and sevrn guests enjoyed a Balance Dec. 31. 1923
would soon be inadequate.
contract and was sustained by the
HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL _ s‘‘av,’y
”r . an'1
Dtp
,
. . Mrs
. . . s . . .
..
social aftem qon which ended with ;
Total ___ ....... ........ .8 51,157.92
taxpayer« Thia the court had »o far
'' , . /
‘
\ . ,,abt refreshm ents serv?d by the host-
N eedlecraft W ith Mra. M cK enzey
Arhor Day exercise» were held at 1 nnd Mrs. \V. H Adrian and Mr and ess.
refused to do Johnston threatened
Members presen , w ere Mes- The treasur s report shows the fol-
I
D.
I»,rimer,
b
’sldes
the
host­
to break the contract tn court but tha Springfield high school on
Members of th ” Ne?dlecraft club
dau«M e-
W rUh‘’ Brown,n*' ^ ’»'»«<1. lowing bonds outstanding at th,« be-
the holders say they are not worried day afternoon owing to
a sudd-n
' 1?' « ’
. <I«ughte.. McKlln. C. E. Swarts. J W Coffin ginning of this vear-
ofl Springfield were th e gue?*s of
MTteth ’r the next move will be ac - b«nge ■" -b- — <»>«' lt had been
C ™ » .!. The firs, prig. .« card. nnd N -
-
*'nn,n< <><
yaar'
Mrs. A. P. M cKinley at her home It»
W. Emery. The guests were
Bonds Outstanding
announced on Thursday that It would I" “ ’ won by Mr" Ronn,d Rob' rta
Rugen? on Thursday, the 7th Instance
Mesdames
W.
N.
Long,
Williams,
l i l t , » ;,n.\i|.> jo |i» a o , t 4n o j,,i non .
A. 4. 5, 6, 7 Sts. imp. due
¡The afternoon was snent In sewing
Valentine, J C. Parkefr I-awrencp
1« not clear But It la clear that the h" postponed when the ahowera gave
4-h-24 ...........4....................$ 50.132.37 and coversatlon.
Auditing Book»
Most attractive
rltlxena of laute county are about to 810 «vldence of a b atin g Sp» chea
May, J. T. Moore and Stearmer.
2nd St. budget, due 4-1-24
3.000.00 wprp g ( Valentine m otifs used about
have both ear» filled with a barrage on ,ba beautification of the city in
H. B. Rose of San Francisco. Cali­
Gen. Imp. first issue ....... 50.000.00! (hp rooms where red carnations.
of propaganda ho'h for and against p,ant,n« <rM’" a,,d
bushes were fornia. Is auditing the books a , the
New O perator at Depot
,Gen. imp. second Issue __ 50,000 00 j,Partg and clusters of pussy w illows
the commissionerà and their policy. | mad* by
F Walker, president of Springfield plant of the Booth Kelly
Ralph W. Shepherd of Portland I s ‘Refund. Bonds, due 2-1-32
35.000.00 ^ r o «»-ranged. Following the honr,
»
-------------------------------
¡the Chamb r of Commerce, and by lumber company. He and Mrs. Rose
the new operator at the local de G St. Imp., due 2-1-32 ..........
671.09
needlwork the hostess, assisted by
Mrs
Maude
Bryan,
president
of
the
,arrived
Sunday
for
a
two
weeks'
stay
LAW ENFORCEMENT TOPIC
pot. He arrived this morning to re-1
| Ladles' Civic Improvement club.
In Springfield.
!
her
sister, Mrs. Williams, of San
lleve George Godfrey temporarily, i
Total ......... .............
8188,803 46
OF SUNDAY MEETING I The girls' basketball tean, defeated
, Franclaco, served a most delicioaa
I
luncheon.
the Eugene Y. W. C. A lian i 14 to
The ways and means of b ’ttor law
On Februarv 21. Mrs. W N. Long
10 last night In the Springfield high
enforcement In regard to minors will
nnd M«8. O. H Jarrett will he hoat-
school gymnasium A return game
be Atsrussed at a meeting Sunday af
i,s e s for the club, entertaining with
will be played soon The Hprlnfcfield
ternoon at 4 o'clock. February 17, at
la one-thirty luncheon at the Anchor­
line up was a , follows: Idn Cox and
the Woodman hall. Committee repre­
age.
