O EVO TEO TO IN T B R It T O F a P R IN O F IB L O A N D TH B F A R M 1 R 8 OF THR W IL L A M B T T B VALLBY 1rtE SPRINGFIELD NEWS TWENTY-FI IlST Y KAR ERECTIBN OF ÍSGH Largo Concrete Structure nt Entrance to City on Pacific Highway Started Todny by the Chamber of Commerce: Many Donatione. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1924. 70 C A R L O A D S O F PO LES T O BE C R E O 8 O T E D H E R E Hnventv carload« o f pole« will he rreo»ot it nt the Cnrhullu sum W oodTre»ervlng plant, sc- cording to Manager ('. O. WII- «on. who tin« Just returned from Portland wh*ps h" made ar­ rangement« for the order. The pole« will vary In length front .10 to 75 feet and will bn «hip­ ped from Uprlngfleid by the middle of June to Southern fa ll fornla. Arlzons. N< hru«ks and nth *r place» Surveyors Work Spong R estaurant On Shop Tract Sold to W. B. Cole "T h a People’s Paper" A L IV E NEW SPAPER IN A L IV E T O W N NUMBER « B U IL D IN G T E L E G R A P H L IN E ON N A T R O N C U T O F F T o construct a lx m iles of t< 1- egraph line from Oakridge to W. W. Winn Checks Shop Site Experienced Restaurant Man of ’ the end of the Natron cutoff ralla near McCredle Spring« During Last Few Days; Sur- Klamath Falls Takes Charge eight outfit car« and a crew of veying at Westfir Also of Eating Place men with suppllts were in Springfield Monday. They left for Oakridge wher i the work will be s tar'ed at once. The Western Union will string wire« over the Cascades a» fast a« tb? Natron cutoff is completed. An eight wire line la planned. SCHOOL BOND ISSUE Board Submits Proposition to Build Manual Training Shed to Make More Room in High School; No Ground to be Purchased. Much «peculation regarding the The fixture« In tlie Spong restaur- bulldlng of the Southern Pacific c a r ian, owned by Thoma« Thomas and «hop« for the Natron cutoff ha« been ,, „ „ „ .... _ . . .Mr». Bell Spong. were gold Friday aroused during the past week by the | presence In the city of W W Winn. I‘o w » <*>•• formerly of Portland, A special el action to vote on a assistant division .n g ln eer for the * hf> here from Klamath Falls. Construction work begin« today on question of contracting $3,000 In I ioni puny In Portland He ha« been The finit m -al und r the new own­ the co n c re t* arch to be erected by bonds to build a n » - manual training ership *»« Friday night dituiei 'accompanied by an a«»l»tant. and to- the Springfield cham ber o f Commerce j building on the high school grounds gather they have been doing survey- -',r - ( ole he» rented the entire build- PRESIDENT TALKS at the entrance to the town from the , has teen called for March 25 by the t'adlto highway Katlmate* by the CLEAR LAKE WATER MEET ling on th? company's land In Bpqlng Ing and he and hl« family will take TO SPRINGFIELD LOCAL school board. The election was ar- up their residence In th? upstairs contractor« have been plac d at ATTENDED BY LOCAL MEN Held. --------- ranged for at the recent me Ming of Mr Cole Is an old hand at the res- “ We don't know whet the nature or around 1500 a« the coat, according to taurant business, having been engag- Nownan F. Coleman D iscusses Way the board which changed prevlou. T h ree M em bers C ity Council, Cngl- the «nglneer's business la." said Carl J F Ketel« and <1 (1. Iluahman. mem­ - plans of voting $9,040 ber« of the arch com m ittee of the Ol»on. station agent when Interview­ ed In the work at Portland for a num -1 Wage Question Handled Inside nears, Surveyor, Cham ber of Com­ The election previously called had and Outside of O rganization chamber. Muoh time, labor and ma­ ed. "The company did not notify us her of years, and also for three y ’era - merce Delegatee H e a r Plane to be cancelled because it was not Un California He plans to make a terial for the building of the arch ha« as lo It« plans." An address to the local L. L. L. L. advertised according ,%o law In a b ’en contributed by the people of Several surveyors have checked I few changes, remodeling the place a Seven men represented Springfield at the Booth Rally mill waa made by newspaper. In the meantime the Sprtngfletd. W F. Walker, president at the Albany meeting on thy Clear and surveyed portions of the railroad j little la te r. of the chamber, «ay». Further dona­ Lake 17.000,000 pipe proposition th company's land in Springfield r tent- Mrl Co| e and their daughter, Opa’ Norman F Coleman, of Portland,! board has reconsidered and deetd- d tion« are mad» from day lo day, and i a»t week They were: W. N. Ixmg. ly A policy of secrecy ha. been Kathryn, accompanied Mr. Cole from prpgldent of , be central organization, ho T >t m H e gave a ^ u a l .h i « a committee 1« canvassing the bovi­ Leonard I.epley and M. J McKlln of maintained by e«, h engineer that has KlalBaIh Fallg. Mopping first at Ash- „„ Tu ne«« district, A complete list o f con­ the city council. J F Kelehi and W. h en here Railroad men declare that )and Their elder daughter is att-nd- , manual training sneu on talk' «"»»ting 15 minutes the land which It has already.