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T W E N T Y - T H IR D
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
YEAR
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON,
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SHOWN BY REPORT
LADIES CIVIC CLUB
Detailed Survey Submitted To
GIVES CARD PARTY
Bonrd By Superintendent V.
Th»« Ladle* Clvb club iwtv«* a bene
D. Bain; Uncovered Warrant fit card party at the cham ber of
ed Indebtedness is $11,000. «.» muo n «- Tu>*duy ufterno<m, wh1< h
Figures Indicate
wa* well ntt«*ii !•**! by Rprfri<fi*<I<l
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HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING
FOR MAY FESTIVITIES
Constsnce
Rcbhan To Ba Queen At
Program Planned For
May 21.
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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 192«.
"T h « People's Pep««*
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NEW SPAPKR
IN A L I V I T O W N
NUMBER 18.
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Millenium
TRACK CHANGES HERE
ARE SOON TO BE MADE
FIRE PBOTECTraH
10 BE INCREASED
Chang«« in arran g em en ts of the
Hprlngfl« Id are to be made in order
Springfield ar«- t obe m ade In order
to bring trains to th« depot from the
Springfield Woodburn branch w ithout Centrifugal Pump To Be Added
running them onto the main line, It
To Equipment of Springfield
waa learned from. S outhern Pacific
Water System By Company;
official» tills week. The aide track
To
Have Capacity of 500
which Is farth est no rth In the yard»
Gallons Against City Normal
a t the present tim e 1« to be connected
with the Coburg route directly anJ
Pressure.
branch train s will be moved Into the
A ssurance of norm al pressure m ain
yards exclusively on this track
O ther changes which a re to be tenance in th e Springfield w ater sys-
•made by the Southern Pacific com tern, w ith the accom panying increase
pany an tentatively outlined by the In Its first protective value, is to re
N ews some tim e ago, are to be con.
sult from the installation Ironed late-
*truct«;d »«Kin, It was stated. W hat Is
known as a "house" tra c t Is to be ly of a 6-inch DeLaval c e n t r if u g a l
constructed on the north side of the pump as a p art of th e system , it was
depot, furnishing additional storage i announced today by W. C. McLagan
i facilities. The tra c ts now used for i superintendent of the
Mountain
1 |««alng purposes are to be connected s ta te s Pow er com pany» local prop.
| with storage sidings and lengthened crtj eg_
F r
i Io a stan d ard length passing track. (
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j T!)e P“ ®P. driven by a 75-hoi-se
C onstance Kebhun. a ami lor in the
Springfield high school, la to bo
crowned as C onstance I, Queen of the
.May, at th e May day feetlvul to b i
held l>y th e high achool on the Mill
and II s tre e t grounds on May $1.
people Th«* pro« ««eds of thè* party ko Miss Itebhan waa elected by the
A coiupb’t« financial aurvay of tow ard luylrig for th e piano which atudent body.
Hprlinerlebl achool d istrict No. 19, wuN recently pur« ba*««d for th» «bam-
The tnuld o f honor elected by the
afthralhK that th«- »It iiu t n July | h< f rooms
Junior claaas waa Naomri Carlton.
1 will havti u wurrnnt ludobtedtirN'i!
The room« were lustily deaerated Willie M oyers ‘waa chosen by th e
flu! cover« (I by I MI”* of It |»U roil IIIM I
In young flowers Hrblge und Five aohomore», wed F rances Frlzell by
|v f i t . 064.96. and th at the Ulatrlct «• Hundred were
played
until 1:30 the freshm en. C harles Thompson will
indebtednasa at that rial* will prolb , o'clock, wh»n a laln ty luncheon wae I ttct „„ herald. Principal V. I) Hain
ably «’icosd th«» l««jtal lim itation o n 1 served Mr*.
Floyd I). Thompson na bishop. Albert H arper, T hayer
I t ’ p re « » li t valuation by 16.766 36, wimi
(dive tw o vocnl »olo«.
‘ M« Murray. Herald Morrison and Pry-
aubm ltted to th«« *« bool board at It* i
Til« prises w ere arranged openly ton O derktrk guards, nnd Lyle Has-
Yes Sir, the millenium is hero—
n vetlrur on Tuomlay nlsht
on a table, each woman being pi r J tings and Orval Eaton, Jiwters.
at least in Chicago, w here Mrs.
