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A d v e rtis in g M e n n i
In c re a s e d Sales and
D e c re a s e d O v e rh c a d
THE SPRINGFIELD
âPRÎN G l’IELI), LANE COUNTY. OREGON,
TWENTY -T itilli» YEA’t
FINAL EFFOfll BN
_ ..E
S p rin g fie ld Bus
Line is P lan n ed
'Autos To Carry Passengers To
Eugene When Bridge Work
Starts On April 1.
R. A. Booth Gathering Data Foi
Submission To State High
tlussea will r< place cara for pas
way Commission February aenger tran sp o rtatio n betw een Spring-
2S; Springfield and Eugene field and Eugene, when the construe-
Men To Urge Early Construc lion of the S outhern Pnlflo hrldge !
across the W illam ette river h ere j
tion.
a tarla April 1 fttreet car service will i
Jazz Dance» or Minuet?
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NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 7
THURSDAY, EEB. 18, 1926.
« - ■ " 7 “’;
ested in Springfield s Free
Industrial Sites;
"The People’« Paper"
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DFIFSIBE GLBSED
IN » . SPRINGFIELD
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Roadside Stage Terminal Is To
Be Established On Property
A ssistance of both the. Southern j of S. D. Cairn; Blossom'»
Pacific and Oregon E lectric railroad
and sta te cham ber of commerce has 1 Land Is Sold To Eugene Man
For Subdivision Purposes.
been offered the Industrial and P ark |
J com m ittee In locating Industries on |
¡the 250-acre site e a s t of Springfield, j Two Im portant W est Springfield
not be resumed foF owing the comple
I The com m ’tte» has mailed out much property deals closed this week, arg
Thi- .u p ten t« offer! In bring about
bellev<d to give prom ise of new de*
tion of the bridge
! literatu re on the free Industrial site»
lh» «arty ron»truetlo h of !!»•• blah
during the last two w.- -k T lwt <ir r t , velopm ent In thi« fast-growing dl«.
The use of the bridge by main line
way br'd g c acre«« IS»* Wll a m c tlr riv train«, following the opening of the
request for further Inform ation about t r ’c t «»'ab llsh m en t of a roadside dl.
e r a! S -r'n g fh 'I'l will be ■' “ 'I" Feb N atron cut-off division early In th e
the tra c t ha» come from N* w J r»ey ',1>"on P°lnt nad "to ’” ’,n* Place ty t
ru a ry 26. next T hursday, when n d el siim nur, would m ake stre e t car »or.
w here a man is Interested in locating , autom obile stages, and subdivision of
egation of Hptltigfleld and Eugene Ice on the span very u n satisfactory
I two acres of W est Sorhngfleld projb
a ready cut houae factory hers.
business men will put th e m atter hr- At the presen t lime, curs are held up
erty into residence building lots, a re
The Southern P aclf’c railroad has |
fore the «tai« highway «•otumle.ion In coni nunlly while the bridge section
the expected resu lts of the two tran«*
i gotten the second lot of literatu re and actions.
_ _
««««ton a t Portland.
of the track« 1» being used for «team
h a re w ritten the d istrict freight and
_
‘ It A ttoolh. form er m em ber of the train s
j passenger agent th a t they desire to I s D r a ,r n ’ of W est SpRngfleld,
'Vomenlaalon m em ber of the Eugene
It Is believed that b etter service
“keep the Springfield tra c t in t h » ! " 'a(ed toda7 t’,a t he had « * d an
Shall we off with the new and on
^ b rid g e com m ittee, haa consented Io will he given by the busses than haa (
tlon on a roadside strip of his prop»
with
the
old,
reversing
the
well-
j foreground.”
be one of the deleg atee to the com been given recently by the street car i
, erty, located on the Inside curve of
known »xlom f Miss Bina M. V e st
P
resid
en
t
W.
F.