^ Ad- tributions will be puhlt«hed In thJ H Adrian of th • Springfield Chamber It I. to avoid a lot of the clamor of ln< grhool at tbP Oregon Agricultural a 30 New« at a later date. of Commerc -, E O Potter, city at- other cltele for the shops that this c<,|ip(ie Bt Corvallis, where she is a off the time of the employers, and 15 dltional ground may be acquired lat- The purimae of the arch 1» to tell tnroey. ig-i-l Simon Klovedahl city policy Is being pursued. Likely no I — ph(1Inore She is a member of the eff the tlm? of the employes. His er after tb,! d,,,t’•ic, *• in better . .. .._ . . .. 'ancial shape, it is said, tourt»la that Sprlngll Id 1» on the gy^vayor. The meeting wag only a definite announcement about tbejj>| B?ta Phi sorority. theme was the difference between the | . ! The hnildmg of a manual training map a« they go on the Pacific high , pr0| | m|nnry one. according to Mr. ¡shops will be forthcoming until ac “We Intend to give the people of way the wage question la handled shed will forestall fcr sev?ral years way. according to Mr Ketel». And Hotel», who was appointed to the ex- i mal work of construction Is begun Springfield the best quality of sarv- Inside th e 4L and outsid? It. the erectj<,n of a new sc h„oi build- Incidentally they should know that lacutlve com m ute- at the general I here. It I» bell?v«d ¡lee possible,” raid Mr. Cole when In Under the 4L method, he point d in< ,t u believed, and also make t i l- M 'h . t i 'H - high« «1 (nr« , bl"’|K,i l n ( ||ihlf T h in C O Illllllt le e will meet The laying of a side track, the In­ meet together and consider fairness tondlUoniI more condugiTe for gtndy the town T h ll will be made possible , Salem In the course of two week» stallation of a switch line, and that tervlewed. of the wage after looking over the at the hlgh gchoo, The manua, tra, n. by a further »Ign hung In the arch to dp<-|de « Bys and mean». W F ¡building of a logging railroad at W est-> facts of the market, by mutual con- jn)? depar, ment ¡g now located In the R ickett Funeral Tuesday by chain« Walk r. president of the Springfield fir for the W estern Lumber company sent. He cited cases, however, where hasement and wlth band gawa The arch will b sc ’ back from the ¡cham ber of Comerce. ha« been ap its now Imperative, and Mr. Winn Private fun ral services were held there were no such organizations. I n , moton| runnlng „ makM ,he hlgh Pacific highway 125 feet toward I*1' ' > pointed to the finance committee m a d e the trip today to look aftrr the at the Walker chapel y?eterday after­ which th - em ployes had Issued a gchoo, bulldiB< Terv no,gy bridge It will be 4« feet w ld \ »pen | tf , h„ watar |„ piped from Clear surveying. noon at 3 o'clock for Brock Rickett. notice of strike for higher pay. and ■ nlng the road, with supporting pi Lake as th > engln-erlng plan pro­ Although Information cannot be se­ 55 years old. who died at the Spring- others in which the employers h a d 1 A ,ter ,b e manaaI trainln« lacs «1 bv 6 feet nt the bane, leaving vides. Springfield will be the first cured as tohls activities in Spring field hispitnl on the morning of Tues. glven notice of a wage-cut without :ment ” raoTed the bas ro*1“ ° f tb” a 34 foot driveway. The whole front town to tap the supply on the 179 Held, rumor has It that he may be ¡day, February 1$. 1924. lnterm a t consulting the men There is no r i.- hi«h acb00’ bulld,n* ’r,n be of the structure facing toward the miles o f t h e pipe line. The towns con­ surveying for a possible drainage was made at aurei Hill cemMery. son why dlfTerenc-s (aJ, not be settled UP tor tbe Junlor h‘«b 8th,x)1 and tb,a Pacific highway will be on - mas« nl cerned who »ent r> pres ’ntatlve» will Mr. Rickett had been ill for some to the mutual good of employer and «apartment moved from the Lincoln and sew age system to the rlvîr. mad- light at night. Aero«« the top near come In the following order on the .necessary by the planning of the time. He Is survived by one son who employes, he declared. If co-opera-18chl Tbia wi!I ro<’m at the roof which 1« SO feet high, will line: Springfield. Eugene. Junction