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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON,
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VOTE FOB CQOLIDEEl
AND DAWES III CITY
THURSDAY, NOV. 6, 1924.
LADIES OF G. A. R. TO
HOLD INSPECTION
CHARLES G. DAWES
Vice-President Elect
CA LVIN COG^.OGE
President-Elect
BUSHMAN NEW MAYOR
G. O. Bukhman was elected mayor of Springfield by a near
ly four to one vote over councilman W. N. Long in Tuesday
election. T h e vote was 547 to 143 according to unofficial re
turns collected at the polls. Herbert Cox and L. L. May won
out over the other three candidates for councllmen and Linn
Ijtnsbery was elected recorder.
Inspection will he a feature ot the
meeting of Iuka circle number 18 of
the laidles of the dram! Army of the
Itepubllo on Friday afternoon at 1 ,
The vote for councllmen was Carlton 213; Cox 414; May
o'clock In the W. O. W. -4iall. Bose ! 285; Mtl^agan 171; and Stewart 248. For recorder Boaser-
B. Oerrleon of Portland, will be the
man 104; Lansbery 333; and Smith 235. Hughes received
Inspector, It Is thought, according to
the total vote, 602 for treasurer, with the exception of one
Mrs. Charles F. Kgglmann. president
or two written In.
of the local circle.
Members have been especially re
quested by the president to appear
promptly at the appointed hour, since
all ths ritualistic work Is to be gone
4 Total
3
Prct. 1 8
through. Visitors from both Eugene For President and Vice-President
Coolidge and Hawes ____________
__ 61 111 139 103 404
and Portand will be present.
Havta and B r y a n _____________ ;__
45 139
88
86
37
Following the circle meeting the La Follette and W h eeler__
_.. 86
38
45 182
43
president will be hostess at an In
formal reception and social meeting. For United States Senator
F. E. Coulter ......... ___....... ..............
66
14
14
17
11
Refreshments will be served.
Charles L. McNary
___________
59 117 146 111 433
Election of officers for ths group Milton A. Miller ________ ________
42
30
46
45 162
will be held the Bret meeting In De It Robinson __ _______________ __
8
8
16
4
3
cember, and installation of officers
For Representative In Congress
the first meeting In January.
W. J. Butler .........
39
23
26
96
17
H. L Clark ...........
85
29
39
39 132
W. C. Hawley __
67 117 141 108 423
NEW PLUMBING SHOP IS
Upton A. Upton ____
« 8 8 6 12
How Springfield Voted
OPENED IN SPRINGFIELD
For Secretary of State
L. J. F rancla
S
Richard Miller, who has worked at Walter L. Hembree .......
87
the pumhlDg trade hi Eugene and Sam A. K o s e r __ - ____ ...
70
Portland, and other rltles throughout
For State Treasurer.
the state, haa opened a plumbing shop Thoa B. K a y _______
68
on Main street between 8lxth and Jefferson Myera ____
49
Bevcntb. He haa rented the building
For Justice of the Supreme Court.
from Boavey and Rowe, and will do Harry H. B e l t ______________________________________ 68
a general plumbing huatnew.
O. P. Coahow ..................
68
Percy R. Kelly ______
38
Civic Club Meete Tuesday.
For Attorney General
The Ladles' Civic club of S p rin t W. P. Adams ....
<6
I. H. Van W in k le _____
field will meet Tuesday night, Novem.
her 11, In the- Chamber of Commerce For Dairy and Food Commissioner
76
rooms at 7:30 o'clock. This will be J. D. M ic k le ------- --------------------------
the flrat meeting of the aeason. and For Commissioner
60
will be presided over by Mrs. Maude *Newton McCoy __ ___ ____
48
T. Bryan, president. It will be In the Edward Ostrander ..... ..
For Judge of Circuit Court
nature of a business session.
76
John C. Kendall _______
New Rollers Installed.
For Representative
68
Two new Marine boilers have been Emmet Howard ................ ....
64
E. O. Potter ..........................
purchased nnil Installed by the H. C. Wheeler ............. ...................................._.... ............... 69
Springfield Mill and Grain company, Edward F. Bailey
..... 61
together with fittings, as a complete
For District Attorney
new outfit to be used In standardizing Howard M. Brownell ___
45
the process of rolling barley.
54
John 8. Medley .................
The outfit will enable the company
For County Commissioner
to double Its capacity for output and R. O. Brady ......................... t ..
62
considerably Improve their product.
44
Clinton Hurd ................... ........
L,
Rock Slide at Jasper.
