The Springfield news., July 31, 1924, Image 1

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SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY,
W orld’« Record
JULY
31,
1924
FOUR L’S TAKE STEPS
| LOCAL LIONS AT CLUB
FOR FIRE PREVENTION
MEETING IN LEBANON
To
Ua< Auto Sticker«; Many Ques- Gat “ Low Gown” on W h a t to Expact
tlona Discussed at M onthly
at C h arter Night In Springfield,
M eeting In Springfield
August IS.
"The People's Rapar”
A
L IV E
NEW SPAPER
TOW N
IN A L iv e
NUMBER 29
WATER TURNED
IN NEW PROJECT
A fire prevention measure was de­
Charter eight of the Lebanon LI oim
System started in 1919 and
rided
In the!
rv upon
ur v at I. the
aa a 4L meeting
,
.
**" «‘tended by a party from the lo- j
Fought with Many Difficuties
W. O. W hall Monday night to make
who raotorBd
th#
I
Now
Completed and Large
'T ,
“ . T ” " , "lo«“ n : county city Saturday night. They re-I
which wI V ask proteotlon fur the
-
, ’
. » .
Head
of Water delivered to
.
- P °rt » royal welcome and iiayln g
.forests In putting out fires, thus pre-
. ...
285 Acre Farm.
I___ . _
, __t
_____ !
.
_ gained a lot of InaPle dope” on how
serving Ihe lumber resources. A com- to twtot the Lion’s tai J to make him I
t'linaldcratl n nt I ho coming mem-
I mitten o f George Haven port. O. H. i
liarahlp drive will be pan of the bust-
roar at the Springfield charter night. |
Water was turned in the ditches on
¡Jarrett and Han W. Crlte« are work-
n**»a nt the Antorli an Legioa meeting
which la to be August 15.
the L. C. Ables farm north of Spring-
I Ing out the design and plan for the
tomorrow night in the W O. W. hall
The party going from here included
field, and the first Irrigation pro­
¡sticker*.
nt x o'« lock Plans arc «d u g forward i
John F
Ketets, Hr. » Ra'ph Dip-
ject In this section of Oregon became
) The meeting went on record a« pro-
for the drive under the two captain.. !
pel, Harry Stewart, G G. Bukhman
a reality. While there has been wa­
| pouncing the Springfield Fourth of utal F. W. Walker
<’. A. Swart» and Carl Hcnacny, the*
ter In the main canal before this 1«
July co'ehratlon "the beet hot dog
loaltig team to furnish a feed to the ■
The local Lions club la now m eet­
the first tim e since It was brought
celebration
ever
seen."
winners at the clone of the campaign I
ing each Friday and plans are being
down to proper grade that a larga
Since
the
rrieotlng
a
letter
has
been
The state of Oregon In now fourth of,
made for the charter night -here.
; head of water came through and Is
| received by D. W McKinnon, local
nil the atnt.n In the union In the I
Tuesday noon members of the
I evidence that the big ditch will fnne-
¡secretary,
from
W.
C.
Ruegnltx,
exe-
meinberahlp drive, and every e ffo rt;
Springfield Lion« u'ub went to Eu­
I tlon.
! cutlve secretary at the Portland head-
la being made by legionalrea of the,
gene and had luncheon at the Os­
I quarters of the Loyal Legion of Log-
The project was started off with a
trtta to go over the top
burn hotel with the Eugene Lions, ;
igera and Lumbermen, announcing the Rotary and Klwanls cluba and Cham- i
big Jubilee In Sprlngfiel 1. June 12, 13
A meeting of llte l o u i t l i n tillers of
various
1-abnr
Hay
celebrations
and 14, and has been in the making
the posts throughout the w hole eoun-:
ber of Commerce. The meeting was '
I throughout the local organization«.
