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Save 50 Cents By Subscribing to TR Springfield News During October. O IV O T E O TO I N T E R I » ! O F E P R IN O F IE L D A NO T H E FARM ERS OF TH E W IL L A M E T T E VALLEY The News Has Four Thousand Local Readers THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS T W E N T Y SIX O N I) YEAH “T he L IV E NEW SPAPER IN A L IV E T O W N SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, PAVEG ENTRANCE IB CUT BEING PUSHED MANY PRIZES OFFERED FOR LABOR DAY EVENTS (BUSINESS AND IN D U STR Y SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION M erchante of Springfield, Eugene and Cham ber Considers W ays of Bringing Poi (land Contribute for Culebra* Industry to Springfield and Back to n a* W endling. Lions Club Committee Work ing on Mill Street Paving Property Owner# on Sucond Petition Highway Commis sion to Make it a Stata Road ing Up Trade at Homs Campaign People's Paper” NU M BER 33 , Ì O. B. KESSI' r, BANK PRESIDENT, DIES Passes Away at St- Vincent Many valuable prlsos have been DuJid ng up business and industry HATHAWAY AND SLOW Hospital After Appendicitis ‘'untiled by thiflngffrid, Eugene and In Springfield was th e chief topic Operation; Organized Com I* I'ltiid morrli.ih-» a» a w a rd , tor YORK TO T AN G LE HERE of dU cutslon a t the regular m eeting i > n*> sis at III» -Labor day celebration mercial State Bank of Spring- of the Springfield Ch am b ir of Com W in n e r In Last Legion Bout on C a rd . ■ a ' Wan ling Sunday. Final arrange field 12 Years Ago. tuerce Friday n ig h t Flans for bring incuts for the day were made by com W ith Challenger; Aother Fast lug Industrie« in to the city and as- Ullttae chairm an nt a m eeting al O. B. Kesaey, 52 years old. presi Program Aasured. slating the Civic club In the trad e a t A puved entran ce lu K irlilxtl Id W endllng Monday evening dent of the Com m ercial S ta te bank, home cam paign were made. frum the Pacific hleliwuy seem s lu lie ‘ •illy a p ert of tfc< Springfield sto res Eddie H athaw ay, w inner In the shortly before noon today a t th e • T h at n-aile-ln-Sprlngfleld product« n eate r -ii bund now with com m ittee» have yet been sol'.dted, u :d th o 'c have noi received th e pairo no go from naln bout a t the last A m erican Legion | S t' Ylncent hospital in P ortland. A working for the Im provem ent of both j local people they should have was sm oker, is again scheduled for the - ^ e p h o n e m essage from hi« son, Mill nnd Kt-cci d a fn ot. A com m it w ishing to g've a prise ar< asked to cull J). W McKinnon at the Ifooth- gave word of his death a t the revalllng opinion. Speakers laud- main bout, fighting th is tim e a g a in s t, tee of the Motts club has «tnrted Io K d l / of Ire T hose prizes already do ;ed Springfield m anufacturers and said Slow York, 138 pound K ugece man. 11:16 this afternoon. The sudden elan tb<- required am ount of footage death of Mr. Kesaey, who w as loved ra te d Include a $7.50 electric .la n d m erch an ts should puah home products T h 's bout will be six round». on Mill strse t while property owner» , . . .. . lamp from W right and U ns, a $5 fel A featu re of the evening will be a ani1 respected as an inestim able busi- above those malie elsew here. on Second have n petition out asking „ ,, , , , .. .. four round fight betw een Bill Sw ane I neas Inan- was a g re a t blow to th e . . . . let ei f fioro Ki'lol« drug »tor«, a 17 50 ! Good results were reported from the the .bile highway c-mmli-nlx to lake »w -«t,-r coat from the Parm er»' Ex of Springfield and R ussell Ohls of Cot people of th is com m unity. ! Civic club trade at home cam paign Mrs. Anniee P rin te r, 64, has over lb» si reel from Malli stre e t in change. a If hog of cigars from Clover haa been mending bathing suit« ut Mr. K essey w ent to P ortland early M erchant» testified th a t th eir busl tage Grove. B oth men will weigh the Pacific highway. pim! Cog. cigar doab-r». a 1.7.50 .spot- Miami, Fla., for 16 yea- H er ines»«» ha» greatly Increased. Speak about 200 pounds, an d th is fight is ex. Monday m orning and w as operated on A fl.r th e failure of the IJone d u b light from th« Springfield garage. 