A small elide on the Southern Pa
cific railway tracks near Jasper T ubb
«lay evening resulted In an hour's de
lay In the schedule of the Oakridge
passenger train Wednesday morning.
W. McBean, assistant superintend
ent for the Southern Pacific, with
headquarter« nt Roseburg, went from
Eugene to Jasper to overseo the clear
ing of the tracks.
Legion to Meet.
10
38
138
10
61
149
8
42
129
37
156
486
111
<1
125
74
96
77
384
263
111
17
87
130
102
80
91
100
56
390
368
241
43
134
60
147
59
120
153
469
149
177
148
650
66
95
76
109
79
85
270
337
139
165
146
525
125
118
128
83
142
143
161
89
116
134
132
91
450
459
490
314
97
82
102
103
87
94
331
333
79
99
91
112
87
88
309
343
For County Clerk
R. 8 Bryson ..................... —
78
157
189
159
583
For County Sheriff
H. H. Earle ......... .............. _ ..
Frank E. Taylor .........—.........
61
51
76
111
87
127
74
112
287
401
For County Treasurer
Edna Ward
87
160
185
161
683
For County Assessor
Clyde E. Jordnn ............... .....................
Benjamin F. Keeney ...... ................. -
33
75
64
163
64
134
62
126
193
488
ASSESSED VALUATION IN
LANE COUNTY $33,042,540
Increase of Three-Quarter Million
Over Last Year; Comparisons
Given by Assessor.
L IV I
NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E TOW N
LANE flEPUBLICAN
BI BIG IKAJOBITY
Imp. on town
4.580,670
and city lots
98.235
deeded or patent
Imp. on land
*
not logging and
133,040
rolling sock
Steamboats, etc. and
711.430
mfg. machinery
1,704,270
Mdse and stock
Farm Imp. and
265.805
automobiles
Money, notes.
194.295
accounts
469.740
Shares stock
231.095
5,788
Horses, m ules.....
429.505
19,194
Cattle
.... ...........
12.956
19.599
Goats ...................
19.525
3.332
Swine
..............
13,165
1,164
Dogs .....................
22.105
82,065
Poultry ...............
980
1.636
Bees ............. - .....
$33,042.640
......
82
153
183
159
For County Surveyor
P. M. Morse ........... .................._...........
Here from California—Mr. and Mrs.
577 Fred Hawke ere here from California
visiting Mr. Hawke’s parents.
__
80
146
171
154
651
79
153
186
161
149
175
161
For Mayor
G. O. Bushnmn ..........................
W. N. Long ................. - ............
92
17
148
40
135
51
172
37
For Councilman
Roy Cailton
............................
Coi tinned on Page 8
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43
37
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November 4. The candidates rated as
Lane county w ent republican by a
follows; Coolidge, »g votes; Davis
36; La Follette, 36; Johns, 1. The big majority according to returns com
idea ot putting on an election came piled this morning from 97 out of 98
as the result of a suggestion from precincts reporting to the county
clerks office, in the county contests
the civics department.
The parties were organized a week Medley won from Brownell by a slight
before election, with central com margin for district attorney while
mittees, and excellent speeches were Taylor took a long lead on Earle
made by the students on the candl- ^or sheriff. Hurd won from Brady for
dates them selves and on the party commissioner by nearly 1400 ano
principles, In the opinion of Vern D. Keeney snowed Jordan under for as
sessor.
Hu In. high school principal.
The rote with only the small Mo
The school wag then divided Into
six precincts, and on election day hawk precinct m issing follows:
COUNTY
the ballots were cast. The members of
For District Attorney.
the civics class constituted the elec
...6705
tion boards. Faculty members regard Medley __
8540
the straw election as valuable citizen Brownell
Representative
ship training for the students, since it
— 8620
taught them much about the election Howard ...
j Potter ....
8808
procedure.
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•
W ^ heeler
0475
Dates for the Christmas holldyt for ! ^
^ eler ...
.6653
the Springfield public schools was fix Bailey ....
County Commissioner
«
ed last evening by a meeting of t h e ,
Hurd .......
board of directors of district 19 at . Hurd
7160
...5781
the high school. The vacation for the Brady ......
high school will begin December 19
Keeney ....
5145
and end January 5, while the grades
Jordan .....
171t
will be dismissed from December 24,
National
to January 6.
r
Coolidge and Dawes .......... .