off and on ever since. After a cour­
ty was held Friday night In the Bo-
addressed by John Ihlder. manager of i
I-abor Hay was announced as being
ageous fight through litigation and
Cane chamber of commerce room s,;
the Civic deportment of the Ulnted
l September 1. with 4L picnics and cele- Stages Chamber of Commerce, who j
engineering mistakes Mr. Ables has
The Springfield post was represented
' brat Iona being considered and plan-
!
won out single handed and this week
by Howard It Freeland, local co m -,
Is on a Pacific Coast tour Mr. Ihlder
! ned by many -local and In all the
1 »aw abundant water com e through
tnauder, who will dlacuan plana at the
stressed the importance of business
districts. The Pugent Sound locals.
the main canal and deliver on his
Friday meeting of the legion
The
men In world leadership. Told how
'
Including Feattle and vh-lnltv will
j 285 acre farm Just outside this city.
dates of August 1 to 10 have been ,
the Dawes -peace plan w as the out­
; celebrate, as will Willapa Harbor lo-!
i Water rights hare been secured to
aet for the drive,
[A ^TootTSql
growth of business leadership and
|
cals
(Raymond and South Rend.
t irrigate about 20.000 acres and with
Word received yesterday from 8ou ;
predicted that the peace of the world
Margaret Wilson, daughter of
¡W ashington.) The Silverton, Oregon
thern Pacific railway headquarters In;
depended on putting Into practice the
the late President Woodrow Wil­ ! a little work on the ditch every (arm
• local 1» to repeat Its big celebration
l*ortland. stated that the American;
son. as she arrived at the Demo­ ! in thia section may now have water If
j In Ihe Silverton park with an tneita- principles of sound business
cratic Convention to root for her 1 the owner desires it.
While the
t.rglnn dances ntav continue Indefln
Robert I-egender, of Newark,
brother-in-law, Wm. G. McAdoo. . ; ditch Is now completed so far as the
Itely In the open air dance pavilion ' N. J , one American champion, who ) tlon extended to Por’/and locals anil -
Safety Measures Taken.
those of the Columbia river to Join '
i Ables farm Is concerned the chelf
on the railroad's land south of the
broke the world's record by 8
Safety first measures were report­
' them. A meeting of the Portland lo-
| value of the project at prerent Is edu-
post office until the maintenance de­ Inches u. winning the O lym pic
ed Installed at the meeting of the
title with a 1-- -.1 ii -
- f *
« ! cala was held the night of July 28
ANNOYED MOTHER-IN-LAW I cational. Mr. Ables proposes to dem­
partment has been heard from, ac­
Safety First committee at Ihe Booth-
lo make preliminary plane. It la ex-
cording to Mr Freeland Tbla coun­
COURT GRANTS DECREES onstrate what water will do in the
Kelly sawmill Tuesday night. These
! peoted to make It the biggest 4L |
termand« the letter received earlier
fertile soil of this section. It is ex-
Include screens placed on the north
¡event next to the 1924 Tacoma Fourth
Alleging that his wife kept com­ i pected that either an irrigation dis­
In the week from E. L King, super­ MANY GO TO COTTAGE
side of the mill to keep sparks from
of July picnic -held In any 4L dis­
pany with other men and neglected trict will be formed or water sold out­
intendent of the Portland dlvblnn.
going ln*o the mill, and a guard
GROVE
CAMP
MEETING
trict.
her home, Walter J. Nielsen was given right to tihe farmers when once the
stating that the Legion's application
placed
around
the
air
compressor
so
I
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j Newport. Washington, local has In-
a decree Tuesday In circuit court on value of Irrigation Is recognised by
t<> continue the occupation of the prop
that If the belt should break no one
Springfield
has
been
represented
vlted the town to share In a mam-
a croaa complaint after his wife, Beat­ people of this locality.
erty could not be approved The regu­
would be lnjurde.
rice, had sued him for divorce. The
lar Wednesday and Saturday night “ • the Methodist ramp m eetings In outh pli-ntc. Sandpoint. Idaho has
According to the custom the chair­
The writer haa lived In the Yakima
dances can thus continue as usual Cottage Grove at all the various considered Joining with the Kootenai man of the meeting who was thia couple were married February 21. valley irrigated sections and has al­
!
local
for
celebrating.
