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91 O- Library Thanktgiving County- Wido Edition TWENTY-SECOND YEAH THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS SPRINQPIELO, LANE COUNTY. OREGON. Work LEASE AUTHORIZED Sidewalk Gains Headway SITE Two Mile« of Cement Walk Is Lnid During Summer; More Council Crente« Cominittoe to To Co In In 1926 Aminiater 247 Acre« to Bo W ith two m ites of sldrw ulk com Used for Industrial and Park pleted u n d er a program Just brought Purposes; Ornamental Lights to a close, and an o th er program of Asked in Petition, sim ilar dtm nnstona projected for next spring and sum m er, Springfield prom A resolution au tborlx'ng the m ayor loses to lay clabna to the dlatlnctlon to also the leaa» on 267 act«'» of th of being the "b est sidewalk id ” town old railroad »bop alt«' owned by the of it* site tn the W illam ette v uley. f liy of K u c « e In Springfield was Final paym ents to Ilrlggs A Doty, paaaorf and the !<«»«< read a t the coun contractor«, for the big Job Just com cil at Ita Monday night atee tin«. Si pleted have been m ade by city a u m ultaneously one was passed by the th o rities, according to announce- E ugene rouni-ll and I he land paaara m« nt by R ecorder II. W. Smith. The Into the baud« of the c ity u( Hpring total figure in th e c o n tract was «5.- field a t a rental of «1 a y ear for 69 933 65, not Including the en g in eer’s y e a ra fees of 6296.16, which bring the total A park board and Industrial com- to more than 66UOO. Every 63 of this m lttue was appointed by the m ayor sum built four running feet of c e tn e rt * d h the approval of th e council to sidew alk In Springfield. ad m in ister the laud as Industrial site» The larg est single Job don» under ami a city park .the lease requiring th is co n tract w as th at along the Hunt- five acre* to be designated as a park. ly property on Second s t r e e t Pre- T he board created consists of A. J volus Io the work done by lirlggs A I’erklna W. O. Hughe«, 8. C. W right, Doty, several Jobs had been com plet i t L. C larke, and fl. E Maxey. Thia ed. Increasing S pringfield's eem«nt ctnunilttee was given auth o rity to sub sid e* it k system to notew orthy d i THANKSGIVING IS TOPIC lease the Rind for Industrial purposes m ensions. LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES w ith the approval of th e council. A ccording to R ecorder Sm ith, tt Is O rnam ental Light Petition In. likely th a t th e city will procur'd to . Special serv ices a t the B ap tist and A petition bearing over 60 names build m ore sidew alks next spring and , M ethodiet churches tonight w H bo of all the business men and heavy sum m er, to connect with those al- featu res of S p rin g field 's observance property ow ner* ask in g th at o raainen. ivady In. The 1926 program likely of T hanksgiving day. A special tai Street lights h« Installed on Main wl)] be M large. o r U rger, than th at T hanksgiving service was held at th e ! THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1925. "The People's Paper* A L IV I N EW SPA PER IN A LIVE TOWN NUMBER 45 PAVING PLAN FAR ALLEi PROPOSED Building Growth In Busin««« District Noted A» Prepara tions are Made for Occupa tion of New Buildings and New Project is Pushed. Removal of the F irst N ational bank and the E. R. D anner Motor com pany to Springfleids new est business build ings in th e n e a r future, and plans for th e clrcu ation of a petition to the city council asking th e paving next »prlng of th e alley in the block bounded by Main, Fourth, Fifth and A stre e ts, a re Indications of contin ued progress in im provem ent of the c ity ’s business d is tric t The alley im provem ent project is being pushed by various property holders w hich would be effected by the paving. T he alley passes along the re a r of the business buildings on one of th e m ost Im portant blocks in the city, and along the side of the , new garage being erected for th e D anner M otor com pany's occupation by G eorge P erkins and Jam es Laxton. LIONS CLUB HANDLING W hile It is too late to a tte m p t to RED CROSS CAMPAIGN ! pave the alley h is fall, it is th e plan of those behind the p ro je c t to circu- Sucoess to atten d in g the effo rts of! ,7 7 ” “ , F • , late the p etitio n Im m ediately, th a t the m em bers of the Springfield Lions It may be considered by th e council club to dispose of five Red Cross this w inter and p reparations m ade for u n iv ersal I d m em berships each in the c u rren t the w ork early next sum m er. Own th ,a Jrear 11 '• pl• n,“•<, th u rc b Sunday, w“ h . today. , n m any f>Inl| reuDlons Red C ross drive In Springfield. Un- ers of tw o-thirds of the property ad ami i.mt the old wooden poles be M.