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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
twknty - tiuhd year
Pi® SHE CHOSEN /ò c ie ty
BÏ COMMITTEEMEN
JPIUNGP1KLD. LANE COUNTY. OREGON,
NOVEL STUNTS FEATURE
LION S LADIES NIGHT
Plot at Southeast End of City
Industrial Tract Will Be De Novel stu n ts hy well-known Lions, I
veloped: Playgrounds To Be o th er Interesting program featu res, i
Facilitated By Swimming and first clar-s music, a good atten d an ce, I
and a chicken d in n er combined to j
Boating On Mill Racer
Bryan’s W iJow Write» j
THURSDAY, JAN. 21. 1926-
ROBERT LEE SANKEY IS
KILLED AT WENDLING
«tru ck In the head by a log while
working In logging operations at
W endllng Friday, R obert L ee S an k 'y ,
19, well-konwn In Springfield, sun-
tain»si inurlea which resulted In ble
death a t the Eugene hospital » atu rcay
afternoon.
Fuñera" services were held a t the
W alker chapel In Springfield Monday
afternoon. Rev E V. S tivers, pastor
of the Eugene f h r ls tla n church had
charge of the services.
T he sudden death of the young man
brought sorrow to his m any friend« In
Springfield. He Is survived by his
widow, his father. B G. Sankey of
S pringfield; two brothers. Elm er and
H a rris; th ree «latere, Mrs
Maude
fthlnevault. M argaret. Millie and
"T h «
A
People's Paper*
L IV E
NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 3
NEW QUARTERS ARE
LEASED BY CHAMBER
Civic Organization to Moet In
Bank Building; 70 Member«
Obtained in Successful Drive;
Directors Hold Busy Session;
Meeting to be Held Friday.
m ake the Lions ladles' nlglht, held 1
, Decision to lease now room for
Choice of the five acre» at the Monday evening In the Woodmen of
I cham ber of com m erce h ead q u arters
e u u lliiw t end of th e re c e n t X acquired the World hall, an unqualified sue- |
j In the Comm ercial S tate bank build-
Hprlnsflold Induairlal tr a d for the de cess Seventy roaring Lions and th eir I
■ Ing, steps to p et the organization on
velopm ent of a city park for use a* ladles enjoyed the event
, a su b stan tia' financial and business
H ere are some of (be highlights on
early «» next »Witmer w»» m ad' la»t
( basis, and com pletion of the annual
Hulurdny by the City lndu»trlal and th e Lions program :
| m em bership drive with practically
D ancing pantom im e by Hi» las Mur
P ark com m ittee
100 per cen t of the business men en-
T he park »lie te «haded by tree«, phy. ably supported by a phonegruph
Laura.
and lie* along the mill race, forming
M outh org u n solo,
M ayor 0 . O.
rolled— these are the w eek’s chief d>
Plan Revival Meeeting.
E vangelistic m eetings will s ta rt a t J velopm ents in Springfield C ham ber of
a natural path T he city 1« e x a c te d Ilushm an
STRAY BULLET INJURES
to proceed with clearing brush from
l.lon tam ing stu n t hy Lions V » I
the B aptist church h ere Jan u ary 31, Commerce affairs.
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the »lie. and with a little other Im Bain a * : J C. McMurray.
MILL WORKER AT LOWELL and continue for th ree weeks. Evange-- The arrangem ents for new quartern
B ead in g hy Lion F It Hamlin
provem ent It will he ready for use
list Laughlin of P ortland will h a v e , for the cham ber to use exclusively,«
C. L. Glaspey. 30. of Lowell narrow barge of the meetings.
as a picnic «round» and playground«.