Deer
Park.
seaaloRS.
1921.
a
and
have
one
child
wihlch
the
while Ihe railroad la reconsidering
tim e W. P. T rion, appointed a mem­
so seen the big project In the Imperial
father is given custody of.
Among those going from here ore: Washington may have a picnic.
ih» matter. The lot owned by James
ber of the committee to serve aa
valley and other sections of Califor­
Because
he
threatened
to
burn
his
Laxton on 7th and Main «traete tins R ef. and Met. TU>m«s D. Yamee. M r.
thaimnM at the next. Jess Smitson
mother-in-laws' horde and struck his nia. but has never seen a project where
been offered by Mr Laxton os a free and Mrs Lawrence May. Mr and Mrs. CHAMBER HOLDS PICNIC
will be the succeeding chairman.
wife on numerous occassfons. Non. nature has done so much in supplying
site for the pavilion during the reet J. T
Moore. Mr and Mrs. J. P.
IN HANSEN AUTO PARK
Wilson was given a decree of divorce the water as it haa in the McKenzie
of the summer In case It must be Vaughn,' Ml«» Marguret Morris. Il W.
Celebrate Birthday.
from
Sherman Wilson. They were river where this project is taken out.
t.n ith . .Mr». Emma Olson, Mrs. Platt
moved.
A picnic In Hansen's Auto park
Ordinarily to build an irrigation sy s­
The
tenth
birthday
of
Miss
June
married
in 1920.
Election of a new adjutant will he an,| Ml-» Edna Platt. Mrs. W. H. took the place o f the regular meet-
delight-
A. C. Anderson has been granted tem the magnitude of the Ables pro­
hel-l Friday night to replace Verdon
ants and Fay. Mrs. L. E. Thompson. | ng of tlj,e Springfield Ghamber o f ' Hanks was the occasion of a _
a divorce from B erth yl; Anderson by ject would cost maii 5 hundreds of
rcP Monday evening Member«
L *
h®m®
May who has resigned to more to Mr- II. lie gpong. Mrs T J. Mac-
of dollars. A long slough,
Cl areola.
a M< Elhaney. Mrs. B,)(| (heir fam ilies attended with well her parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. E default. She ran arour.d with other thousands
t'racken, Mrs u.
I . G.
said to have once been the original
Hanks
near
Springfield
Junction
on
men
and
called
him
v’le
names
the
Bench, Mrs. Cruxan, Mr. and Mrs. filled baskets and "the evening meal
channel of the river leaves the main
William O. Hughes, Hr. nnd Mra. W. was eaten under ihe trees in the Saturday, lit the afternoon from 2:30 husband claimed.
PARTIES LEAVE FOR
branch near the McKenxle stock farm
♦o
5:30
o'clock.
Guests
were
Helen
CLEAR LAKE WATER TRIP II. Pollurd, Mr. and Mis 8. 8. PnH*1- northwest corner of the park.
and parallels the river nearly to Hay­
Swarls.
Maxine
Swarta.
Hlldred
Wy-
E ntertains fo r Mra. Coffin.
Mr. and Mrs Verdon May. Mr. and | -p(,p OTen| ny was spent around the
den bridge. It is from this slough
coff,
Mildred
Wycoff.
Geneva
Wvcoft.
1
Honoring
Mrs.
Edward
L.
Coffin,
Investigating the Clear Lake water Mra. Vorl» and Mary. Mr.). Rice and camp , | rp w|th mandolin music,
the water Is taken, carried In the
Jean
Scott.