( busy on th e proposition early In program by the Sunday school and a h e l n r h e ld s » h <■ m h » _____ moved to th e „ le y s was p r i n t e d , p rl„g J »er.non on T hanksgiving them es by d ^ X . JnhThuie X v cT nT ^ official report» from various w e n - jace n t to the alley m ust sign th e pe tition. to the council. The petition was spon- Ttte»e sidew alks, s o n g wtth Ita un Hex 8. E arl C hilders. l y w a y e .'o tL e nterlng ! the table, a re under M ^ a ’ berS lndlc“ * tb a l » « T ara «-eUlag Dr. W. C. R ebhan and Dr. S. Ralph sored by a com m ittee from the Spring- usually large am ount of paving, give i The M ethodist mid-week services th e lr m em berships rapidly. Dlppel plan to move th e ir offices In- field U ons club. Tb« petition was re Springfield a d istin ctiv e place among tonight will be given over to T hanks- p e o p e a re out of town, having din R eports of the progress of the d r iv e , to q u arters in the second story (erred to th e light com m ittee fo< In cUtse Ita six» In the valley. The giving topics, according to announce- n er -with relativ es and friends In o th e r com m unities. will be heard F riday noon when th e the new F irst N ational bank build- vestigation and recom m endation. Only paving on the eaat side of th e ■ m ent by Rev. F. L. Moore. Among these a re Dr. and Mrs. W. club m eets for its weekly luncheon. ‘ a t Ma,D and F ,fth 8treeta- D- Dance H » ll Ordinance Up. The B aptist services will s ta rt at C. Rebhan and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan W illam ette riv er In Lan» county Is . Roof, local Jeweler, also plans an An ordinance regulating public w l(b| n th e lim its of Springfield 7:30 o'clock. Rev L. E. Blom will In th is m anner, th « Red C roa. roll immP<)tafe remova, from hls Fourth Male, who a re spending th eir Thanks- dunce halls 'a the city of Springfield j _________ give a T hanksgiving serm on. giving at B row nsville a s th e guests “ St>‘'ln<fleld 18 bein« handled gtreet locaUon to tbe buglneaa room «a. ordered draw n by the council SCHOOL TAXPAYERS MORE TO CUM __ ______ ___ _____ ‘ quietly and quickly, local b u s in e s s ' , h„ . ... , ...... : of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. T em pleton. „ . ° n the low er floor of th e bank build- a fte r discussion A fee of 613 a uuur i men believe. Mr and Mrs. W illiam R. Dewson I >ng. MEETING FRIDAY EVENING te r w in tlie license decided upon. The OFFICERS NOMINATED BY a re spending T urkey day w ith friends F ix tu res are being installed In th e o rd ln a n ie will be draw n sim ilar to CHRISTMAS SEAL SALES T he Springfield school budget, I bank building th is week, and it lg LOCAL LEGION AUXILIARY a‘ Albany the ru e now In force In E u g tiv , which show ing lotal expenditures for the ■ - ■ Miss Eubank, of Stanfield, Oregon. START HERE DECEMBER 1 the hope of bank officials to be ab le is doHlgm-d chlelty to regulate m inors coining year of 667.255. wll be voted N om inations of officers for 1926 and Is here for T hanksgiving a t th e home to open for business th e re early in going to public dancea. C hristm as seal sales cam paign for December. It is probable th a t the on by tax p ay ers of school d istrict No. plans for a C h ristm as drive for the of her brother, Leland Eubank. Budget Passed by Council. th e benefit of tuberculosis work will bank will m aintain tem porary head T he Springfield City budget c a rry 19 at an election m eeting to he held benefit of th e P ortland v eteran s hos-1 Mr and Mrs. C. E. W heaton have i In th e city hall tom orrow evening ! pital wre Im portant featu res of a ( as th e ir guests today Mr. and Mrs. s ta rt here on D ecem ber 1. T he sales q u arters In the old building a t Second ing estim ated exp en d itu res of 625.