The survey was m ade by V P 1
T hese will play the m ajor roles Ja Mas W allisher refuse» to accept
Hain, principal of lh<- h ’nh school m ill e d In chooa« her own W inners
wore Mr« J A Hcavey, Mrs. Hha*. the coronation cerem onies, which th e $10 weekly alim ony h er ex
m id stttH’r ltitw n d e a t e le c t fo r th e com -
hubby pays her. "I don’t deserve
Mrs. Levi Neet. Mias Edna Swart*. (open th e afternoon festivities follow
it," she »ays, and has gone to court
Continued on Page 6
Mrs 8 A Balch, Mrs F 1» Th«»mp lag a processional s t 1:16 o’clock
to have it stopped! Can you beat
son
OWNERS ORDERED TO
s o o ^ ib n ^ ’ T
* ' “P»clty of
V isitors prea.-nt w« re Mrs. 8 Th«- public Is Invited (o the cere- it»
F U R T H E R -L A N S M A D E
•»00 gallons a m inute ag ain st the nor-
Aa Balch. Mrs J, A Seavey. Mr» M monies.
MOVE FOR PAVING, mal city pressure of SO pounds, the
T H I R T Y - S IX T O T A K E
FO R M E M O R IA L P A R A D E 8 W allace, Mrs C. P. McKInnle Mr». |
The program for the day follows:
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i suerin ten d en t stated it is to be In-
8 W Calkins, Mrs It A Brodie.
S T A T E E X A M IN A T IO N S
1:16— Processional.
|
Following reports that the churches
As a resu lt of a rep o rt made by «tailed a t the M ountain S ta te , plant
1» W Cr it re Mr* Brown nnd Mr* ' Coronation, Queen C onstance I.
of lb«' city » 'O ld cooperate with the
City E ngineer Simon K lovadahl to the w ithin three weeks, and will be in
Kb-mmcr.
O lrls' glee club, selection
, Thirty-six member» of the E ighth effect th a t in some cases buildings a re operation by the middle of June.
g« nernl rom m litee |n observance of
Members of the rlub yesterday ex
Muy pole dan«-«-. Junior high school grade of the Springfield Ju n io r high ju ttin g Into the alley in the re a r of |
Memorial day her«- May SO. the coin
E q u ip p e d f o r E m e r g e n c y .
pressed appreciation Io th«« Spring girls.
I school will taka the sta te e ig h th ; business houses on th e north side
m ltt'-e in session last T hursday night
field nnd Eugene women for tlielr sup
The
value of the device as It con
English Folk dance, senior ’1,8h [Krude exam inations n ext Thursday of Main betw een T hird and F ifth
fu rth ered plana for the cerein o n b a
port.
cerns fire protection is In the fact
school
girls
streets,
the
city
council
on
Monday
and appointed sub com m ittees to him
and Friday under the supervision of
Folk dance. Junior high school girls.
night sen t notices to E E. Morrison th a t It Is so designed th a t if the res-
die various phases of the p rep ara
N O R T O N P E N C R A G IV E N
T arantella, senior high school glrla. Principal J. O. Burchum of th e Lin and John W lnxenrled statin g th a t th ,,, e ervoir w ent dry and presssu re drop-
tions
building» m ust be moved or shortened J’*'* < ,f 10 P°unds, •*« capacity of
S U R P R IS E B Y S IN G E R S
"A M aker of D ream s," on«*-act play. coln schtxd.
$
As decided on at th e meeting, the
Small adm ission.
Members of the claps who pass the In order to allow paving of the alley the pum p would be Increased auto»
parade will form at 10-30 o'clock on
The Springfield B aptist choir save
m atlcally to 1000 gallons a m inuta.
2:10—F ree for all races for Ju n io r exam inations will not a tten d echool to proceed.
M«-morlal day m orning, the main rob a su rp rise party for Its leader. Norton
high school.
Mr. M orrison's building Juts into This Is a feature of all centrifugal
umn on W ith »treat The M cthodl.t Pengra. at the P< ngra home Tuesday
a fter the principal Is notified of the re the alley betw een T hird and F ourth pumpB- an<l m akes them Invaluable
3:10—O lrls track m eet.
church division of the parade will evening Choir p ractice was announc-
3:15— Baseball, Springfield vs Cot sults of the teat, probably abont two street, and Mr. W inxenreld’s strnc-1 In the case of an em ergency sues
form on Second street, an-l the Chrl«- «»«I for Wednesday evening and on
w eeks after the ex am in atio n , are ture Is Impelling the paving betw een 1as m ight arise should w ater and
tage Grove
tlon church will follow aa a second Tuesday the e n tire choir met and
«• be’“ «
tak en , said Mr. Burchum. In cases F ourth and Fifth streets. The la tte r ^ 88“re ™n ,Ow whlIe •
unit. C aptain F B Hamlin and John wpn, to Mr pengra*» home Th«- su r
w here |t Is Im perative th a t the pupil building Jute into the alley about |
Will» were unm«d aides Io Grand prise -was a com plete success.
L IC E N S E R E V O K E D R U T
leave school to work, excuses will be ' onp foot.
i
on' y ,s ’be pump valuable in
Mnrahall Z T. K lntiley.