S tu n t hy Lion John K elt!«. J r
were first discussed a t a m eeting of
ly escaped death Monday morning i
The m'll race w l| provide boatln«
M usical n u m b ers by th e Lion« qtiur-
the board of directors held T uesday
when a stray bullet, fired by an A- LEGION TO REPEAT ITS
and »wlinmln« facllltlee. made m or" lid, com posed of Lion«. W. C. Itehhan,
evening. Y esterday m orning
thn
u|e -titled person, struck him on th" ,
a t t r a c t i v e b y a go od le-iu h along the 8 It lUpi'Cl, llary S tew art anil Dal
hoard of tru stees m et w ith P eery and
VAUDEVILLE MONTHLY W inzenrled. ow ners of thij build' ng
top of his head, inflicting a painful I
la s M urphy
etr« am
wound, but falling to e n te r th e skull, j
T he lease hy which lh« city acq u ir
II E Maxey, p r e a ld n t of the L ons
to be occupied hy th e civic orgnl-
Arnerlcan 7-egioo night a t the Beil
(fa sp e y w as working a t the Hill
ed the Industrial tr a il I r o v l ' e s th at club, acted as fo.istm a-t'-r and called
zatlon, and completed the arran g e
th eatre, offering highly en tertain in g
brother- mill south of Lowell The ,
five acre« he devoted to park p ur on all mem ber« for shop* talk«
m ents for a lease of one year.
vaudeville
stu
n
ts
and
a
vivid
w
e
s
te
rn
,
mill had shult down and the workmen j
pose», ami t wn« lh«’ decision of th ■ Ml«« H attie Mitchell, m issionary to
The ow ners of th e building have
were seated, when the bullet, f red picture, proved a success and it Is agreed to m ake certain rep airs and
com m ittee
that th«-
developm ent Africa, sang two »elections and ex
ihe plan of the v eteran s’ organiza
supposedly by a huntsm an In th " n e a r
would he h. t Centered on n part hibited C trl is brought from the dark
alterations which will m ake the
by forest, struck Glaspey. H e was ren tion to give vaudeville program s once ! room s m ore attractiv e and conven
which already hus th e natu ral adv.m continent
a
month
from
now
on.
T h e -N advornlk trio gave several Wn Jennings Bryan, widow of th • dereil unconscious.
ient to r cham ber of com m erce use.
tnScs of a park
Musical selections were given by
great "Coma-oner" perm its herself
Fellow workmen rushed Glaspey to ;
ln«pect T ract.
Cham ber officlifs feel fortunate In
mu«lcal «election»
th e N advornlk trio. T he C h ai'esto n
The com m lllee, accofnpwnled bv
The chicken d inner was served by to In- photographed She la working Springfield, w here he was treated by I
■ obtaining th e ch arters, because of
vaudettes
presented
a
surprise
fea
S ecretary E n g ,n - Chadwick of th.- th e Indios' of th> C hristian church of on the diary of her late husband—a s a local physician It was found th«’ .
th eir convenient cen tral location and
siste d hy h er son, Wm. J e n n n g
the b u ll't had p en etrated the «oft, ture. Including snappy songs and the possibilities of arran g in g publi
K u c n e C ham ber of Cdhemerce P reai Springfield
dances.
The
V
audettes
include
S
hir
Bryan.
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tissu e of his head, but had not en ter
city and produce displays In them .
d an t H erbert Cox of the Springfield
ley H emenway, D orene L arim er, S4y-
ed
th
e
skull
To
this
fact,
the
physi
cham ber, ami W elby 8 ’- vens. mail"
A cham ber of comm erce sign is to be
N e w ly w e d s S u r p r is e d .
bll Carney. H 'lda Ditto. Isaline K es
cian said. Glaspey probably owes hl« j
put a t the «talrs lead'ng to the room».
an Inspection of th e en tire tract for
More than JO m em bers of the local I SMITH INSTALLED HFAD
te r and Fay Driscoll. Miss D riscoll
It was the decision of the directors
the first tim e S aturday
Im lge of th e N eighbors o f Wcodcraf* |
OF LOCAL ENCAMPMENT life.
presented the C harleston, the coun
G laspey Is not known to -have any ,
to Invite only the W om an's Civic club,
Mr Stevens, who purchased th" w ent Io T h u rsto n yesterday wlo-re
try 's f e w e s t dance, and was en th u
which work« as a sister organization,
land fo» the railroad term inal sit« they held a surprise parly »or Mr and
II. W. Sm ith was Installed chief enem ies, and it is believed th a t t h e ■ siastically applauded.
fired unintentionally In the >
to m eet in th e rooms.