T
u
r
n
r
of
the
Ore-1
m ission m eeting H e la now doing line. It la expected th at the automo ,
the Pacific highway, 10fl yards from
of Port Huron, Mich. Suprem e
gon E lectric w rites th a t the l.te ra tu re fhe
car cro„ , ng atld „ lrectly
p rellm 'n a ry work, gath erin g facia an t biles wll run on regular schedule and J
Commander of the Women's Bene
fit As»oc>atlon seeks to aid the re
Interview ing engineer«, with the pur nt »host Intervals, operating on Earl
i * nd.
“ i ,? Cal_‘n ? . . ^ i Urtr.le! !" I opposite the greenhouse. The proper*
vival of old-fashioned dances. But
‘ Springfield has b te n turned over to ty. C airns understands. Is to be th»
pose of putting definite proposal» b e E leventh evenue In Eugene, out the ,
Olive Belle H am on, daughter of
i the traffic dep artm en t of the road site of the construction of a roadside
fore the atate board.
Pacific highw ay and th e McKenzie ‘
the late lak e L Hamon ardently
j with Instructions to help bring lndus- term inal for stages traveling the Pa
P ier« O ffered Fr««.
highw ay to Springfield.
advocates jazz and present« •
j trie« here.
T he railroad company has offi re*,
beautiful a rg u m e n t
cific and McKenzie h'ghw ays.
S uperin ten d en t E L King of the
th e use of the old Street car bridge S outhern P acific Portland division a n - 1
i The S tate C ham ber of C om m erce
An a ttra tlv e stucco building Is to
piers across the giver free for lh* n.mneed April t aa the date for start-1
now has the S prlngfio d lite ra tu re on be b u 'lt by the purchasers of th«
NEW PATROL OF GIRLS
consl ruction of n highw ay «pan T he liig bridge construction, while In Eu- . HOW TO CATCH THE WILY
Its tables and will re fe r seekers* for option, wrtio. It Is understood hy
high« > bsMgn M
■ '
SCOUTS
IS
ORGANIZED
free
Industrial site« to Spr.ngfield. ac- Ca)rni( haT(J arrangem ents with stage
gi-tu vesterday
CURS COUNCIL CONSIDERS
th e offer, would >»lmls»ie « d a n g -r
l cording to Its secretary.
in terests to use the place as a divi
ou< ra ilro a d c ro w in g , and would -I j
A new girl scout patrol, AdJIdaumo, |
Methods of »nforclng the dog ordi
sion point. Lunch stops for through
low th e ra Irond In low er 11» t r e . U -
nance was th e chief topic of discus has been formed this week w ith Bar BOY SCOUTS CLEAN UP
stages will be made a t W est Spring- .
at th e overt» ad cro ssln * on Mill
sion o f the special m eeting of th e city bara C handler as leader. O ther m em
ALLEYS. VACANT LOTS field, and It Is probable th e point will
• tr e e ! Tills would be i «»lble Io pr •
council held Monday evening The bers are Frebla Manning. Fay F isher,
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be used for the change of stage drir*
Vide a paved outlet to lh» Pacific |
m eeting was called lo tak e up th e N - lie H ickm an, Lydia Myer. El za-
The town received a thorough ' prs on no rth and south divisions of
h ig h w a y front Ht»rlnrf »Id
bond laaue but th e city atto rn ey could betfc Hemenway, Vilda Carson, G race scouring S aturday when the boy . the stage ro u tes W est Springfield. It
A « U g g ' »H on 1» made that the old j
not be p resen t so thia m a tte r was Lea.
scouts of the Lions troop d d th eir ( seem s. Is exactly the rig h t distance
hr dge . t r a d u r r he -
I and r - S0C|AL PROGRAM AT HIGH
T hree new m em bers have been nain annual "good turn to the com m unity" from th e next division p o 'n t on th»
postponed
inoved lo thè llavden bridge «Ite on
A dog catc h er has been employed cd for M innehaha patrol They are: : by cleaning up alleys and vacant lots, route, and thus Is thp oeical stopping
SCHOOL MONDAY EVENING
thè McKenxIe rlv rr a fter thè n»w
and it I dogs w ithout collars a re being Audry S hults, M argaret W alker and
The scouts met at the city hall point and lunching place for s ’age»
bridge |s bullt It Is al«,» polnted out
U n d e r th e a u sp ice » of th e P arert- Impounded and will be destroyed un Eileen Schantol.