R E T U R N E D BY R E C O R D E R granted, he said.
f ile council also authorlxed a com- ca8H ®f fire but will serve to keep up
Those present were Mr Blom. Mrs
The w reaths for decoration of the
TIs G riffith. Mr» Lisxl« Rlee. M ar
Following a ~ ^ h t
»pent Ini Eighth grader» who fail In the M a, m unlcatlon to E E K eppner statin g
exceedfngly dry
grnv«» nr«- to be prepared by the
ian Itlce, E tta Cha«
Mr. and ’
th
city
Jail
on
a
charge
of
drank-
exam
inations
will
continue
In
school
th
a
t
th
e
city
must
ta
k
e
over
the
prop-
.
.
" c o n i° m pt 0,1
1 .«idles of the O A It The Boy Scout
Homer Chase. Mr» H arry Cha«« Bes eness und th e suspension of h i. II- until tim e of jll«ml»sal a t the last erty a t Sixth and C streets, if liens
, U r uce t0 Pfe >
T roop No 1 will get fir bow« for
sie Chase W ilfred Cook, Mrs P. 11.
°
decoration. nnd T roop No 2 will g f Emery, M arshe Chas«- Mrs. Jam es, c«-n»e to operate the P astim e po ll of the month, and will have an o th er held against It for paving charges ar»’
hnll. II W T ib b etts yesterday era opportunity to attomprt to gain a not paid w ithin 30 d a y . by Mr K e r
T his is a situation th a t has n ev er
flower» C leaning sh e , cem etery In
Mnts A rthur P engra. Mr. Wilson. ployed A ttorney F red Sm ith of Eu high school freshm an standing when ner.
Ppn
at ,hp ’oeal plant, except
preparation la left to the I. O. O. F M yrtle H arvey, Mrs. Sohteck. Mr«.
gen», contested the license »„sponsion «-ramlhatlons are again given on J u n e , C arnivals aeekln* to locate i n , « t the tim e of the freexe tw o w inters
nnd W O. W Rebekah-« will obtain A. J Cowart. Ju an ita C rabtree. Mr«
Springfield in the future m ust pay ago. when faucets throughout the
f l o o r s , the l.lona cllib and cham ber Norton Pengra and Mrs litivoy R a y . and la te r had the poolroom unlocked
$100
for a license. If a decision m ade ■ city were kept running to p revent
and business resumed.
of com m erce will arran g e for con-
by the council a t M onday's m eeting freezing
Th«-
suspension
by
Record«-v
R
W.
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T
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v vnncea, nnd the Legion auxiliary
Class Holds P ic c ia
Is earrl«>d out. Considerable sentim ent
Increase in w ater consum ption h ere,
S m l’h c f T lhhett»' license was con-
will plnpe Hags on th « graves In
BY A D R IA N A N D L A X T O N
against allowing shows of this kind as a resu lt of the growth of the ei y
Th«-
Frli-nd»
clan«
of
the
C
hristian
t«-»t«-«l
on
th
e
ground*
th
at
the
record
Ptennant lllll Ml Vernon and Laurel
B E L O W H A Y D E N B R ID G E to locate here was exrre-»se«, a t the and the fact th a t m any re s id e n c e s
Hunilnv m-hool. whl«dt Is taught bv er had not held n h earing giving the
HUI cemeterleo.
m eeting, with the r«ult that w hat w as here a re now being conn«ct«»d uo th a t
♦ Mis o r a Read Hem enw ay, enjoyed pro p rieto r of th e poolroom an op
F irst salmon w ere tak en from the considered alm ost a prohibitive li- hae net h eretofore $«-en served b y
n pl< nl<- mi ili«- R lverslde reso rt Sun- portunlty to show m u se why the
S C O U T F IN A N C IN G W IL L
the city system . Is the chief reason
Idiiy uflernoon A cafeterla liniv-r w.is license shtild Pot he suspended. A McKenzie riv er this season on T ues cense fee was planned.
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for Installing thejne-w onmp a t th is
BE T O P IC O F M E E T IN G foli- wt-d hy garnee. «wlmmlng. a n i e rfe re n re hetw een City A ttorney Irn day when W. H. Adrian and Jam es
To Teach Not! School—Miss Lillie tim e, said fhe superintendent It Is
o th er «llvernlons. A score of vouiig M P eterson and the d is tric t atto rn ey l,axton landed two huge fish while
Springfield's m em bership In th«
rssu lted In the sustaining of T ibbetta' angling about half a mile below the Sehlewe, siste r of Mrs. Fred F raee th e alni of the utflltjes services, he
iM-oplc w • re prcsen t
I.inu Countv Council of Bov Scouts
of Springfield, has contracted tO 'gaid. to rep are for all em ergencies.
cotnentlon nntl the reopening of th«’ Hayden bridge.