»• vi-ral years ago. pointe out th e co r Mrs E rnest Burch. recen tly m arried p atriarch at a m eeting of the Spring- bullet w
L ast night the perform ance w<ts
To Submit R ’ ports.
ner« and boundaries of th o tract to here Mrs Burch » one of the m ana .I'-ld E ncam pm ent. 1. (). O. F., held direction of th e mill.
repeated, before an audience made
The first action of the directors a t
the com m ltt' '-men
last Friday night
gers of th e lodge.
tip largely of high school students.
Tuesday n ig h t's m eeting was to adopt
The Eugene Cham ber of Commerce
11 4- II Hard, chief patriarch of the ACCIDENTAL SHOT IS
The party met at E gglm ann’« c an
Reduced ra te s to high and Junior
1« cooperating with the local cham ber dy shop and from th ere went In au Eugene encam pm ent was Installing
a report, show ing all the old financial
FATAL TO H. THIENIS high school stu d en ts for the second obligations of the cham ber. A rrange
ami the Indu-trtal co m m ltt-c In giv tnm obllea Io the B urch home. They officer» lie Inducted Into j.fflce, in
perform ance a re given.
m ents w ere m ade for paym ent w ithin
ing pub Icltv to the city ’« offer of took with them delicious refresh addition to Mr. Sm ithh. the following-
H arry S. T h ltn es, 25. of D eerhorn,
W. P. Tyson. A m er'can Legion com
30 days of all debts of th e organiza
free Industrial site« to dralrSble In m e n ts, and a lovely niece of «1 v r- Oswald Olson. sc rib e ; J. 8. Lora!»,
died a t 11 o'clock yesterday m orning m ander. spoke, sta tin g that the legion
tion. at the same tim e keeping up
d u stries The com m ittee ha» had a t ware, which was p resented a t a wed trensuri r. and H Jolt ff. Junior w ar
a t th e P acific C hristian hospital as felt the need of good vaudevl le In
tractiv e literatu re published pn ntlng ding present to the new lyw edx
den. O ther officers are to be Installed a result of gunshot wound received Springfield at least once a m onth with cu rren t obligations
It was w ith the m a tte r of keeping
out the advantage« of th ' site and the
Mrs B urch wn« form erly Mrs. Lil at a la te r date.
' Friday, when a rifle was accidentally and would attem p t to fill th a t need.
on a sound business basis in mind
opportunities for developm ent of pros lie Rhodes.
discharged In the han sdof hts broth The legion, he said, is glad to coop
th at the directors decided to ask
puroua Industries In Springfield, and
ASSISTANT PASTOR IS
erate in any w orthy en terp rise here.
er. E arl,
for m onthly rep o rts from the secre
this pi being spread over the slate and
The two men w ere In the woods
The com m ittee in charge of the tary and treasu rer, show ing the exact
NAMED FOR CHRISTIANS
At O ratorio Society Meeting.
elsew here
n ear D eerhorn, taking up a line if program s is Ja c k L arson. T ru b ert
A
num
ber
of
Springfield
p
./p
l
e
statu s of the finances of the cham ber.
8 a w m ll l S it e S e e n .
Rev O. H M cA llister has been traps. Earl stum bled, and the gun H enderson and L. H. Neet.
, These reports will be subm itted and
A fter looking over the tract, the w ere p re « 'n t nt the rehearsal of the nun.»-I assistan t pastor of the C hris
was
discharged.
The
bullet
passed
com m ittee was unanim ous In the opin O ratorio club. In Eugene, held Mon tian church of Springfield, following a
F-t.-r.-n-r« I«.«.«-«IT-
considered a t d irecto r's meetings.
through Mr. T hlenes' Intestines, punc JITNEY ENTERTAINMENT
was decided to send postcard#
ion thnt there Is an Ideal locution for day evening The d u b Is to present decision to nam e a helper to Rev. 8
tu
rin
g
them
in
12
places.
ENRICHES TREASURY previous to each m eeeting to al mem-
an o th er snw m 'll at the southeast cor. Ihe oratorio. "E lijah." Those present Earl C hilders m ade at the an n u a
It was an hour before the Injured
bers of the organization announcing
n er of the city lim its on w hat Is fro m bere Included Mrs A B Van m eeting.
