The Springfield news., July 10, 1924, Image 1

O B V O T ID TO IN T E R E S T
O F S P R IN G F IE L D A N O
T H E F A R M E R S OR T H E
X 'I • V M S T T E
VALLEY
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
LOCAL LIONS CLUB
BEING FIlflMED Br
BUSINESS PEBBLE
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNT
Y. OREGON,
BOXING CARO PLEASES
FREE SUFFRAGE USE
FANS ON JULY FOURTH
URGED BY GRIFFITH
Charlie Daweon Draws W ith Jack In Legion State Comm ander Asks C ltl­
Fast 10 Round Go In Open A ir
xens to Use Pow er of Ballot to
Arena During Celebration.
Keep Honest Men In Office.
THURSDAY, JULY
10,
1924.
“The People's Paper"
A
L IV I
NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 29
July 4th Celebration PARADE BN 4ÎH IS
Success Financially FINE FEATURE Of
r,'r
° f ,h "
, "r'1
''" ’•'"«'•nt
o ' lbp rt«bt Of fri" Nearly $4000 Raised to Cover’ ^R S. KATE BIDWELL’S
In the Hprlnsflaid ope«n ulr arona on suffrage wan urged by George I*. Grtf-
Expenses of Celebrations and FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY
the artsrnuon of July 4 brouibt to- f 1th of Baton, sta te commander of the 1
BIB CELEBRATION
Entertainments
in Spring-
Expect to Complete Charter «"her two oi l rival«, when Jack Orlf- American Legion. In an address to (he
Funeral service» for Mrs. father- jGrace Wallace is Goddess of Li­
field; Donations Are Small.
Thia Week; Will Hold Week- lln "f •’’»«‘Hand and Charlie D aw son Hprlngfleld cltlxens tr<m lbs corner
J Ine Hldwell, who died Monday morn-1
berty, Riding in American Le­
ly Luncheon»; Club is Inter- "f ’‘'“••"e lo"*t" "> ° 1« round draw, of Hixth and Main street at It o'clock.
With receipt» amounting to 13950.-; ’n* af' *bp PhHflc Christian hospital
national in Scope; 800 Dens
"""r
"*
’'»“ « h of July parade.
gion
Float, She Leads Gorge­
OS and expenditure« 13731.81 the'*® Eugene following an illneee of »ev-
p*
gene of a y .« r ago. The se m ifin a l, -E very generation has some
ous
Pagent Through City
y
aeueraT
ion
naa
som
e
p
ro
b
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g
pr)wrt|aW
Fourtb
f
j
,
eelebra,
eral
months,
were
held
at
the
Veatcb
in United States.
of July ceieora-
celebra­
brouibt together Carl Miller of Eu l»-m to solve." «aid Comniaader Orlf-
Streets,
Thousands of People
tion
put
on
under
the
auspices
of
the
'
‘:haP®
*
yesterday
afternoon
at
2
o'-1
I gene Mild iMrry lloyd of Eugene who fl(b
Several prumltioni bualneea and
Witness Affair.
h ”"’’"",1
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* lh“ American Legion and the C. H. & W clock. Rev. Thomas D, Yarne», pas­
fought to a draw for the aeoad time „ ,
I rofessloual meu of Sprlngfloid are In their car ere. The six round ape- <
. n‘**
1 ?*? T * ’* ’? " 1” 1 Amusement company of Portland wan tor of the Hprlngfiidd Methodist
by the heclarallon of Independence
, ‘ ’B’ event wne a decision for Frankie which had just been read by Col. J. a financial success. Never before In
Wabb ,,f p'”''lB"d over Haller Jimmie M wilUama of Eugene. Rev. Thomas ¡Springfield
k 2 7 7' has such a sum of money
to put on a celebration
Acton
who
replaced
Carl
Martin
of
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raised
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l> Varnee. pastor of the Methodist :
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^ d l l n g . ^ t a of . a n « o aneiden» church, gave the Invocation W F ., t V k ,M a
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o n ly one man h, eligible trow each „ „
Md M cKinnon.two y o u n g ;., re
£ I " < * « * * • hardship on m erchant, and
lln . of b u .ln e .. and profe.slon and fro,,, E u g c e and Coburg reap. ,U v » ly ¿
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W*”’‘ of the ctam b* ,rf business
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men.