and began activities. Armed with carrying through passengers. Such
th at If the new bridge 1« built right
T. u-’ier» ns.w clation, a com m unity so- less redeotued by th e ir ow ners. How
The local girls will atten d a m ass forks and shovel», they divided In") roadside dlvls'ons are being establish-
aw ay. ri-Boorlng wntl other rep airs
Clul will be held at the Springfield j ever. It Is '«catching before killing' meeting In Eugene S aturday even- groups and went over the tow n thor- ed all the wav from Canada to th»
on the old atru ctn re will not have to
high si-hoid Monday evening. An In and some dog« are hard to catch Th« Ing. They will m eet a t K etels drug oughly. S coutm aster Percy T yson and Mexican border.
h e made.
tcrestln g program h a s been arranged j counciltnen gave th e dog catch er store nt #:15 o'clock and th e re cars A ssistant Clayton B arber supervised
A. O. R atliff, of P ortland, handled
Delega^sa Named.
by Mrs W P Tyson, chairm an of th e ! som e advice as to how to catch the will be aw aiting to take them to Eu the work a t tim es.
the deal for the option with Cairn»,
T hose who a re llkelv to atten d the
wily curs.
gene. A hike, planned for the ast
soc'al com m ittee, »a follows:
F riday night the loca' scouts en- but did not sta te who he was re p ra
■tat« com m ission m eeting aa rep re
The council heard th- first reading m eeting, was postponed until b e tte r te r ed contests at a boy scout m eet Renting Day and K night, who ar»
Sung—Ju n io r high school alee club
sen tativ es of various bridge com m it
Pre School Chi d W elfare, by I)r of the o rdinance to pave th e allev w eather.
held in the mens gym nasium at th e operating sim ilar places in the 9a-
te e s a re :
from T hird to Fifth s tre e ts betw een
W H. Pollard.
U niversity of Oregon. E ntering the . lem district, were the first to w og
S p rin g field C h a m b e r of Commerce
Main and A stre e ts
Song— High School Olee club
LEGION EXECUTIVE TO
hat race were V erne Griffith. Evan over the property and discuss th»
C om m ittee: E E
Morrison. II
F
The recorder was order* d to notify
P atrio tic ad d ress — hy C o u n t y
deal w ith the W est Springfield man.
C la rk » R ub-com m ittee, A J. Perkins,
HOLD BUSINESS MEETING 1 son.
the gravel work« th at no m ore sand
School S u p erin ten d en t E. J Moor
- — Billie W heeler. E arl W heel ’r,
The property Is so located on th»
C. O Bushman. W elby Rteven».
Comm unity singing of patriot!» airs. or gravel should be taken from the i The American Legion E xecutive T heron M cM urray and Ralph Hughes, Inside of the highw ay tu rn th at it
t.lotls club com m ittee II J Cox. O.
city ground« on th e bank of the riv com m ittee will hold a business m eet-i The sam t‘ ^ OUP p c ,”red ,h e k“ ° ’' ! may be crossed by a cut-off road,
<: Bushm an. W F Walk* r
e r as It was endangering the dump Ing at John W ill's shoe shop a t 7:30 Dr,nK
Mrs McLxgan Entertains.
wltk the addftlon of which will pass behind tpe proposing
E ugene eom m lllee: Il A. Booth.
Mrs. W. C Mcl.agnn en tertain ed a! ground«.
, building, th u s elim inating congestion
, o'clock tonight to oousider a pro- I F ranklin Drurv.
C arl W aahburne
a valentine parly for her uncle. I.. W
E ntering th e boat race w ere Evan t In the term inal yards Should th»
The I,Inns club com m ittee, nam d
gram for the next m onth's activities.
S m llh. of H athaw ay. Oregon. Stir, DR. KUYKENDALL IS
. H ereafter, the legion will hold only H»*hea' A,onzo M anw arring. T heron new highw ay bridge be built acros«
»hove, war today appointed hy P resi
day.