- ¡If th e budget Is adopted by the tax- 1 m eeting of the A m erican Legion aux- H erbrt V incent of Eugene. will be handled by school children, and Main stre e ts while the move is 926 as advertised was passed by the payers, the schools will be operated Illary, held Monday evening a t the and will continue u n til C hristm as. The C. EL and C. A. S w arts fam- under way. council and the reco rd er Instructed to j llles a re enjoying T hanksgiving to- E. R. D anner of th e D anner G arage The money raised through the c e rtify th e sam e to th e county a s this year at an Increase of 61800 over h o in e of Mrs. M. B. H untly. The officers nom inated will be vot- gether. sessor. No citizen was on head t o j ast sale of the seals in Lane county finds comfPa ny sta te d today th a t ho expe budget w ithout e«t on a t the m eeting to be held Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Pollard and Its way back to th e com m unity to opf‘n for business In the F ifth and suggest any a lte ratio n s in th e budget Adoption of th« change is anticip ated by school of D ecember 16 They a re : presid ent, children a re a t Oregon City, w here through service in th« schools, clin- - A street8 bT Jan u ary 1. Removal of ficials. The expense schedule was Mrs. M. B. llu n tly ; vice-president, they have dinner with Mrs. P ollard's les held in various com m unities, as- ' ‘quiPinent to the new stru c tu re will FAST FOOTBALL CAME ON draw n up by th e d is tric t budget No Mrs. F. B H am lin and Mrs. C. A. sister. Mrs Lottie Crawford. W illiam ! sistan ce to tuberculosis suffers and sta rt 39 8000 38 the doors and win- LOCAL GRIDIRON TODA vem ber 2, and at th at tim e the meet- S w arts; scretn ry , Mrs. Rewey and Pollard, who rem ained h ere for co- th e ir fam illts. dows a re completed. W orkm en are . . . . Ing called for tom orrow night. Mrs. H. E. Max^y; tre a su re r. P earl day's footbal game, will go to Ore- I now laying the cem ent floors of the A rlp-rim rlng T urkey day b attle I. Th(, bU(1|M , b<1WB a „ lnrreaKe in B eth Konkel. executive secretary bu,w ,n r . . hlcb l8 o^ e(1 bv Snook; hlRlorlan, Mrs. B ernice Van gon City tom orrow. vorm teed those who view th e grid t(.ll(,,lerB and ,an lto r Wpe of n early Valzah and Mrs. Maxey. | Dr. and Mrs. N. W. E m ery a re host of th e Lane County Public H ealth an(j p e r ^jnS- F B I n r ts r w ia f in n hua a r u in l fh o lo o t txx-rx Iw.tttle to be stair"«! th is afternoon be- 65000 T h is d istrict Is 6117.920.07 in Plans w ere made for solicitation of and hostess today to a large num ber association, has spent th e last two tw een th e Springfield High school w eeks in this d is tric t and has dis debt. Of thia am ount, 673.000 Is In local business men In connection with of relatlTe-s and friends. Among these HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WILL football team and the hlghly-toulcd bonds, and 663.020 In bonded Indeb th e drive to be made for good things a re Mr. and Mrs. John Rossm an. Mr. covered nine cases of tuberculosis a t C ottage Grove eleven. ATTEND Y. M. C. A. MEET Co fill th e C hristm as box to be sent and Mrs. C harles Paddock and chil- W endllng. tedness. The Springfield team , while slig h t to th e V eterans hospital. It was point- dren, Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Lightfoot F o rty per cent of the money raised H alf a dozen or niore Sprlngfelld ly crippled, goes Into Ihe gam e h e a rt ed out th a t the cause Is a w orthy and children, P. H. E m ery and son, through the seals rem ains in Lane WILLAMETTE U. CLUB IS High school youths will leave Friday ened by th e veltors defeat by Lehan- one, and m uch help from th e busl- Lloyd, and others. county, 5 per cen t goes to the nation for McMinnville, w here they will a t on last F rday by a score o f 16 to 0. FORMED AT MEETING HERE nesa houses Is expected in th e effort. Mrs. May C raft is a g u est a t the al association, and 55 per cen t for tend th e annual O regon O lder Boys P revious Io th a t tim