Led by the American Legion float
church of which Mrs. Bid well was a
member, officiated. Interment was on whloh the Goddess of Liberty, Miss
In Laurel Hill cemetery.
Grace W allace of Jasper, sat enthron
Mrs. Ilidwell was «3 years old, and
v
,d
lived
In
and
about
Springfield
“ " “unded by a guard of sold ier.
had lived in and about Springfield
for the past 40 years. She to sur­ and sailors, the Springfield Fourth of
,
i All donations from business men vived by one daughter, Anne, of July parade at 10:3o Friday morning
profession and membership tu the fought four rounds for a curtain-i
reiser. Bill Ollis of Yakima refereed i
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11 lprl,®d 8 areal coun- w,.r„ fOr a<j v»rtl«ln»f tn t^e American Springfield; by three sons, Ira of Dee. was w itnessed by one of the largest
clu b la by Invitation out). The new the matches
! “ '
,° Ur ,U ’®ta0oB* 2 *nCei,,Or’ '\
news. With but three or four Washington, Irwin of Everett, W ash­
crowd» the city has ever seen. Twen­
Bprtngflehl den of Lions will hold
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!Mn<1
of m<m like Hamilton
no.
< t. ,
Wefctilnir two pound* lea« than Grlf-
, ffprBnn .hm»M h« . m /d d .n HXceptten" not OTer *l 0 In money was ington, and David of Springfield; by ty-six entries were made In the par­
weekly noon luncheons when good
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’ ¡gl»*R by any merchants and all seem her mother, Mrs. Anna Vann Alter
fellowship will abound.
Hhort ad fla'a 14« pounds, and with four in c h e s1...
ade with |125 In prizes awarded for
us,” Commander Griffin declared.
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- to think they got big return» for of Tekoa, W ashington; three brothers
dresses to be given occasionally by shorter reach to a„ arm than h is
He rn.de a p ie . for loyal American-1 , he)r mfjnHy About two.thlrda
th<( George R. Vann Atter of Tekoa, John the best entries. George P. Griffith
me,, of prominence In the sta le an<| rival, Dawson was the favorite of th<- sm which defend, the country. up-|m oney exp<.ndwl on tbe celebration,
Vann Atter of Oskalooee, Iowa, Ben of Salem, state comroar-ier of the
various topics of civic and business rr,,wd from the beginning
He was hold, the Ideals of tbe constitution ,(>un(l ,u way back
, he
Vann Atter of Craglmont, Idaho; and j American Legion, addressed the cltl-
Interest dktruaaed.
( e s s , the aggresaor during the first
e , ? h<’ fl‘ *' .
M M
u i° f lf>cal
AU thlnga being by one sister. Mrs. Frank Hollenbeck, zens Immediately after the parade
The Lions Club Is an international "** round», after which Grtffln. by
org.nlsa'lon. with over eight, hundred
body blows began :o get the b . 7oLght*for lb" flag to v e ^ P '^ h e i
P0 ” 11»1« w»» bought of Asotin, Washington.
from the corner of Sixth and A
local cu b e in ,h . C it e d S ta te, a n d ,« - - ®
«’* « '"
a X " -» L k e d . T » U « d a for ” ih .t to « < £ ¡ “7 ° ^
‘- ’«’’ration.
streets.