In
vern
o
Pugh,
Ermeine
I
mothpr
of
Mra
Allrewl
J
Morgan
who(
project which has been proposed to ’ Marian. Mrs Ed Kester. Mrs W illiam; .p(,„ street paving committee ro­
Stewart. Rolard Stewart. Mr and Mr«. !s herP frT>m Minneapolis. Minesota, large canal and flumes to the Ables
ster
supply
to
the
entire
W
U-.
tJtnsberry.
Mrs.
Parshall,
Mr.
and
;
ported
Informally
that
progress
was
give wat
farm about three m iles away. If It
Ida Col«’ ;being made on the Mill street paving Harold Stewari A special feature o f »r. pn(Jing , he w m nier. Mrs. John F.
lam ette valley re Percy nrown. W. Mr«. Charles Myers. Mrs. Id
Geneflcld were not for this ditch dug by nature *
T Gordon of the First National bank. !«nd children. Mr and Mr*. B ntchel-, ,,|ana Members of the comm ittee ex- Ihe occasion was a large birthday 1 K eteb entertained the
many thousand* of dollars would have
Sain Moshler. City councilman. J W ! dor. Mr and Mrs Bailey, anil Dor- pressed the belief that at least three- cake with ten pink candles on It. bridge club at a porch party at her
to be spent In delivering the water on
Games
were
played.
home
on
Friday
afternoon.
The
porch
E.
Davidson
and
Jxt-
!
then,
Mrs
It
fourths
of
the
property
abutting
the
McArthur, water hoard engineer. Hon-
the farm.
was
elaborately
decorated
with
crepe
4
street would be signed up for the Im­
ifctd Young, attorney, all of Eugene, land
Mrs. Sam Masterson wa here Tues­ paper stream ers carrying out the yel­
Workmen have been busy all this
provement.
and H Elmer Maxev of Springfield-
day from Camp creek on a buying trip. low and white color scheme. Garden spring bringing the canal down te
The men left last night by auto for
M arrlage Licenses Issued.
flowers added a color note. The ladies grade and from the head of water
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jam
es
Blakely
of
Belknap springs, where they will get
During the past week marriage li­
spent the afternoon playing bridge reaching the farm last Friday It Is
of
Goshen
Mrs.
Elmer
Ferguson
Prunevllle
were
In
Springfield
on
bus­
horses lo pack In to Clear luike to­ censes have been Issued lo the fol-
and "500."
was In tri 'n Tuesday
evident the main canal will now func­
iness Tuesday.
Tho Inspection excursion) as | inar(ng couples by the county clerk
day
tion properly. M. Ables began irri­
planned hv the l*ure Water D evelop-|J!t p |a| r Luckey and Catherine Mallon,
gating a clover field and putting the
ment longue. W»Mo Anderaon. proal- ,(n(h
Eugene; Elbert H-,skins and
water Into his orchard. The whole
deni, leaves Albany this morning.
¡Ethel Marsh, both of Eugene; Thomas
country around Springfield
show »
Eugene business men were urged u „ rolil Pilcher and Ruth MeKIhhen.
badly the lack of rain this season.
to Join the caravan to Ihe lake at a ,Hlth of c ot(agp Grove; Virgil Edwin
With the water In the ditch It Is
meeting of the Eugene
chamber of K„yt „n,, Mnrguerette Vern N 'a n ford,
easily to renllxe what a difference this
commerce at a meeting Tuesday, when |K,(h nf Eugene; Paul Richard (Virls-
would have made in iproduction thia
Carl Wa Itburne. president, addro.
Bn,| Wilma Dwell, both of Ven
year, especially if one has ever been
ed the men nt the Joint
«i'rvlce-c1tih (.,a . Knrl J. W ells and Crystel Martin,
In an irrigation section and seen the
luncheon at ihe Oshnrn
hotel
The
Of Swtsshome;
nnd Theodore
Clear Lake project wns declared the | | u,|;.nn_ Bremerton, W ashlng'on, nr 1
effects of water on land.
biggest problem before the people nf
p m Dnwson. both of Eugene
An Irrigation expert from eastern
the W illam ette valley at the present!