15 savings, Investod In real e ta ts, pected to be fast and exciting. Ike for appendicitis a t the St. V incent have Just netted her $250,000. e r s »aid th a t the Civic club should be Ih'e spring lo secure sufficient sign«- In trad e from Hull's Cash sto re, and Beaso of Coburg and Bob S c itt ot j hospital. H is condition was found to given the utm ost support In the “T ry W hat I. »he going to do 7 “ Keep turns for (h r Second p i rent pave- I a 15 fish pole from Jack H en lerer. be serious and little hope was held on mending suit*, ' she says. “ A t Springfield M erchants F irst” cam Marcóla will also fight four rounds n» nl planet the d u b h a . sw itched Ita Eugenn's prizes given by various Ken B ettis, 110 pounds, of S p rin g -[fo r his recovery the last tw o days 54 one I. too old to lose th eir head palgn. effort» to the paving uf Mill stre e t i n e r t h au ls Include tw o B akelite clg- ever a q u arter million.*’ -Id. Will m eet Billy Sem rock. 112, Mr. K essey leaves his wife and son C ounty division also cam e In for a i f,P,f’' taking up the p etitio n w here th e a re tte holders from the Club d g a r round of discussion. It w a, pointed pounds, of Eugene In a four ro u n d , of Springfield, a brother in D enver C ham ber of Commerce left off a » ear afore, a »3 m erchandise order from 1" - out th a t the tim e was ripe for the battle, and tw o surprise features are - Colorado, and a fath er and s is te r a t age. B usiness no n of (he town have C ressey's, a *5 Uni from Wade Hro- ! Milford. Iowa. H e had retu rn ed only PLANS FOR PUBLIC M AR KET form ing - f N esm ith county and speak- scheduled as cu rtain raisers. laken the atlllm le th at II was abate th e n , an electric waffle Iron from the As previously, th e bouts will s ta rt a few weekg ag(J from a lulely n ecessary to have one ihor- Eugene H ardw are company, an agate IN S PR IN G FIELD PROGRESS ers e" dore<Ml th" moTPn,ent ,n Cot .. 8:1S* a,V’ ** at ,he Amer,<’an relatives in Iowa and Colorado His . ta«e Grove toward this end. T hey de ougbfare Improved Im mediately. ring from J A. Hoffman, >5 in m er nearly a» ^ ’» ''« « o n t h . co rn er of M ain j who accom panied Wm aDd clared Lane county was I’luns for u public m arket In Bprlng- 'and Second streets. Mrs. Keggey 8pringfieM hag All property owner* on Mill stre e t chandise from D anner-R obertson. $5 field are taking (oral with com m ittees ,arK' "" ’ r'rn" pa",f' rn sta te s and It have signed the petliinn f„ r pave In m erchandise from R A Babb Hard returned to his home. fr. -u Ihe Lion- club a»d c h a m b e r of m',n lie "tlv Im possible for county ment egn-pilng the lloo h Kel'y com w are store. »5 in m erchandise from officials to adm inister its govern FARM ERS SUFFER FROM Mr. K essey came to Springfield 12 pany and last week file p-l tlou, to Ihe J. bnron fu rn itu re company, | l0 j<'«>’» "’• « * w orking out the details. m ent efficiently. PETTY T H IE V E S ON LAND years ago and organized th e Commer- In m erchandise from McMormn and **•* com m ittees of both g eth er with eatltrN tea and profile, Tho railroad com m ittee reported clal S ta te bank. He w as cash ier to t t'a,le<1 on ,ho Mt. Vernon Far- was subm itted lo Ihe offlc •» of the W» (hburiee. tw o boxes of cigars from ¡ P etty th iev ery has reached a point several years and la te r p re s id e n t Pre- th a t thev w ere carry in g cn n eg o tia Im er»' t'n lo n and re c e iv 'd the u nani M im o n. 1- lirutun and com nany, a mir company. As soon ns th e m a tte r 1» tions with attorney» in regard to liti in this vicinity th a t it is w orking a vloug to com ing h ere h<l wag S tandard fu rn itu re com mous cooper at on of th at body In m ak taken up with the Booth-Kell b ard ro r fron' a t , re , o„ , owa gation of the E ugene bond Issue and serious hardship on truck sunken and of directors a decision wa.i promised pany. fsr,o I« trade from K Hanson, ing ti public m arket a success here the retain in g of the Southern Pacific fruit grow ers. Peo(<le r a s in g me!