Miss Wallace. 20 year old Goddess
Canada, and a total membership of J 1"*" ln ,h ® nln,h round, but Dawson Bnd , rue |( bM boen
by
According to the American leg io n OLSON INSTALLS NEW
OFFICE FOR I. O. O. F. I ° i , biberty ^ M* t® of ,he
A. R.
approximately forty thousand, pled
or’ hl* f®*1 »«“ln “» lh " *"”« blood It has been bathed by tenra con,r*c | w1,h ,he C- H- * w Amu.e-
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ladies, received 60,000 votes in the
ged to prom o» the civic, commercial. »«undiMl.
n ,.xba|tnd bv , b
f m«nt company ,h e proceed« of the en-
c
terprtse above the cost was to be di-
O. M. Olson, district deputy grand contest' 11 waa ,ound ln ,b8 c ° “nt
•oclal and moral welfare of their re-
In the first round Griffin skinned
liberty-loving people."
vMed 50 per cent going to each Aa master in the I. O. O. F. went to Eu- the ®Tening of Jul» j 3. She won over
apectlve communities. The Club Is Dawson'» no»e, drawing blood, hut
He dec lared that the problem of the i
K.
,
.
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,
bl* <I*nce hall was worth from gene Tuesday night to Install officers i 2 har,<,tte 8 t e w r t ' W'»"« «“teq. Alice
non-oectartan and non political.
Dawson was heavily on the offensive. people
of America today to to Improve
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| tore« to four hundred dollars and at the Odd F^JIow lodge there. The T'>nWPth- 7000 votes. Mildred Pemb^r
Soon after the organisation o t the In the second round Dawann landed a „„ ...
ea ,” . 7 . .
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* “■’ OUW “ ” « • * b'®b ‘»® ceremonies were held about 9:30 o'- Jand P®“” 11® Driscoll. She was the
Springfield Club, I, will I,« formally : telling left Jab on Griffin'» Jaw In vealed that * large peroent.ge o f i Am<.rtran
de(Ured
clock. Installation was put on Joint- onIy cont««lant with tong hair. She
chartered at an evening banquet by t*1® third round there was some wild
T ow nee
^ ‘* 5 !rottlem .nt waa affected with the C. _ ly with the Rebekahs.
Mr. Olson Kecelved her cost"me aad U*« »200
District Governor Harry ( ahaIan, of »winging
The fourth was marked
Ih 'tlc a lly unfit "to'b^a? ^ r m s /
* W Amusement companv fO r j^ « , to Coburg Saturday night, again dhunoD<1 ring awarded to the winner
Yakima, Washington.
About (wo by greater aggresslven».«« on the part
L««l°n post.
hundred Lions are expected to attend
Dawson, who landed a heavy left there were vaat numbers of aliens »250 In cash, and the American Le !,n lh e capacity of Installing officer, i by
Among those from the Springfield: 1>ris[es w®re awarded as follow™:
thia function in Hprlngfleld, ropre- »i the «Me of his rival's Jaw. and a who owed their allegiance to foreign ginn assumed about »70 In outstand­
ing bllto
lodge who attended the Eugene In
BeBt patriotic float »40. awarded
aentlng Liana Clubs In Eugene, Cot- ’• ft swing over the t-niplo Just as power».
Following to a list of receipts from stallation were: Mrs. E. O. Black. Mr, 10 Woodmen of the World,
tag* Grovo, Lebanon, Salem. Port- ,h ® « ’'»« sounded.
"I am not in favor of a large army the Joint enterprises:
and Mrs. W F Walker. Mr. and Mrs.' Be3t Industrial float—»35. awarded
land and other duba In Oregon and
Round five showed Griffin, ever a or a large navy. I hope to God that
Athletic
Show
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238.40
E. W. Walker, and Mr. and Mrs. F. to the Grimes Plumbing company of
Washington.
cool fighter, standing up under pun- there will never be another war. But Hawaiian Show
Springfield.
_________ 322.55 F. Barnard,
Ishmeni, and managing to hit Dawson lot us keep the akelum of an organl- f>pen A|r I)anrw
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899.80
Best decorated car—»15. to the Re­
In ,h« anlar plesua. Li the sixth both
SPRINGFIELD'S POSTAL
bekahs. driven by Dr. R. P. Mortensen
RECEIPTS INCREASING rr~"n’
’• ,h* fr»® The a h ortn -a
of Springfield .