B R O T H E R H O O D S P E A K E R a short business session a t Its sec McM nrrav. V erne G riffith and Ger- the riv er on the old stre e t car span
d ent II E MBxey to cooperate with
T a s i'fu i decorations consisted In
piers, the term inal would be located
ond mooting each month, and w ll be ! aid Morrison.
th e otln r com m ittees.
h e a rts of red crepe, red stream er«. I "Although m il loti« o f d ollnr- are
The locals lost in all events.
at the Junction of the McKenzie and
Jolnn-d 'luring the la tte r p art of the
and red candle- on the table. Place I np- nt on In stitu tio n s for bettering th -
Pacific highways.
m eeting by the I^adies of the auxil-
NEW PLANER INSTALLED
cards were of tiny rap id a ami elves 1 stock« of our hog« and our c a ttb .
Blossom Sells Property.
lary f - r oeial affa irs All service men T E N C I V I L WAR V E T S
AT SPRINGFIELD PLANT
Th» del clous two-course dinner was ‘ th ere 1« not a single in stltu t on In th'»
HEAR LINCOLN PROGRAM D irectly across from the proposed
w hether m em bers of the legion or not,
enjoyed bv Mr and Mr« 1-. W Smith, i
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| term inal site, are two acres of land
The Springfield Lum ber com pany's Mr. and Mrs. L A. Sm ith. Mr. and ! world used for the b etterin g of the a re Invited to atten d these m eetings.
Ten Civil w ar veterans, six from J which have been sold by Ed Blossom
hum an race." said Dr. W iliam Kuy-
expansion program continued th *
The legion vaudeville nights a t the
Mrs H. O. B urnett, and son. Billy. 1 kendall of Eugene In his address Hp]| th ea t r ,,_ T uesday and W ednesday Eug- ne and four from Springfield, to W F. Road, of Eugene.
week as n new planer arrived and
Earl Sm ith. W illiam Bumber, Mr and Monday night before the M ethodist ()f , h |s
Reed, it is understood, plans to cut
proved successful and w ere am ong the m any who heard the
w as in s ta te d and p reparations w ere
Mrs. Glen II enls and daughter. Peg-1
church brotherhood.
w,j|
continued next month. Mrs. Lincoln day program given at the the property up into building lots and
m ade for constructin g a sew dock.
gv, Mr and Mrs L. It Sm ith and
T he com pany received a new resnw
Problem s of racial advancem ent C harlotte B arnes, w inner of th e couu- Woodmen of the W orld hall last Fri- se'l It for home sites. Blossom a t
children. Louise and Jim m y. Oneln
The new m achine Is to he used for
were discussed at length by the Eu- ty old fiddlers' contest, gave severa dal under the auspices of the local ready Is tearin g down hl« house on
Sm ith. Mr nnd Mrs McLngnn and
finish work It Is equipped w ith prof
gene m edical man. To often, he said, selections on the fiddle, and W alter circle. I-adlee' of the Grand Army of ( the p roperty and will rem ove It to
sons, R ussell nnd Ralph.
th e Republic.
, m ake way for the developm ent p ro ject
ile heads, and will be used for pro-
"w e stop with individual |develop- G ossler sang two solos.
A varied program in mem ory of j The p ro p erty lies directly along tb»
d u rin g celling, moulding, shlplap. and |
m ent and b etterm en t. But as fo f a c -.
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the Civil w ar president was giver highw ay, and consists of an attractlv »
A eneas Meeting.
various kinds of special work, adding
tu al developm ent of Ute race, we are ¡SOUTHERN PACIFIC DOES
Among the num bers which received : orchard tra c t as well as meadow land,
The
A
eneas
club
m
et
with
Mrs.
C
m uch to the equipm ent of the local
far too Inactive.”
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MAIN STREET REPAIRING much applause w as wlhistling solo by |
E. Sw art» th is week Those presen t
plant for diversified' production.