resld s at Roseburg «hops. tion is used ,b e Lincoln building and relieve con- be the word "Springfield" In ral»»d City. Harleburg. Halsey. Brownsville, Mr. Coleman wen on from here Restl°n g-nerally next year gulWed letter* Reflector« will be ;i.abanon. Tangent. Corvallis, Albany, o Wendllng where he spoke at the I Polla for tb » s l)e< la‘ election w ill tisral lo gtva Ihe words additional j,.ff r»on. Monmouth and Salem Booth-Kel|y lumber conc?rn there. opened at the city hall from 2 prominence Relow the curve of the Simon K lo v d a h l, city surveyor, ________________ . until 7 o'clock on March 15. the day arch Itself will be a algn board with wmh appointed to work on the prellin- CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE *,ectl° n The election is advertis­ "M rKenile Highway" conspicuously Inary survey under the leadership of ed In other columns of today's News. Inscribed on Ihe w rit «Id- and "Paci­ State Surveyor Ixroper. The state of _____________ ORGANIZED HERE SUNDAY The 192nd birthday of George W ashington, “the fath er qf our fic Hlghwav" on the east approach. Oregon Is so much Intrrested In th • Th» work will 1-gobablv take a proposition because of the state In country,” will be observed tom orrow through the American land. WH| Take Up Law enfo rcem en t in BENEFIT PROGRAM TO BE month lo complete. It la thought bv »tltutlons at Eugene. Corvallis, Mon­ Great deeds he perform ed in history as well as incidents of his HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL Regard to C hildren: M eet George 1’erklna, the contractor. Thl» mouth and Salem, that It Is wilting ¡boyhood, especially the cherry tree and the hatejiet, will be told j Again March 9 A program for the benefit of the fa because the pillars o f solid con to share the expense ev n of the pre­ to the young and retold to the old in m any cities, tow ns a n d ' Lincoln school playsh?d fund will be creto will have to he given tim e to liminary surv»y, Mr Ketels anld. countrysides. "The Child Welfare League" given at the Springfield high school harden and set before the top of the The town representation Is with the Springfield will observe W ashington's birthday with a holiday organised and a chairman and sec- February 29 by Mr H tm enw ay o f atructnre Is built o n The R by R pll- rlan of one reprea ntatlve having a ' Iectsd “ -neettng Sunday. Grove Mr Hemenway „ l»rs will he 8 feet high, and the upper vote on the executive comm ittee from and a program at the schools. A brief review of W ashington's life is interesting on his «»Irth-iy,er ™ ugryfrat; rna, ¿ P e lv ic o w n iz a ^ “ ‘d . o^ d pillars on lop of them will he 4 by towns of und -r 3000 population, and i usual ability and his program would 4 fed On Ihl» liase will be bulli two front town» over 3000 day. • , tlons of the town. The meeting was entertainlng Ihe top of the arch and a alight ly i ...................... George (Washington, the first president of the United States, called to order by Mrs o ra Hemen- Mr Hemenway wag fOrnjeriy «encave roof The roof Is a speetal HIGH SCHOOL TO OBSERVE was born on the banks of the Potomac in W estm oreland County. wa>' who ?*press‘d her thanks f»r :the Chautauqua platform as a com- dnctiire, sin ce II« concave sttrlhce WASHINGTON S BIRTHDAY Virginia, February 22, 1732. He died at Mount Vernon. D ecem -i'1'’ ''e8I’"nae- h' l,irni ln el*‘' 1 median, and during the war was •» - will make possible a drainage hole, ” ed chairman and H. B. r reeland, sec- with drainage tnhe« running Insld- gaged in V. M. C. A. work as a pro­ her 14. 1799. retary W ashington's birthday will be ob- the strueture and letting the water out fessional entertainer. At present he Itt the time of Cromwell the Wash plantation house in which our hero; ()n motian made by Rev Pointer \ , a?rved tomorrow at the high arhool s i th» side« This svsem. Mr. Ketel» ¡ hmisp whs living on & berry* ranch near C*ot* » a s hnrn oorn. Thv tn e nouse was burned ourne«t committee of * five was appointed , n ihy a apeclal program at 10 o'clock in ingtons were English Royalists, and wnn save, haa been designe«) to ke- p the rt Ihe morning In the auditorium, at two of that name, Lawrence and down soon after George's birth. T h e ,,o pI>n an a j u c j o n . , campa|gn 1» sr«h from becoming diri» looking place of Washington's birth Is marked acqnalBt , he wjth nec„ . I The Parent-Te.cher assoclatton ¡1« T In'blch lim e Jamea Pointer, pastor of John, .-migrated to America after the Concrete and stucco w .'.'."I.'