8451
A new faculty ruling is now In full
Davis and Bryan
........... .3 2 0 5
force that In addiUon to chaperones
La Follette and W h e e le r ____ ...2395
provided by the schools there must be
Valuation of J,ane county property
this year Is placed at 833,042.540 ac
cording to Ben F. Keeney, county as
sessor. This Is three-quarters of a
two local people as sponsors or pa
million over last year.
trons
for each social function for the
The average value per acre of till
students.
able land is decreased from 642.17
An increase of 90 In the number ot
per acre In 1923 to 841 90 (or 1924, or
students enrolled for the month end
.4 of one per cent—27 cents per acre
ing October 31 is noted comparing
reducUon.
this year's statisUca with last year's.
The acreage of timber land reported
In 1923 was 455,544. The 1024 show Last year there were 539 in regular
ing ts 451.428 acres, or a reducUon attendance In the schools, and thia
of 4.134 acres. The average assessed year 629, ot which 290 are boys and
value per acre of timber land for 339 girls.
The percentage of attendaace tor
1923 was 114.60; the average (or 1924
Is $15.19; an Increase of 59 cents per the month has been rated as follows:
4th grade, Miss Edna Platt, teacher.
acre or 4 per cent.
trade
99
per cen t: in d - Mrs. Op«l Roberts,
Merchandise and stock In
shows an Increase over 1923 of $142.- 98.8; 6th. Mrs. Ella Lombard. 98.4;
6th. Mr. Halstead, 98.3.
350.
Freshmen, high school, also 98.3;
Money, notes and accounts show an
4th,
Miss Ella Hayden, 98.2; 7th, Jun
Increase ot 891,655.
Shares ot stock show an increase ot ior high, 97.9; 3rd. Mrs. Crystal Male,
97.8; 8th. Junior high school, also 97.8;
860.450.
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Value of town and city lots shows 5th, Mrs. Eula Montgomery, 97.8; 5th,
a decrease of 867,460 or 10.8 per Miss Nina Boesen, also 97.1; senior
qent from the 1923 assessm ent. This high school, 97.3; sophomore, high
Is accounted for mainly by the county school, 97.2; 1st, Mrs. A. J. Morgan.
haring to take oyer a great deal of 96.8; 1st Mrs. L. K. Page. 94.7; 2nd.
such property for taxes, particularly Miss Marjorie Tracy, 94.3; Junior, high
school, 95.7.
Florence and Glenada lota.
The Junior class will hold a party
Improvements on town and city lota
tomorrow night In the high school
show an Increase of 8332.410.
building. It was postponed from last
Sum m ary ta Given.
The assessor's summary as com- week.
A football game has been scheduled
pleted follows:
Acres, all land .... 1.247.124 816.520.265 with Cottage Grove at Cottage Grove
6.699.305 for a week from tomorrow. Friday.
Acres, tillable ™ 133.610
6.858.900 November 14.
Acres timber — 451.428
4.062.060
662.086
Acres non-tll’bP
Imp., deeded or •
NINE COUNTRIES TO BE
1.348.265
patent lands
VISITED IN WORLD TRIP
6.188.960
Town, city lots
For County School Superintendent
Edgar J. Moore ................. ....... .............
The Springfield post of the Ameri
For County Coroner
can Legion wIIll meet In regular busi W. W. Urauatetter ............. - ...............
n ess session tomorrow evening at 8
For Constable
o'clock in -the W. O. W. hall.
L, E. Thompson ......................
Returned from Trip— Miss Amy
Love returned Tuesday night from
Portland^ She has been visiting rel
atives In Portland and In Vancouver,
Washington.
A
Straw Election Held by Stud
ent»; Christmas Vacation
Dec, 19 to Jan. 5.
Medley Elected District Attor
ney, Taylor Sheriff, Hurd
Coolidge carried the Springfield
Commissioner
and Potter,
high school vote as well as the na
Wheeler
and
Howard
Repre
tlon'a, according to a count of the
straw election held In the high school
»entatives.
President'* Elector* Get 404
Votes; La Follett* Run* Ahead
of Davie; Medley Two Ahead
or Brownall and Taylor Leads
Earle.
Bprlnitleld voted (or Coolidge und ,
Dewes »Iron* ul til« Tuesday elot
lion giving I heir oloclore 404 to 297
(or (he other two cmh 1I<I» i »» A sur
prise of the election wan the 152 vote»
(or I j * Follette und 139 (or Ha via In
the (our preclude. It *»« not aup-
posed Ilnvle would run third In Ihn
race her».
Springfield's choice (or oilier offi
cer« were: McNary (or Henator; Haw
ley (or reproeentatlve. Kotor (or sec
retary of state, Kay (or treasurer, II It
and Coahow (or supreme Judge. Van
Winkle (or attorney general, (»strand
er (or public aervlce commissioner.
Howard. Potter and Wheeler (or rep
resentatives.