e. C ottage Grove Monday Mrs. H untly shipped a C. F. Eggltnann hom e today. work throughout the state. Th«> first re g u la r m eeting of the conference held under th e auspices of had held herself u n defeated by high T hanksgiving box to th e hosp ital, In- ■ newly organised W illam ette U niversi the Y. M. C. A. T he boys going from school aggregations. eluding ntno boxes of Jellies, p reserv W edding A nnouncem ents Made HONOR ROLL ANNOUNCED here re p re se n t the Hi-Y, churches, T he line up which s ta rts today's ty ex -students and g rad u ates club, es and canned fruit, and th ree boxes Mr. and Mrs. M ilton Cyr have re and o th er organizations. gam e Includes Pollard a t center, organised here last F riday, will be BY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL of apples. ceived word of the m arriag e vester- Among those who will attend the Thom pson and Iximhurd nt guard. held Jan u ary 8. probably In Eugene. ------------------------ day of Mr. Cyr'e sister, (know n to Twenty-tw o w ere p resen t a t th e or Springfield High school honor roll, coference are F rank Lom bard, John Moon and Louk a t tackle, H astings Springfield people a s Mrs. E lm er Including all who have made grades I D> n«'h, R alph Cole, Lee S tratto n , Lyle and C. Thompson nt ends, M cPherm n ganization m eeting held a t th e Dr. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE W. H. Pollard home here. O fficers - j - q £l_ECT FRIDAY NIGHT Ft«‘rb s t> t ° George R obinson of Ash- of 90 or above in th e firs t six w eeks | H astings, and C harles Thompson. a t qu arter. C ow art anti larwia at half, ______ land. T he 'wedding took p a c e a t the of school, was anounced yesterday by •were elected a s fo lo w s: Miss R uth T. J. W h itak er of th e high school and Geiger at. full hack T hat he will not accept re-election home of Mr. and Mrs. John ,C yr of P rincipal V. D. Bain. faculty will accom pany the local dele "W allop Cnltiige Grove" has been Schaefer, Eugene, p reald en t; Fay gation. T he conference will end Sun th e w eek's slogan, printed on bill Spaulding, Springfield, vice-president; to th e presidency of th e Springfield Kelso, W ashington. The nam es follow: The newly-weds left Im m ediately day night. boards and ribbons, at thq high i l.yle Bolton, Eugene, secretary , and C ham ber of Cominerce u t tom orrow A gatha Beals, L ucella A ndrus. Iowa school. In this giimi' It Is the hope ! V. D llaln, Springfield, treasu rer. n ig h t's m eeting was th e announce- after th e wedding yesterday for C arlton. Naomi C arlton, Alnia G reen- o f Ihe grldders Io m ake up for t I„dr I Datil« 1 T aylor of Springfield was m n t made («slay by W. F. W alker, points south, nnd are expected to stop LEGION NAMES OFFICERS Mr. W alker h as served as head of the a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wood. Dale G riffith, W ilma Hock, d e feat by Harrl»l»urg laut Friday, 14 chosen rep o rter. A MEET HELD TONIGHT Any ex-W illam ette stu d en ts In this local civic body for five years. Cyr for a short visit In a few days. G(ertrude H augan, Evan Hughes. Dor- to 6. ehe L orim er, E sth e r M cPherson. d istrict a re urged by th e officers to Tom orrow n ig h t's m eeting will b.» E lection of officers will be the Grade Morse, G ertrude Musto^, M ar B enefit Card Party. com m unicate w ith S ecretary Lyle held at th e cham ber a t 7:30 o'clock. 4-L FIELD MAN IS HEARD principal business to be tak en care g a re t O derkirk, W ilbur P eters. W il Bolton, care of J. C. Penny company, The «lection of th e officers for 1926 Spanish W ar V eterans auxiliary Is BY LOCAL ORGANIZATION Bugene, before th e hext mwetlng Is will be th e principal bu sin ess featu re, giving a benefit card parly a t the liam Pollard, Paul P o tter, C onstance of a t a m eeting of the Springfield post R ebhan, Lucille Richm ond, Em m a of the A m erican Legion, to be held it though various civic problem s are arm ory In Eugeno F riday night. Mrs. T h e need, of more o p erato rs In the held. R ogers, Lucille S tew art, M argaret th is evening. The new ly elected of scheduled fo r discussion. M. B. llu n tly . of Sprngfield, Is chair- ficials 'will