.. ,b ’' Christian church, will be the failure of the king's cause at home. now by a slab G eorgia father. Aug- glty of ,aw pnforremen, as re(tardg i will hold a candy sale In connection the concrete of white, and «lucro w lth the program . speaker of the day. R« v. Thomas D. John W ashington was the groatgrand- ustlne Washington, removed to a new fhe chlldren Tbe comm| „ ee appoint panels est In both pillars nnd above 'falh?r of George. He built the old Yarnes. pastor of the Methodist fCenttauod on Page ,d with: Rev. J. A. Pointer, L. K. In dark gray. church, will give t h » Invocation. The Pag?. A. J. Cowart, R L. Snodgrass LOCAL LEGION REHEARSES Mr. K< tele Mr W alker and Mr program will be a mixed one, with and Mrs. W. A. Hemenway. NEW MINSTREL SHOW Bushman have been working on the patriotic music by the glee clubs, and The following organizations were m ailer of ihe srch for some months ¡ Ihe Junior high arhool Joining with R h?arsals are going forward on represented: 4 L. three members; past. The present nlan comes after the high school In paying honor to the American Legion minstrel show, Baptist, four; M. W. A., two; Amer- a ronald’ration of all lypea of signa, thp nation's first president. ¡lean Legion, five; M. E. Brotherhood.! the second one to be put on in the from wire to wood : Chamber of Commerce, two; Parent- last few months. Some of the parts A contest Is being nrranged today ¡Teachers Association, three; Babtlst aztd songs were assigned last night at the high school lo supplent ’nt the Mrs. Redfield Recovering Cruising of 100,000 acres of limber court was bound to cruise more th a n iA(aders. ( harlotte Stewart and Paul land in Ijin e county un«l?r the term s 1100,000 Held, who look Ivsol In an altem nt «1 ... X ... . ..................... of the contract signed several w eek s,h e pointed to this and £hat paragraph (l wgg decided to hold the next The present plan. Legion officers say. Nice. Ihe entire high school Is illvIdiHl sttlrlile Sundav morning about 9 o'­ .into two sides to obtain subscriptions ago with the county court will be in the document. “The additional meeting on March 9 at the W. O. W. | Is to present the show tw ice at the clock at her home, will recover. She “ -Bell theatre In Sprlngll aid, dividing for the "Country Gentleman," half of started nt once, according to M. G. provision binds me to go ahead wi,h '■ ban has been receiving medical treatment ------------------------------- the proceeds between the Legion and Ihe subscription price lo go lo the Nt-ase, who will do the work. Mr. a cruise in areas of 10.000 acres In at the Sprlngfleld hospital for h«r fund t«> supplement the amount ob­ N eese Is now busy listing the tim ­ case the court Is satisfied and wants TR E N T FARMERS UNION ¡the Parent Teacher association. The burned mouth and throat. Parent-Taacher share will go toward tained by subscriptions to the "0«» ber that the court and county aa more of th? county gone over after Mrs. Redfleld has been n?rvnits snd GIVES CHURCH PROGRAM ¡the playshed. while the Legion money Getter," Ihe high school paper. This sensor Is designating and announces the work on the first 100,000 acre» despondent for some time, since she has been completed," he said, “and will be put In a special fund for the course has been determined upon so he will take the Held soon. has been suffering from III h-alth. The Trent local of the Farmers ' clubhoM, e now bpin< plaluled. neither do these 10,000 acres need that the paper may continue to he Packers H ired Her youngest child Is Ihre? and a a program Tuesday. , f th • ancial assistance |h ey so re- • Ihv? Commercial bank building. •jlilg h school on Tuesday eventjsg. Fob It? was bout ' 'se Ihe timber! The county la now being circulât-i years old). • »«ently rendered us. . • lowing a dlHCHsalon of problems lh eF Th« erectloa of the newarch, Harlen and ,* LINCOLN PARRNT-TEACHEROlz pick.* i nt * , uinty c^Airt. " l e d »jlth a dodger bended "Lane veun-,15. Pdatto Much- Mary adjifltrped to Ihe domestl« seleno* ptiblleRy for the coining year Lincoln Parnnb-Teadher Assn. • ne i lost timber ly's le a p o t IbAnie" and etartllifg rev- Mrs. Wimmer, room where refreshments were stervevl h«>ry» thjF nnjl g e iw a l civic Improvemeit By Ids Sw srts, President • In tbe m t .'» .’ it! l!io e utrnchor «-latlons ar - promised at the mass 16. Vielin solo— Mrs. Wimmer. will be Among topics dlsciiaffl-d. • jh y Miss Pauline McClintock, domestic • • • • • • • ,17. A m erica- All. ^11« erwp''J :rlly d rnl.d Ihe County nt ctings scheduled. , r « • • • • • • • • .s c ie n c e Instmictor. 2.) County Timber Cruise to Be Started Immediately