Mabel Anderson,
forwards; Mary
senting th > various organizations In*
Barker and 'Lucille Fritts, centers:
ih e elty will meet lo talk over law
P a tie n ts a t H o s p ita l
Anna Dillard and L licltls Lambert,
enforcement Heveral lodges. chuT h
Edward Jones of Westfir, who w as
guards. A game will be played with
es nnd Four L's and other clubs nro
discharged from the Springfield hos­
St. Mary's academy In the near future.
expected to have representatives.
pital on Ffynary 11, w as re-entered
Has New Hear»»— A new gray n,o
¡Tuesday as a new patient.
tor hoarse has been purchased by W.
Naw School Established
Mrs. Arile W intner was discharg­
F Walker from the F’lfth A v ’nue
A new school has been started h) I, garage In Eugene.
e d from the hospital on February 8.
County Superintendent E. J. Moore
Ì She returned to her home In Eugene.
Initiated Candidate»— The regular
nt F’wlssliome on the Kluslaw river, meeting o f the Odd Fellows w a, held
Virgil Moon of Springfield, who un-
H e r e to fo re Hwlsahome has been nine
PVPn)|nf nt lhp l o . O. F hall
jderwent a major operation recently,
miles Von, the nearest ssfinnl ot Twn
¡was discharged from the hospital on
Two men took degree work.
Ma, leton
A building hns h' m se ­
February 8
cured and the school will start Mon
Mrs. Delwin Klntzlev of Lowell
The P. N. 0 . Club Mee<s
day. Mrs. Hahn of Eugene will he
waa discharged February 7.
The P. N. O. club met nt the Hin­
teacher.
Mrs. LilUan Grimes of Snrlngfleld
son home on Tuesday evening with
wa« discharged from the hospital on
Mrs. Corn Hinson
and Mrs. K atJ
Three Couples to Wed
Fehm ary HI.
•
Brum m ttle ns h o ste ss’s
Adam
Ritchie
of
Jasner,
who
teas
Marriage licenses have bean Issued
The following guests were present:
admitted to th ” hosnltal for treat­
during ,ho week by the county clerk Mesdames Furf, Donaldson, Mc-tit-
ment last week. Is getting along very
,o Gilson John Itruun. 30. and M yrtle'bomary | Mortenaon, Barker, Gr *»»n,
well.
M'ltchell, 24, -tgith of Eugene; to Freeland and Miss B essie Bench. Tho
Mrs. Lloyd Johnsen was admitted
Joseph A. Owen nnd Edna Jenkins, next meeting will he with Mias Bench
to the Springfield hospital Iasi night
26, bolli of Crow; and to Bori N iet. still Mr*. Girard as host »saea.
and will undergo a major operation
27, Dexter, and Rosa Lasaler, 20, of
this morning.
Eugene.
Has N»w Employ«»
Throat» of another retail movement
nre h Ins made against County Com
inlastonera Emmett Sharp and Nele
Hoimy The county totntnlaelonara'
road policy and th» Neaao timber
crulae contract are the chief Indict-
menta the reeallera
would
bring
uaalnat the commissioner«. However,
there are other«, one of which la
’'outrageous dlNcrlmlnaVon*' ugajnal
h m m
Somebody’s Valentine
The Audorson Manufacturing .•Ot*-
BORN
,
pany employed eight naw maas-gk the ,
At their home north of town, Fell-1 begtnnln* of till* W(«h. ocvoiMlag
»»ary 9. 1924. to Mr. and Mra. Al­ Frank Anderson, president «
rfwl
fred H. Johnson, a «laughter.
corporation.
Thia addìi Ion to tha
1 force Is to tJhte care of tlte *>ìv«ent
Flevd Coahraa ira» bar» troni Mabie work while the asili U running nt
M esiay
fall blast.
.ah.*
A
Measle» Prevalent
An epidemic of m easles Is preval­
ent thm urhout the state, according
ta tha «U te health officer, Dr. FrM-
-Tfck D. Stsleksr.
He reports <12
asses A aeorv af ecsea have boea
repbragtl la B agase »nd tbsrr are
«a»»r»l M S p riM «««