- I Ions along the highw ay have been hit ' The body will be brought back to oil Ihe pavem ent. Booth Kelly own one silk pillow from W e th -rh e , -I*nw- O th er farm ers will be consulted soon shops In Springfield. It Is believed that a m arket of 1« h ardest this year. T h ere a re places ’ s PriliAfleld by W. F. W alker, mortl- about fill per , cent of tho ildjolulng ers. HO in traite from Behnef«r Bro ther», $5 |n tra d e f-nm H endershott's Stulls, re s tin g about $200, will be th e which have not only been robbed ( c' an - who left im m ediately today w ith property. vuii store, one case of mixed rn n n -d proper sl»e to begin with. A lot h i t s M A IL D ELIVER Y EXPECTED [once but a score of tim es. S e v e ra l, b*3 h earse for Portland. F uneral ar- Following the m eeting ot the Lions 1 0 STA R T SEPTEM BER 2 o offenders have tasted buckshot but ra n Kements have not been m ade as club com m ittee, consisC ng of Mayor goods from the Eng- ne Fruit Growers- been secured on Sixth s tre e t for the Association Flo In m erchandise from m ark et and plan s and specifications -till th ere a re others taking a chance. T*L O. O. Bushm an. W. F. W alker end A ten tativ e d ate of S eptem ber 25 •he J C. Penny company. prepared. P lans a re to o p » n t» the Lane county people are w orse o f-| Ju s t who will succeed Mr. K essey 11. K Maxey, with A. C. Dixon, m an a m ark et w ithout co st to the ta rra e i. h!‘,‘ n *el b>' lhe P0" 1 r ' ,ce d e ' ' f.-nders th an the tourist« It is said be- as president of the bank will be de- __ From P ortland, the Bi-rgetnan Shoe ger of Ihe Booth-Kelly company, the M ml» rs of th e com m ittees calling La rlm *Il! as , '1'' beginning of the free ,.ause usually they know th e lay of elded a t a d irecto rs m eeting. M em bers Fprbigfb-ld council met nn-1 arran ged *!r,n” ’* n)r ’'«» glvrn one p air of hl-ton loggers Shoes, the W est Coast Shoe on th e Mt. Vernon local w ere F. B. <ltllTWF service In thia city, post- the , an(1 and can eva(j e tj,e ow ner, of the board of directors include Wel- to build a bridge over Ihe Mill race 11 H am lin announces. It ..jt hag a r r ived a t a point w here a by StevAns, A. J. P erkins, M ark to cost approxim ately $3000. Thia company w’| | also give on p ,,,. of hl. Hau-lln. J u l'u s Fulup. H arry S tew art n H' ' r ... _ ent *°P loggers shoe« tho Black gt,-, I and 11. E. Maxey. thought th at the resu lts of the man muF( work all day and then set Peer»-, AI M ontgomery and H erb ert III . l u re lb - < gpeiise of puvem and W ire rom panv will gt ------------------------ tc a r r 'e r exam ination held here July up wlth a shotgun „n nljght to pro- Clark. g've n Win onlv to the property ow ners, which , «-hosier rifle the Sim onds Saw com 22 will h» known before th at time tte t him self In grow ing m êlions.” NEW BANK BU ILD IN G has been estim ated atw about $10,500 l-iiny will give one bund ,vw nnd Iwt IS NEARING CO M PLETIO N I t n° ‘' au,,horl,y, h“’ * ' “ Brnl“ ' f° r E E - e t c h e r , of m otor route STRANGER SAYS HE IS for a 20 foot pavem ent, $11.0J>0 for cm *1 cut asw». F B M allory com 13 INC.MKHYLJ L U M M L tT iO N the appointm ent of tem porary c ar H on , he pacific highw ay. "P eople a 24 foot and $12.000 fur a 30 foot. i' s. making it almost certain that <.O1EP into our property, open gates ®* "• D E T E C T IV E AND lb« A m erican Steel and Th,- < spot)«,- of bu'ldlng a su b stan tial W ith the roof com pleted, and the W ire comna- v will g h Prit. which th, ■ rvice will at least begin by Cc Iet gt<x.k o u t. overrun th e land, HAS PEOPLE ON JUM P wooden br'tlge over the Mill race will w ill i,« n n tii-unced In te r first floor laid, w orkm en a re now tober 1. I pick b lackberries nnd o th er fr u it» 1 - be taken ra r e of out of thq gen New M any c th s ir prise» fro m P o rtla n d w orking on the lajh ln g of th The next survey of the city to find never tak in g the trouble to a sk p er-' By posing a s a se c re t service man fund front money now coming lnt< F 'rs l N ational b a rk building The and Eugene, Hs well as S o rtn e fle ld out who wishes the free delivery serv- m ission,” »aid Jten D orris, of the for the S outhern Pacific, a mau who It from delinquent Interest on pro, W II be sent before the ce le b ra t’nn. It w iring is now com pleted, ae I plnmb- Ice nnd who provided th e necessary D orris o rchards. It seem s th a t th e Is probably e ith e r crim inal or insane, , rtv. I« exported by th e com m ittees In - r - »re f'n ls h lrg p l-tn g the bnlldlng. mail boxes , will be m ade betw een rca(] farm ers a re h it as bad as has been gaining tran sp o rtatio n tor P laster* 'vll! begin work next week. S eptem ber 8. to 10. All those de- on tp e n a tn highway. charge. i him self about th is neighborhood. NO TY P H O ID CASES ARE T h - buldlng will be completed by R,r!ng , h „ Rery)ce,, 8nJ Iiv!ng w ithln -------------------------' ! T he man firs t rep o rted by Carl th e end of the m onth. It Is expected. th free delivery lim its, who have not,' usiness Increases. iF ish er, who m et him n e a r th e old REPORTED IN SPR IN G FIELD PENCIL PUSHFR N IN E Postoffice B Business W hen ready f ir occupancy th e new already provided them selves w ith j i F ish er mill T uesday m orning about PREPARE FOR LABOR DAY Five hundred dollars and fourteen i 0:(M) The m ap ghoW(1 a cflrd te ,,. strn clu re will be ono of Ih - best bank m ail boxes should do so before the C ontrary lo a report vAilcb b n - buildings in th is p art of Oregon. cents was tak en in postal receipts by i ing h js gappeg^j position and asked gained circulation through th e Eu 8th. W th Dr. N. E W lnnard a id e d to the local post office during the m onth , p j j e given a ride to th- m u n ly road gene press tlu-re nr,-, and have been th e E ugen.-Springfield Booth K'll.v On V acation—Lloyd C. M artin, cash- of A ugust. T his is an increase o f ; north of tow n, w here he was to m eet no ly p h o ll f - ver cases In Springfield, In from C rrrw ell— Mr. and Mr«. J. pencil pusher's nine, th e locai» are according to pbysicluns here. The L. W nllaee of C resw ell were in town ier of the F irst N ational bank 's a w a y ! 24 ner e«nt over the receip ts for Au- spn!e o th er officers. W hen the m an city w ater, and lit,- w ater frum many fr,in> 7 h ' u-' ' in ,h " K’1" 1' T hursday on his vacation. gust, 1924. ______________ • gop OU{ of th e car, car. how ever, he w e lls in th e city has Iwmn re p e a te d ly , W « « “ •»« $»•>‘*11 u rtlsts -aroused Mr. F ish er's suspicion by Im tasted, and found pure. All Ihe ty- „„ n " '^ , ' ' ln'''‘r'l- » h o ha« played m ediately Jum ping over the fence and pho'd cases reported so far m-ar th is , ' ” ” mpn s B'ntns, will hurrying tow ard the McKenzie river. I lay cen ter field vicinity have been went of the river, By A. B. CHAPIN THE END OF THE JOY RIDE T he stra n g e r w ent to the hom e of usually In Glenwood, although sev er ( ' J xr>n n,‘ W,N Plav C hester Chase, n e a r the river, w here a l of the eases haw* m anifestly been 1 nn<l K U. Eadfcott he Im pressed Mrs. C hase th a t it was contrneted elsew here. I hoM ,l" wn ''-ft field. Pink Rum- very im p o rtan t th a