The oft-repeated adage about drops
man was gotten to D eerhorn. and a
known as the old Bryan place H ere Is Valznh. Mrs 8 8 Potter. rMs. N. W.
Rev. and Mrs. M cAllister will d '- i Springfield physician called. He was of w ater and grains of sand was prov the date of th e session and probably
other details of the m eeting. Thia
n n atu ral site for a large m il pond Emery. Mr- Ella Lombard. M aurlne vote a large part of th eir tim e In call
taken Im m ediately to Eugene, w here en again last Friday night when th e 1 was done as a p art of an effort m ade
Lombard. .E unice
Thu mill would be so located that the Lom bard, Frank
in g in th e home«. T hey have asked a serious operation was perform ed. Springfield
P aren t-te ach ers associa
for large attendance a t cham ber
rnllroad would lie along one side and P ark er. N orton P e-g ra. W ilfred Cook. th a t names and ad d resses of people
tion conducted a social at which the
I
Tho
funeral
will
he
he
d
at
2
o’clock
George
Signor,
W
aller
G
ossler
and
the pond on the other.
»-ho should be called on be handed , this afternoon at th " V eatch under owly nickel played king, with happy m eetings.
W alter G ossler has accepted the
It was derided by the com m ittee Elm er H alstead
them
tak in g parlors in Eugene. The de re su lts for the tre a su ry of the organi recording secretaryship of the cham
th at only thnt portion of the Indus-
ceased Is survived hy his widow, zation. More th an $75 was cleared. ! ber, P resid en t H. J. Cox will h a re
tria l Iraci which lies north of the
K ill Kare Meets.
FRESHMAN MAKES RECORD (tw o children, his parents, th ree bro above expenses, a t th e Jitney social, • charge of all correspondence.
rnllroad will he opened for develop
M' -bi
of th e Kill K are club were
this sum to be used for the asso c ia -!
M eet Friday Night.
m ent. for the present. The p art on di-l ghtfully en tertain ed at the hon " WALK HERE FROM EUGENE th e rs and two sisters.
tlon's first aid w ork am ong school Ì
The last m eeting held in the old
the other side of the tract must he of Mrs. Fn-d Chess In Eugene Fri-
1
children.
E xisting wnlking records betw een ACCOUNTANTS REPORT ON
hall, above the Morrison and Cling-
cleared before developm ent can p ro . dav afternoon A fter nn nfternoon o t
Five cents adm ission was charged,
an store, will be held tom orrow night,
ceed.
hrl ’ge. refresh m en ts w ere served, Springfield and Eilgene underw ent
CONDITION CITY BOOKS coffee and cookies, hom e made candy,
(Friday.)
j P resen t from Springfield wore Mrs. som ewhat of a strain last Friday when
and pop corn balls could be purchased i
Outline of p a n s for m aking sure
; Maude Bryan. Mrs. Clark W heaton, a freshm an of the U niversity of O re
T h at the Springfield city hooks are for a Jitney, and adm ission to f i r s t 1
ORCANIZE CHURCH FOR
construction of the highw ay
Mrs. M M. P erry, Mrs. A. J. Perkins, gon. th e victim In a fra te rn ity house in first class condition is the report class program« given repeatedly In the
,
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ette riv er
CHILDREN: AIMS TOLD , Mrs. Eugene R enter nnd Mrs. W. H. Initiation, hot-footed It to this city, of Tyson and H orton, expert account eight room« was obtainable by , m ore bridge across the W illam
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to obtain th e sig n atu re of the su p er
a t Springfield—the cham ber of cont
Adrian.
intendent of the Booth-Kelly mi'l an ts. who have audited the books for nickels The grade schools. Junior high ra roe's chief objective a t the pres
Fifty chi dren. rnnglng from six to
1925 and subm itted th eir findings to school, and high schools gave the
here.
14 year« of age, w ere present nt the
ent t ’me— is to he m ade a t this meet-
the
city counc’l. The accountants program .