For county officers llu n l led Hrady
34 votes In Springfield, Earle was
defeated by Taylor 114 voles. Med
ley beat Brownell by two votes and
Keeney lead Jordan two to one
Th* tabulated returns appear In oth
er columns.
“T h l People's Papar"
NUMBER 42.
High School Votes
Coolidge - Dawes
THE WINNERS
CUTOFF
Will Entertain— Mrs. I. D. I-arlmer
will entertain the "500'' club at her
579
home between 4th atyrt 5th on D
street tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock.
485
U. 8. Senator in Congress
Coulter _________________________*87
McNary ------------------------
Miller __________________________ 3347
Robinson ________________ _ _ _ _ 267
Representative In Congress, First
DlatrlcL
Butler ______________
2062
C l a r k ----- -----------------
>318
Harwley --------------------------------------- 8488
U p t o n -------------------------------------- _ 243
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STATE
vesqj
Secretary of State
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Francis ________________________ 556
H e m b r e e __________
...TtH
K oier _____________
1*,417
Treasurer.
K a y ____________________________ 7801
M y e r s __________________________ 4959
Justice of Supreme Court
.8207
B e l t ______
______________________ 866?
Coehow ___
___________________ ,__.4O84
Kelly _____
Attorney General
Adams _________________________ >818
Van Winkle ____________________ 8448
Commissioner of Public Service
M c C o y ________________________ «880
O s tr a n d e r ______________________4778
LOCAL WOODCRAFT WILL
INSTALL OFFICERS WED.
The Neighbors of Woodcraft will
m eet next Wednesday afternoon In
the W. O. W. hall. Officers for the
coming year, who will be Installed In
January, are: guardian neighbor, Mrs.
Elsie Lambert; advisor. Mrs. FlorenCi
Grimes; clerk. Mrs. Nina McPherson;
attendant, Mrs. Minnie Girard; musi
Plans for the “Trip Around the
cian. Mrs. Mabel Mortensen; corres
World,” to be given by the Parent-
pondent. Mrs. Myrtle Egglmann; cap-
Teacher association Friday evening.
„ „ Rho<la Uoyd
M n ir o m K o s
11
to n
z \f
tK o -
November 14, for the benefit of thej inner guard, Mrs. Osa Webb; outer
playehed fund, are now complete. guard. Mrs. Bernice VanValxah. Mrs.
Transportation will be provided. En VanValzah. who has been a member
tertainment and eats will be furnlsheu of the organization for 28 years, has
at each stopping place. "Trains” will now held every office It has to give.
leave every 20 minutes beginning at
6 p. m. at the “union depot” at the
H ostess to Club.
corner of 5th and Main streets. Mrs.
Mrs. Maude T. Bryan was hostess
D. O. Fisher is “general passenger to the Chrysanthemum club at her
agent.”
home yesterday afternoon. Chrysan
Snow dumplings will be served In th m u m s were used In the decoration
Alaska, tropical fruit and nuts in scheme. At 4:30 o'clock the hostess
Hawaii, corn pon? in Dixie, oriental served refreshments, assisted by Mrs.
food in Japan, dates in Egypt, spaget J. L. Clark. The next meeting of th?
tl and tom atoes In Italy, sauer kraut club wil be at tha home of Mrs. Clark
and welners in Holland, sw eet cake? In two weeks. Special guestt were:
In Scotland, and coffee and potato Meedames M. E. Castle of Charles
chips In Ireland.
ton, W ashington, L. E. Thompson,
“Welcome home” will he staged at Ronald R. Roberts, Walter J. Scott,
the chamber of commerce rooms. Floyd D. Thompson, and O. B. Kessey.
There will be a community sing, and Members present were Mesdames B.
discussion of conmunlty work for A. Washburne, W. Henry Adrian, 8.
the benefit of the local schools.
Ralph Dippel. Frank A. DePue. J- A.
Seavey, Mark M. Peery, J. L. Clark,
Returned from Spokane— Waite»
and the hostess.
Wilmot returned Tuesday evening
from Spokane, Washington, where he
Left for Corvallla—J. A Seavsy
has been all summer with his broth
left for Corvallis this morning.
er. % cll Wilmot.
Leaving for Selo—Mr. and Mrs.
647 Charles Nndvornlk and children are
Went to Portland—Julius Fulop
145 leaving Saturday for Scio where they
'went to Portland Sunday, returning
will attend a piny and dance and visit Tuesday. The trip was made in the
213 friends over Sunday.
intvr st of busln.. s.
Owns Property In City— L. L. M ay,
newly elected councilman wishes to
deny the rumor that he 1« not a
property holder. He owns his own
home in Springfield.
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