_______________ .
Oregon. Mr. Hobson, has been placed
time.
in charge of irrigating the Ablee farm.
Rev. Moore to Preach.
Tile pinna for the d-velomnent of
He declares he has never seen as fine
Next Sunday at the Methodist
Clear lak<> Include the tapping of the
a head of water in a new ditch, before
church. Rev. .1 T. Moore will preach
body of wn«er for use by the val-'ey
and that the soil here Is easy to work
nt 11 a m and I'rof Randall Scon
rltles, nnd the plnclng of power plnnts
nnd will respond to irrigation with ex­
will pri aril In the evening at X p. in.
along the pit e line which will furnish
cellent results.
Rev. T D Ynrnes left Monday for
power fhr Industrial devetonnient m
A-ih'nnd where he will sponk at the
la discussing the project this week
well ns decren«e Ihe pressure of the
"Morning Watch" service every day
Mr. Ables said. “ I promised Ihe peo­
wnter to normal.
during the Epworth Longue Institute.
ple of Springfield that I would com­
Eugene men going by (nrnvan nre
plete
this ilrst Irrigation project with­
Mr Wnshburne, mayor E J ' Parks.
Charh-s Grant was In front Thurston
out anybod'! m orteacing their farms
Dr Jo-hn Lnnslm rv of the H nlvorally
(ho on Monday.
to pay for It. Although I have had
of On-grin, anil Carl McClain nf
George Plait of Thurston was In
many dlfflcultlos to overcome I have
water board.
Springfield on hu«ln«-«- Monday.
kept my word. I fully believe that
Mrs, Charles Hayden of Camp
time will seo all this section Irrigated
New Postofflee.
ereek was a Springfield business visi­
In small tracts and the population and
A new postofflee Inis now been es­
tor on Tuesday.
wealth of Ihe community Increased
tablished at Rainbow camp on the
many fold.”
McKenxle river between Blue river
R*turne«l from Canada—Mr. and
and Yldn with Lewis Quinby, propri­
Mr«. N A Rowe returned Sunday night
etor of the camp, named as the new
The CarboUneum Wood-Preserving
from Vancouver, British Columbia.
,, ,
,
.......
.. of the new
post master.
The
name
company ahlrped a “carload of polee
„ „ b. a . . n „ . . b
T b .,« " «
7™
which had received a coating of creo­
apd Waahlngton.
They vlultod In
enntp will he supplied from the Spring-
sote
In their plant to Michigan on
Portland with Mrs. Rowe’s sone, Peter
field postofflee by the McKenale river
Saturday, an another on Monday.
and Nick Lamliorty, ami In Alhany
star route. There will bo a mall
The Morrison-Knudsen conxpany re­
with John Lamborty nn«l family.
each way dally except Sunday.
ceived a shipment of a carload of
While In Seattle they visited with Ur.
coal from Utah on Monday.
Inspector Here— L R. Oray, lumber and Mrs. Z. Strong and fam lkt Dr.
The Springfield Mill and Grain
Strong
and
Mr.
Rowe
nre
old
friend«,
Inspector for the Southern Pacific
company received a carload of feed
having
known
each
other
In
Nome.
railway company with headquarters
from Portland on Saturday.
In Port,land, was here yesterday In- Alaska 26 year» ago The l l o v w had
Mbrri« Hill of Jasper was In tow*
been
gone
from
Springfield
elnce
July
wpectlng a car of lumber for the com­
Monday.
It.
pany at the Booth Kelly aawmlll.
Metnberahip Drive to Be Held
August 1 to 10; Election of
Adjutant Scheduled; Dance
Pavilion Not to Be Moved.
•AND THEY ARE NOT IRON CROSSES EITHER'