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of reach began to show up aa Daw­ power of the ballot to keep honest. Dev1ta r h |,d
40 65
STOCK AND OPENS STORE
Second best decorated car—»10,
son
flnlohed
the
seventh
round
wlth-
fearless
men
In
office,
to
prevent
cor-
-
R(ght
Stores
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20Q
ofl
A steady Increase In the postai re­
Royal Neighbors.
lout
being
able
to
reach
Griffin
for
a
ruptlon and bribery In high places, to ( llarbecue Ca, eterU ____
W. J. Hill, proprietor of Hills Econ-
cf>mlc float_ |15 to .<The Nnt
ceipt» for the Hprlngfleld poat of­
.... 26.60
omy store of Eugene has purchased
.. dw U ned by Mark p ^ ry and
fice |a shown In the official postal heavy enough blow to knock him nut put restrictions on the wrong type of Goddess of Liberty
79
Both »cored hits In the eighth, Orlf- Immigration, and to thereb-j keep out
records complied
636.40
the
8,ock
of
,b,>
Wll8on
Variety
Welby
Stevens.
by
1'oat master
American J-eglon News
Frank B. Hamlin. From |5.3«8 2» In 'fin by that llm - bleeding from lip and the menace of anarchists bent on talk­ Concession, etc.............................. «98.12 s,ore of s Prin»fl®
, ld and a»**’»««'*
A ,
Beet comical Individual— »10. to
1SI» to »«.954 50 In W»23. Hprlngfleld "nder M" " f'
The '1®‘ ” lon »'"‘r ing about free speech and yet willing
that he to to make this a first claes
Marjiu„ D w McKinnon of
eeem» working steadily toward the ,h ‘' g r o u n d battle was made on the to destroy the laws which protect
store In every respect.
A much th#
sawmi„.
Total
»3950.66
»8.000 » year mark which will make basts ° of f « • • r o t t a superior aggress their right of free spe- ch. He espec­
larger and varied stock will be car
Judges were J. E. Shelton, editor
Ivennas amt the knockdown scor'd ially asked that the cltlxens consider
Expense of Celebration.
rted than before nnd every thing '
7J” 7
It changed from a third clasa post
by Grtffln.
Hprlngfleld
Garage.
Gas,
Oil
and^Ex
done
that
will
cater
to
the
wants
of
Toung
¿ ugene attorney
giving
the
young
people
the
proper
office to second class
physical
training.
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32.15
the
people.
In
the
145-pound
bout
Miller
had
In l»20 the receipts totaled »5.294
Coffin, Springfield city recorder.
This will be Mr. Hill's third store
Commander Griffith Is sn old friend Jatk Lnrson, Parade Prizes .... 125.00
16; la 1921, »5.768.«9; In 1922, »6.365 ,h® h**1 of 11 ,n ,b e ,,n ‘t round, with
Lane County Legion post number
as he has had one tn Corvallis for sev- ,
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14. The receipt» for the first two ,’o’rd "»«rowly missing being knocked of Howard B. Fro'land. local legion Spong Hotel Musician room rent
3 loaned their drum and bugle corps
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1
............ ...................................... 18 00 eral years. All operate under the . . .
quarters of 1924 have already reach out H" I',r"ed very palo, but rallied. commander, nnd was Induced by him
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for tbe occasion, with their mascot,
9.55 name of “Hllto Economy Store.
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«1 the »3.641 73 mark, with the heav- ,n ,b " * « ”"• M,” ’ r roc«lved a »0 make the first Fourth of July Flanery'a Drug store. Wax etc.
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, . Vernon Russell, 6 year old drummer,
Springfield Bakery, bread ___ 26.00 Mr. HUI had a store in Springfield
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1e»t mailing yet to come In the last ",r"lkht left Jah which opened up hla speech of his career In Springfield.
.
„ natty in h is red helmet and trousers
Eggimann's
kitchen,
cream.....
4.00
several
years
ago
in
the
I.
O.
O.
F.
, ..
,
quarter during lhe Chrlatmaa season. no"*' ,,ul ,n ,b® ,blrd b‘'" ,n ”, ’r,nK
.
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v.
and HUI® leather puttees. The I Ad-
Morrison & Cllngaa, hay .........