P resid en t Sam Bartholt-mew presid
C. F Eggim ann. accom panied by Miss DEPARTMENT OFFICER
The pinner was unloaded at th e w are Mra. M. J. M< K 1 I i i . Mrs. K. ed nt th e brotherhood banquet, which
com m ute Ip locating Industries on W lnnifred Tyson. T he program was
p lan t Monday. At th e time, M anager Browning, Mrs. N. W. Emery, Mrs. wns well attended.
VISITS LOCAL CLUB
ing along the ra ils on the s tre e t car presented as printed in la s t w eek's
n H. Pnrsons stated that plana w er« 8. W right. Mrs. F. Moore. Mrs J.
. line on Main s tre e t was started yes- News.
being m ade for going ahead with th - P arker, Mrs. J. W illiams, Mrs. Ella
A m erican Legion auxiliary work
Local Team Loses.
•
terday by employee of th e Southern
•
construction of a dock, 16(1 feet long, Lombard.
throughout Oregon was th e subject
S uperior shooting ability gave the Pacific company as a re su lt of re- J. E. NELSON DIES AT
Miss Ednn S w nrts assisted the hos-
to be bullt on new p roperty ad jacen t
of a talk by Mrs. Mabel M clnturff,
W illam ette U niversity freshm an team quests th a t the w ork be done m ade
HOME OF HIS SON HERE d epartm ent secretary, when she wa»
to the mill The dock work was foeld less |n serving a two-courae luncheon,
a victory over th e Springfield high i by the local city council.
np n n tr vacation of s tre e ts In the The table was tastefu lly decorated
entertained by the local auxiliary la s t
school b asketball quintet o tithe Sn
The work sta rte d a t F ifth and Main
Joseph Em ery N elson, 76 y ears ox
s tre e ts In the d istrict had been n't- In carnations.
lent floor S atu rd ay ntght, 23 to 18 stre e ts , w here th e planks were taken age, passed aw ay a t the hom e of his S aturday night. Mrs. M cln tu rffs visit
thorlzed by the city council and the
The gam e w as fast and close, the up and repaired. It Is understood th a t son. R obert Nelson, prom inent Spring- Is expected to resu lt In renew ed In
county court.
te re st In the w ork of the local or
Hold Bridge Party.
score at the end of the first half be- the repairing program will gover the field poultrym an, yesterday. D eath
ganization.
t M s , A. J. P erk in s entertained' tihe Ing 12 to 11 for W illam ette The uni en tire length of the stre e t as fa r as followed Influenza.
A uxiliary m em bers held the enter*
MILL CLOSES DOWN FOR
Kill Knre club a t a 1 o'clock luncheon v ersity frosh b eat -the Springfield the c a r line goes.
Mr. Nelson was a resid en t of Leb
talnm ent in th e Woodmen of the
PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS «1 th e hom e of Mrs. Clark W heaton team 12 to 11 on the local floor some
anon and had been visiting a t the
World' hall. Alec Shipe, Madia Gros«
last T hursday. Following th e lunch tim e ago.
4L U n it to Meet.
hom e of h is son since July. H e was
and W alter I-ee of Eugene gave sev
The local Booth-Kelly Lum ber mill eon. th e guests enjoyed an afternoon
The Springfield local. Loyal Legion' born in Pennsylvania in 1849. He Is eral Instrum ental m usical selections.
closed1 down last n ig h t to rem ain si of bridge.
High School Assembly,
of L oggers and Lum berm en, will survived by bis son here and an o th er
Shirley H eraenwny sang, accom panied
len t until M arch 1. T he shut-down fol
P resen t from Eugene w ere: Mrs.
A Ju n io r high school assem bly was m eet In the W. O. W. hall Monday son, F ran k of Spokane, W ashington. by W inifred Tyson.
lowed a »hut-down of th e W eudllng ^ -| fr ,xi peek, Mrs. Bbrt V in cen t Mrs
The
funeral
and
burial
will
be
a
t
evening.
S
ecretary
D.
W.
M
cKinnon
held on Lincoln’s day. and Rev. F.
T he d epartm ent secretary had m uch
plant, and It Is understood' th a t the p-rank P oindexter nnd Mrs. Fred
Lebanon.