Legion
Holds
M
eeting.
Tlie frosh m ade (he Journey In rec
flr«t m eeting of tho Ju n io r church,
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Ing. A bridge com m ittee has been ap-
praised
both
R
ecorder
R.
W.
Smith
re cen tly orgnn'zed nt tho C hristian i . F u rth e r plans for the Am erican Le ord tim e, turn in g down nil offers for
azM A C C ic n n w r n v
'p o in ted , and will he Instructed at
gion vaudeville night at the Bell the-1 rides, and obtained O. H. J a r re tt s nnd T reasu rer W. O. H ughes, for the DAMAGE IS DON.- B \
'F rid a y n ig h t’s m eeeting.
church of itprlngflcld
m
anner
In
whieh
the
hooks
were
kept,
atre
were
made
at
a
meeting
of
the
sig n atu re w ithout a bit of tro u b e . Hts
Mr. nnd Mrs Fn-d K aufman nre 1u
WINDSTORM IN CITY
The bridge and the m a tte r of locat-
charge of the work Tho prim ary p u r local post held last Thursday night. re tu rn trip. It was reported, was made and «tated th at a new nnd m ore uni
—
ing industrial p lants on the city ’s
pose of th o Junio r church, «aid Mr II Is planned to m ake (he yaudeyl$e[ In sim ilar good tim e The time lim it form system is now being considered.
A brisk w indstorm , blowing up S a t-' industrial tra c ts alo ’ g the railroad
T he acco u n tan ts' rep o rt showR thnt urday. blew over a large billboard on are being pushed with vigor here. The
K aufm an vosl"rday, 1« "to supnlem ont program a m onthly nffalr If II prov»’ I allowed th e Initiation vctlm was an
tho Bible school In C hristian trnlnlnn a financial succeaa. R efreshm ents hour and 50 m inutes. He Is reported $17.950 was spent during 1925, while Main street, dam aging an autom obile industrial project Is being exploited
and keep tho children who would not Were serv ed under the direction of M to have far outw alked this schedule. the budget appropriations ran to and did other dam age In this vicinity. j,y m eans of various publicity fea-
$13.360. The balance unexpended Is
otherw ise Attend the adult services B. Huntly.
Severnl autom obile« w ere parked t urPS, including the p rinting of se r-
$1,127 44. while overdraw n
sums along the curb opposite the billboard era] hundred bills te i Ing of the ad-
a t church. Tho Junior aorvloo tnkos
LOCAL
HEALTH
BRANCH
P a rty at Gossler Home.
am ounts to $5.717.58.
plnoe during the reg u lar pronohlng
ORGANIZED AT MEETING j T otal assets of $196,038 91 are when It was blown down. The fender vantages of th e offer, and stories In
A gronup of young people sp en t nn
of one of these was badly dam aged, ■ new spaper» and clvlg organization
hour, and In a sep arate d epartm ent,
shown In the report. T he net deb t now w hile fenders on o th er cars w e r e ; m agazines.
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tho program following as closely as enjoyable evening n t the W alter
O
rganization
of
a
S
p
rln
g
fied
G ossler hom e Monday evening. As
stan d s at. $142.411.42.
scratched. I t as considered fo rtu n ate
M em bership Drive Buccesa.
posaslhle th n t of th e adu lts.”
braneh
of
the
Lane
County
H
ealth
as
G eneral obligation bonds total $120.- th a t no one as p assin g the board at
Mr. K aufm an extended nn Invita sistin g Mr. and Mrs. G ossler In en eoclntlon was accom plished at a m eet
Success attended the efforts of the
i
000.
w hile local Im provem ent bonds th e tim e, as it fa 1 en tirely across th e dham her In its m em bership drive,
te
rtain
in
g
at
the
affair
w
ere
M
argaret
tion for children not atten d in g else-
ing
held
h
ere
Inst
F
rid
ay
night.