2.40 building. now occupied bv The News.
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These figures were compiled at the ,or a kno, k .,ut In the fourth Bo d SPRINGFIELD SERVICE
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ies Civic club of Springfield had a dec-
request of the po.'al building Inspec ,Bmn bBrk
,nndlnK •* " A0™1
STATION CHANGES HANDS White Front grocery, wax ..... 2.00
i orated car followed b ’ little glrto In
J. E. Stewart, meat ............. ...... 37.50
Eleven Go to Turner.
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In a
tor. who wae to have d osed hlds for b,OWH ,,n 'h* ',,>ad Mll"’r
_
red. white and b lu ' caps representing
12.00
For a consideration of »2500. Frank Elite Hotel, room rent actors
the new post office housing facilities |pf‘ > b' "nd ” oyd b,* an lw,lnK wind
Eleven Springfield people attended the 48 8tates and carrying r.ags.
Mill' r was by Sharman purchased the Springfield University bakery, buns and cake3
on July 1
Aa ye! no word ha« been ,,M ,ba
"»unded
te C. W B. M. day at the meeting
Springfield’s new arch marking the
30.40 of the missionary society of the Chrto- j unlon
received front h l. office In Spokane. t,,a' " m'' « •* » « •« ""m eye and lip. service station on Fifth and Main
tbe Paciflc and the McKenxie
14.35 Han church In Turner yesterday -, h ighwavs wag featured by a small re-
Washington
,Thn fifth round was stiff and even. from C. W. Black and E. G. Mack Hills stores. cu[ s and spoons
3.90 Those aitendlug from h e ie were: j p|ica on
'
i with both .fighting hard. In the sixth this week, completing the deal on Sprlngfto’.d Creamery, butter.
front of the Chamber of
Monday and taking possession Tues Kremmel Brothers, p ies______ 28.00
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Howard
Cotton,
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float.
SPRINGFIELD BAND TO
ma,|n< M|1|„r n(taln!(| (hp rop R M„. d(( ( morning
Allen-Lewis groceril. groceries
and Mrs. B. F. Fuller. Mrs. WU- • young women In turklsh costume
GIVE WEEKLY CONCERTS ler, however, refuaed to accept the
Mr. Sharman has been ln the gar Carl Nelson, work on stand....
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Mrs- E- E- Morrison, Mrs. (represented the Orientals in their
declftion of the judge« which made it age business for 13 years in Belt Mt. States Power Co. light.... .. »4-»» | f
* hrams, Mrs. John Moerlock, j gloat
Hprlngfleld'» 20-plece hand which „ (|raw and , rB||,«l off to his dress- field. North D tl ota, though he has War Tax on fight ......................
35.55 M„ O o - ^ a Nettleton, and Mr. and ' The Woodmen of th„ World float
lias h>-en rehearsing for eevem l , („g-mon, atll1 obj'ctlng
lived here In the Douglas Garden d is-1 Charlie Dawson, fight expenses 376.43 ¡Mrs. H. T Mitchell.
1 wa3 a ghelter designed of fir branches
weeks past under the direction of j Some surprise« were offered In the tr ie for the past year. He plans to M. T. Collins, m isc expenses...
5.26
"Protected by W. O.
John ( Parker, hand master, 1« plan 140-pound bout between Webb nnd move his house from hla Douglas Gar-' Cash, nilsc. expenses ................. 10.50
The S p rin fk .l Mill and Grain com
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Two
little
girls balancing the
nlng a serle.i of concert«, and will Adon. A don landed a Rood blow on dims property to his lot on Eighth and j J. S. Capps, labor dance floor
5.(1 fait 1 shipped a «.»rload of flour and
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, scales labeled at either end "Em
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play weekly beginning Saturday eve ,,in jaw lini,
Up Bom s creditable E streets.
feed to Coos Bax- Saturday.
