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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
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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
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! 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.