be installed a t a fo rth l-oyal Legion of Loggers and L um ber S w arts and W lnnlfred Tyson. ■ --------------- m an of the com m ittee arran g in g the Cookie Campaign On. coming mieetlng, and will serv e for m en m em bership wns em phasized by A gatha Beals, M argaret O derkirk the com ing year. WOODMEN OF WORLD PLAN event. IL II. Dnmnion. field rep resen tativ e and W illjur P eters top the list w ith Cookies for th e V eterans hospital A feed is planned by the legion of that, organization, In a talk given DRIVE FOR MEMBERS a g rade of 95 per cent each. Dancing Club Form ed. In P o rtlan d are being collected this naires, w ith M. B. H untly In charge. before the locul un it In mending Mon woek-end by m em bers of the auxili Plans for a cam paign for 50 neiw [, ....... — d ay night. U nafflllated M embers Gueata Thlrty-flvo couples m et a t O range American Legion Auxiliary Cookie Mr. Dammon showed on Che screen ary of the.A m erican Legion. Word has m em bers by Jan u a ry 1 w ere m ade a t Drive. scen es of various logging o p eratio n s been rocelved by Mrs, M. B. H untly a m eeting of th e Springfield lodge of ball, a t T hurston, la s t T hursday E a ste rn S tar m em bers n o t y e t af The cookies drive at the A m erican In the N orthw est. Among th e pictures th a t Ihe Springfield quota of cookies th e Woodmen of th e W>ortd held Tues- night, and organized a dancing club, w ere some of th« re cen t celebrations m ust lie In P ortland n o t la te r than day evening. A m em bership cam - The new club will m eet every two filiated w ith tho Springfield chapteb Legion a u x lia ry is now on and all nt W endllng nt which m any locnl 6-L Decemheir 3, and for th is rt'ason all paign com m ittee wns na.m»d as fol- w eeks In the future. T he firs t dance will be special guests a t social night, who will give cookies may leave them cookies contributed hero m u st be lows: chairm an, George Cox. O. H. will he held a t th e G range h all on De- to be held on the evening of D ecem w ith Mrs. H untly a t th e store or w ith memlbers were In attendance. T he m anner In w hich the 6-L o r ready for shipm ent nHtiirday. The Colburn, iDr. R. P. M ortensen. Sam com ber 3, T he com m ittee on arrange» ber 1, by the C ascade chapter. A pro Mrs. Mgxey a t th e Springfield News ganization has prom oted b e tte r fool cookies can be left a t the H untly dfl- Richm ond, Mr. Cross, R. C. M arkee ime « ts Is planning refresh m en ts v a gram . and refreshm ents, a re fe a tu re s office. Any and all kinds of cookies being arranged. featWfi of th e affair. nre alw ays appreciated by our boy« ing In th« lu m l^ r IrWliistry betw een IcateSHcn o r n t the Springfield News and Ira Sankey. T uesday evening, th e E astern Stur In the hospital and should be left at E lection of officers, and eomifletiion I --------------- -------- - men mid em ployers was told by the office. of th e cam paign plans, will bo fea-| p ortiand Man Here— B. S um ner of m em bers served refresh m en ts to the e ith e r of th e above m entioned places epeaker. h ires of a m eeting to be held on the th(> T A R |g gs com pany of lxm lnnd m em bers o f the local Masonic lodge not la te r th an S aturday of this week, Kill Klare In Eugene. tWetiing of D erem her 1. A large at- v a a jn Springfield on business Tues- follow ing lodge m eeting. M arket M atter Named. N ovem ber 28. day. W illiam Donaldson, local business T he Kill K lare club of Springfield is tandance Is expected. M other Is III— Mrs. W illiam Pohl, Will E ntertain. m an, has been appointed m aster of to m eet a t the home o f Mrs. Wilfred Mrs. W. H. Adrian will en tertain th e new prisluoers m arket. The mnr- Bocks In Eugene Monday afternoon. In from C edar F lat—Oeorge H art Here from T hurston—Mrs. L. Har- of A storia, m other of Mrs. M. R. k e t opened w ith succors la s t S a t Many of the 'o ra l d u b m em bers are of C edar F lat was In Springfield rlngton of T hurston was h e re Tues- llu n tly of Springfield, Is reported to the C hrysanthem um club of Spring- be seriously 111. field a t her home December 2. urday, and was used again Tuesday. planning to atten d the affair. Tuesday. day.