t ploye” and ‘‘Employer" gave the key-
nlng, Ju'H 19, ne nriling to Director h(,xing in the first round, dipping
| note to the 4L floet. Another scales
P a rk e r
! Webb neatly over the temple. Webb
j was used by the Springfield Mill and
A concert wa« given July 4 In the ! relied on body-blows. The second
! Grain company to advertize their Fea-
evening on the corner of Fourth «ml «(.rled with both men struggling
I therflake flour—a huge feather balan-
Main «ireel, and the h-nd gave sev hard. Action proved a «lever dodg r,
j clng a loaf of bread.
ernl oilier numb r- nl the parade and and Webb spent tome good blow«
The K etels drug store used hospl-
tin- prize fight.
nn t|, |n air. Webb was game, though
i tai equipment and nurse demonstra-
The evening jrogrnm wn« ns io'- breathing linrd.
rion to advertize "Amber-O-I-atum"
I Tim third round waa marked bv
J
tb est ointm ent
\ li iorv of n Nation
| heavy u«e of body blow« bv .Acton.
A great hit was made by the black
by Everett Allyn Mose« 1,, endwI ,n ft double foul. W bh us
boy holding a sponge of the Grimes
American I’nlrol
F W. Meacham |ntr a rabbit punch, nnd the Sailor hit-
Plumbing company. Two little girls
imra lonod Dream Waltr
.1 R o sB « .,,nK h li r|vn,
breaking the clinch.
dreeaed In color schem es to match
Medley Overture Yankee Hash
, Th„ superior condition of Webb,
the large paper brown-'yed susans
H. ('. M lib r 1 however, began to «how up In the
decorating the float lent a bright note
I.a I ’.ilonift (Spanish serenade I
j fo u rth round. T h e first rounds had
to the black andwhlte contrast.
' rnd’l'I ' undoubtedly be n Acton's, but he
Even a cow had her part In the In­
(arranged bv Theodore M. Tobanl) went to |Slnces nil s i once. W ebb
dustrial
section from the Ppringfield
Seri-nnte, L oves Vision
(managed io close one of the Sailor’s
creamery.
W. L. S k ag g s pyp.,. m d continued to rush him Io
The garages were - represented by
Gnrden of Eden O v e rtu re
! the rnp„,
ThP, Ha| lnr's towel was
decorated cars. “The Nut F am li '*
George Barnard thrown I11 the ring Io save him front
was used' by Mark Peery and Welby
T im Htnr Spangled Banner
a knock-out.
Stevens to advertize thetr walnuts.
The curtitln-ratoer furnished old
From Eugene was a playground
Springfield Defeated.
fight fans with som e amusement to
float. Gray's Cash and Carry store
The Hprlngfleld baseball team lost see the two youtirslers fighting with
supplied one float.
three suecesalvn gam es last week­ open hands. McKinnon smiled too
The Springfield band, which gave
end on tho ltMul grounds on Fifth much to ptonse tho crowd, nrtggs
a concert later In the day and n|»yed
street. The game on the Fourth with was the nggreosor and got tn som e
during the fight In tho afterr on waa
Coburg was missed by tho narrow good blows, but fi lled to take advan­
part of the parade. Tile afternoon
mt rgln of 9 to 8. They played Bu- tage of sovcrnl cb »i «-es to knock his
was given over to the baseba'l game,
>’ • on the fifth, with a defeat to rival o u t
boxing, a band' concert, and fo »t races.
ti
1 ' »earn of 8 to «. The Eugene
Delbert ('berteuffer, U n l . c - ' v of
p l i e r s managed bo pile up even a Morrison Hum'«e~ c< 1 ,«ny recel veil
Oregon truck star, won the ' "orA
The
Democrat!«.
National
Convention
in
action
at
Madison
Square
Garden,.
N.
Y
,
and
in
the
nudit
of
better score on the next day.
a carload of coal tv Tiuedny.
1 dash free-for-all.
of the hottest Convention fights uno» the dsy» at Itoli.more when Woodrow W ileo a woe first nominated.
Mponaorthg the organisation of a
Liona Club, and expect u. complete
—
.
lie charter
membership
thia wo es
T™«
'sar
..-.... -■ s & h ' u - buys »* b « tv