L. M oore of th e M eth o d ist c h u rc h an n o u n ced y e ste rd a y ,
to snv In praise of the efforts of Mrs.
u plan Is to alte rn a te shutting down th e c h ess. Local women attending were
a d d re ss e d th e stu b 'iils T he m in iste r I
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M. B H untly, local president. She
•tw o plants for 2-weeks period.
Mrs. Eugene K ester, Mrs. M. M.
F irs t Aid Practice.
eulogized th e life and work of I, n-
Dress M aking Course Plans,
urged the m em bers to give Mrs. H unt
Lum ber shipm ents from th e local p P,.ry> Mrs. W. 11, Adrian, Mrs. W heat-
F irst aid practice wns held a t the
coin In his talk.
; Mrs. Clarn B lanehnrd. of O. A C..
ly strong support In carrying on the
p la n t will continue, how ever, nnd It on n n d th e hostess.
local p lan t of th e M ountain S tates
T
he
stre
e
ts
were
deco
rated
with
rp)lue»tB
th
at
all
Springfield
women
legion auxiliary work here.
Is prohnhle th a t th e pinners will run
flngs In observance of th e b ir th d a y , wh„ w| sh to jo| n a new course in Pow er com pany T uesday, under th e
Tai ks also were m ade by W. P. Ty
for at least a part of the time.
To Give Social.
of the w ar president.
d ress m aking and m il nery be a t the direction of W alter Sm ith, d is tric t son and W alter G ossler, president
A social will he iMven hy the young
C h rst’an church Monday afternoon, su p erin ten d en t and supervisor of and ad ju tan t, respectively, of th»
Odd Fellows E ntertained.
safety, and E. A. T aylor, superintend
m arried people's class of the M eth
Confectionery to Open.
or
call 122 W est Springfield.
legion post here.
The R e b ek a h lodge en tertain ed the
en t a t Corvallis.
o dist church Frldaiv night a t 7:3(1
The Drop In, loenl confectionery
Odd Fe lows nt an enjoyable affalt
... .
P ractices a re to be held m onthly
..
wl I be gtv- shop, has bee npurchased hy Tony
Moore to Speak.
In th e Odd ~ Fellows
hall here i..„»
la st o'clock. A free program
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Potter Here—Geoige Potter <■ her»
a t the plant, and w ithin six m onths
op, and a luncheon will he served Oravos. form er confectionery man of
E.
J.
Moore,
county
school
superin
night. R efreshm ents w ere serv ed at
for ■ few day« to be near hla mother,
afterw ard , for Which a sm all charge Engene. An up-to-date shop Is to be tendent, will address the m eetin g of th e M ountain S tates com pany hopes
th e end of Ux« social evening.
'Mrs. C. E. Potter, of WaltervU’a, who
will be made.
the parent-teachers association In to have all Its employes proficient In Is confined to her bad with sertona Ut
m aintained by Mr. Gravos.
first
aid
work.
Springfield next Monday, F ebruary
nesc
To E n tertain Club.
E n tartaln a t Anohorage.
Pol« S hipm ent Made— The Carbo- 2. He will speak on som e patriotic
Fred Cllngan and E. G Sutton will
Hom« After Op«r«tlotr— Dorothy
Uneum Wood P reserv in g company subejct, It Is reported.
Mrs. Fred' W alker and Mrs. F.
e n te rta in th e Five H undred club to-
Adrian a t Wendllng— W. H. Adrian
Gibson
Is home following an opera
m orrow night a t tho homo of Mr. a n i F lanory will en te rta in th e Needle- «hipped a carload of treated poles for
spent three days of lh s we«» at
tion
for
appendicitis
at
Mercy
hospi
Hsrtley In—Harold Hartley of Wal-
Mrs. F rank DePuo. A Jolly tim e Is ¡ c raft club a t th e Anchorage In Ea- the S outhern Pacific com pany yeater-
Wendling on bnsluess.
tal, Eugene.
torville was In town Monday,
planned by th e m em bers of th e club. , gene today.
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