t he cross the riv . | beau will pttch, hut a catc h er has not e r In th e ir boat. Mrs. C hase gave vet bqen sole« ted. Other member« of TW O NEW TEAC H ER S ARE h 'm th e key to th e lock holding the |th e nine will be E dgar M artin, first boat, and the m an w ent acrotss the CHOSEN FOR H IG H SCHOOL '- tse; ru ip h M artin, se, nnd bus- riv e r to Mr. Chase, who w as w orking Clayton IP-rb r. sh o rtsto p ; and Win- there. Again he told the story about Fred W hitaker oi Eugene wes elect-Ifred Mny. third bane. being a secret service man. H e asked ed Instructor in foreign lauguages and ____________ th a t Mr. C hase tak e him up the Mc F rances Hodge, of Salem and a g rad M ELLON T H IE V E S DRAW K enzie highway, explaining th a t he uate of W lllainetle U niversity, wn» w as hunting crim inals who had killed $15 FINE IN J. P. COURT elected lo leach selene- In Ihe high n sh eriff In C alifornia. Mr. C hase fi s,hool nt a special m eeting of the Jack S hilling and Lloyd Swanson, nally consented to tak e the stran g er, ♦ School board ln»t T hursday evening and they drove as far a s T hurston, (I. F. W aller was elected Jail'tor of both of Cotta-vo Grove, w ere fined $15 each, and costR, when they appeared w here the man got out. tho B rottaln school a t Ihe m eeting. before Ju s tiro It. W. Smith thl» morn At the store there, the m an appear Ing on a charge of stealin g melons ed very nervous, but again told them Beauty Parlor to Open. th a t he was a detective, th a t h e had The Clover Beauty parlor will he front Ihe E, E. Fletcher ranch betw een a d ate for th a t evening w ith S heriff opened S aturday lu th e Sicvens-Perk- hero nnd Goshen. The hoy» drove lo Albany y e ste r Taylor, and he pretended to ta lk to ln» building, over th e A nderson gar- tho Springfield police over th e phone, uge. W. W. Clover, tho owner, will day, and on th eir way th ere they although no such call cam e through. spoiled the patch and planned to re- do Ihe harboring. Mis» B. Ilerg will T he man asked for som e coffee and tnnrcel nnd Mrs. Clover will assist nt ' lhl* 11 0,1 , h '',i' return l-« t evening some clothes in w hich to disguise ■ They did so at 2:00 tills m orning, but tho shop. him self. T hen, a fte r again telling his were caught by Mr. F letch er after Stop at H o tel— 11. C Penn nnd W. I» F. K e rn o f A lb a n y and V. M c ln lu r f f | , l ' " y ," " 1 sto ry to some people up the highw ay P'Kht m elons. T he y a short distance, the man left the road of Fullmun nt tho Hpnng hotel Tues-1 guilty nt the trial, and m ade tow ard the river. day. j - — The stran g er asked Mr. C hase and 3 U L L E T CRASHES INTO the people around T hurston about the Has M any V is ito rs . OLSON HOME SUNDAY surrounding stream s , islands and House g uests of Mt. nnd Mrs. F. m ountains and seem ed to take a g reat E. L enhart during th e week Included A bullet from a high powered gun In terest In places w here people might, Mr. E. E. O akes and d aughter, Gladys, en tered the front window of tho Corl hide. The sh e riff’s of*' of B andon; W. II. H orne and sister. f »Ison homo Bunday roort Ing and fell notified of the m an and his stra n g e Rnsnn of B end; Mrs. C lara W alters to th e floor only three foot from Mrs, behavior, but no a c t’on has been ta k and Miss Bessie C ease of P leasant Olson, who wag sittin g at the piano. en. U nity, P ennsylvania; nnd Mr. and The bullet cam e from north of the Mrs. Tatwrnnce Roselle, of Bandon. Monday Mr. nnd Mrs. George Smith and (laughter, Evelyn, and Ml»» Ixm- !se R trow hrldge, of Bandon, visited 4 at the Lenhart home. houso, and wns alm ost sp, nt. Mem b ers of the police force nre Investi g ating the case In an effort to ap ' prehend the careless or crim inal per- H as Infected Hand— Mrs. Steve Bowles Is suffering from an Infected hand cauaed by an Injury to one finger.