Out
1 show nn aggregate of $51.400.
sidewalk.
w here to m eet w ith th e C hristian and Anne Oorrle.
and as a re su lt th ere are now 70 mem
T hose p resen t w ere th e M isses line of plans for w ork In th e countv
T he chim ney on th e Milton Cyr bers In the organization. The cam
church Bible school and rem ain for
schools
In
th
is
d
istrict,
tak
in
g
up
es
N ina Brown, Edna P latt, F rancis
SEVERAL SEEK JOB OF
house was blown off by the b risk gust paign was carried on by a com m ittee
tho r h ld r e n ’s church service.
Hodge, Fnv Spaulding, M aurlne Lom pcclnlly the m atter of provldtng milk
TRAVELING MAIL ROUTE of winds. Several rad io aerials about appointed by P resident H. J. Cox.
bard, and Oswald Olson. W alter F en for undernourished children, followed
town were put out of commission.
H ere Is a 11st of the new member«,
tho
election
of
officers.
4L To Meet.
wick nnd Dr, Gernld Van Vnlxnh.
secured In th e drive:
Several madei bids for th e contract
Those chosen for various phases of
T he next m eeting of the T^iynl Le
W. H. A drian, O. F. Anderson, O.
Turbine Removed.
th e work w ere: Mrs. W alter Scott, for carry in g the m all on the Sprtng-
gion of Loggers nnd Lum berm en will
Given Surprise Party.
8.
B ushm an. H F. C larke, C. P- CloT-
T
he
huge
tu
rb
in
e
a
t
th
e
lo
c
il
fleld-Foley
S
prings
route,
according
he held a t the Woodman hnll next
John M anw nrrlng w as given n de eh nlrm an; Mrs. B ernice Vnn Valznh.
M onday evening, necordlng te an lightful surprise p nrty on the occa educational w ork; Mrs. C. E. W h eat to P o stm aster H am lin. W hile the bids M ountain S tates P ow er p lant late as • 1 er, H. J. Cox, Clover ft Anderson. H.
nouncem ent by S ecretary D. W Mc- sion of h is sixty-fourth birth d ay at i on, publicity; Mrs. Carl Olson, n u rs w ere m ade directly Io the fourth as week was removed from the plant and W Cha.se, J. E. Cross, p . W. Crlte«,
K lnnen. The m a tte r o f ch an g e In the fnm lly hom e Monday evening, i ing, nnd Mrs. M aude Bryan, finance. sistan t postm aster general, the applt- shipped to P ortland w here It Is to E. R. Danner 3. R. Dlpple, W. J. Don
prices of th e bulletins likely Is to he M em bers of tho fnmlly nnd cloae I A m eeting n i l he held every two , cation blanks were obtained nt the lo- undergo a thorough overhauling. The aldson. V. J. Daniels.
A. F. Flow ers. Flovd Flanery. N. J.
tu rb in e will be brought hack for use
m onths to consider problem s and ¡ra l office, nnd all w ere exhausted.
considered at thia seaslnn.
friends w ere present..
The final d ate for filing bids was h ere In shout a w eek. T he hill In Fu op, Fred F rese. J D. Gillespie, W.
work Miss Beth Konkel, secretary of
the county association, will m eet with Jan u a ry 19. A nnouncem ent of th e low work during the reconstruction of the A. TTall. Ja c k H enderer. M. B. H nntly,
To Give Supper.
Builds New House.
the local women nt th ese m eetings. est bidder will he m ade hy th e post- transm ission lines mado It possible F. B Hamlin. W. G. Hughes, O. H.
T he I.nynl W om en's clans will give
Among building projects started re
T h" county assoc'ntlon Is n mem ber office departm ent in a few weeks. The- to overhaul the tu rb in e a t th is tim e. J a rre tt, E. K ester, Jam es T.nxton, J.
cently was lh " construction of n new. a supper to the Loyal M en's clnss a*
F. K etels, Jr.. W illiam Long, M. J. Mo-
of the S tnto T uberculosis association. p resen t co n tract expires on June 30
house at. N inth nnd A stre e ts hy M. thn Chrlstlnn church next Frldny eve
Kiln.
Spends Day H ere—Mrs. D an W in
J. McKlIn. The new homo, to he built n in g T his n ffalr Is the outcomo of
J. C. M cM urray. H. E. Maxey, f*
frey
of
P
leasan
t
H
ill
spent
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