will h«- the topic of n m eeting to be
Mr. Laxton landed the firs t fish, teach the Not! school again next and the local system has rench-td a*
pool
hall
T
he
doors
were
unlocked
Kill Kare to Meet.
hi-ld nt the ehnm h-r of commere-»
with the u n d erstanding thnt T. Hutl- an 18-pounder. Shortly afterw ards, year, m aking her third successive point w here additional assu ran ce of
The KHI K are club wilt meet! th!«
n- xt We<lne««|iiv evening, which will
burt. form er ow ner of the pool hall, Mr. Adrian discovered a 38-pound sal year in th at place. Miss Sehlewe pressure m aintenance is s necessity,
b e s 'l i n d « - ' hv (lie Lnne county conn. a f t e r n o o n
with M r^ Maude llrvati
Approxlm otely *2000 is being spent
would m anage It for T ib b etts for a mon on his line, and spent an hour was a visitor here Sunday, fallow ing
ct| fln.-nce ro n n iH lee. rommltte--» S->v> ral of the m em bers who live nt !
the dism issal of h er school for the ^v the com rany in purchasing the
In landing him.
time.
of hn!h li c»l trfo r» . num ber« of the Eugene are ex ie c te d to bi- over to '
Mr. L axton Mr. Adrian and Jess y ear on Friday. She will spend some p „ mp T he o rd er for the appafatu«
T ibbetts was arre ste d
Tuesday
«i o r' cf honor, and Deputy Commls- atten d tin- m eeting Card« will furnish night by P atrolm an Fr«-d Hinson, und Seavey composed the party. They tim e a t Mulino visiting relatives be- wa, spnt 0U, t b |s WPek.
th diversion for the afternoon, g r . hrag«-«l
sloni-r A .1 Morgan.
about m
two
iles ».««»-.•
above My- fore ~
going
r»- «• ........
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’
nut’Ui
i' m
in.«».»
— to A shland, w here she w ill,
with —
drw
nkones..
R eco rd -r started
Three ftnndred fifty dollars nr-» ■ordtng to plans made hy m em bers o f ^ , ^ f|nwt h(m |1 5 on |h n t ch n rg „ 1 prs p„r k. fishing down stream and I take the sum m er course at the Ash-
W h itta k e r Not to Teach.
In be rnl«<"1 IP this comm unity for
r |„ b
,-esterday.
shooting the rapid«.
_________ land S tate Normal school.___________ I F red W h itta k e r reported to the
l.nn«- conntv eeuecll nctlvtlr» Most
hoard th a t he will not be able to fill
r>t tills money 1» ils<-d f o r » ilm ln lM r - l
C h r y s a n t h e m u m M e e t in g .
i the osltion of In stru cto r to the high
tlon nnd n rrn n lrn t’on work within
By A. B. CHAPIN
school next y ear on account of ill
Tli. Chrysanth« mum club m et yen-
OH. SAY CAN YOU HEAR — ?
th e conntv. «"d a «mnll pi’rc c etn rc
health. S n eerin ten d en t B ain was au-
. .
. ,
, lerluy afternoon will» Mrs. Ltlnnd
Is »eni cut of the conntv to nation il I
! thortzed to look over prospects for
C ards iwere played «luring
. . .
1 Euhii
bi-ndiniarte»».
I
. . .
• the position and rep o rt to the board
' thi- afternoon, ami refreshm entn were
The T.nne conntv council wn» er
j a t am earlv date.
, ,
,
served bv the host«»«».
gnnlred n venr ago. nnd results nf If« i
'
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Mr Ba.’n als w as authorized to
w ork have proven thnt neonllng can
o io s io in
investigate the sttu a t’eo regarding
not function sm oothlv. nroe.-rlv nnd , M R S . A L M A S IG N O R
hose at th» various sfh«»nTs. It being
perm nni-nllv unless th ere Is nn ml
D IE S A T AGE O F 83
reported th a t garden »ud fire hose
imlnlstrntlV' head over the co u n ty ,
in use ts out of oond’tt-—
work, scout loaders sny In n slat«- ' Funeral service«» w here held at the
will«- gathering of scouts h« Id re c e n t-, Wulk« r chupel Monday for Mrs. Alma
tv, tjin e county was the only en«- ^ 'an o r- w’10 t8«»<l on Sunday m ornlnq
whose en trn n ts tooV eight Envle nco-it ‘ "•
»home of h er dangter, Mrs. L.
award*. T his -work has been nccom-1 E. Thom pson. Mrs. Signor was a na-
pllshed In the past y ear b ill tin s cost Hve of Now York, but had lived In
continually
both money and effort on the p art of Springfield p ractically
n very sm all l’a r *
” 1e people of since IRitO. the tim e she moved w ejt
with h er husband.
the- eonnty.
•
She wns was born In St. Lawrence
T he m ovem ent tins grown heyond
the expectancy of the organizers county, New York, on May 22. 1842.
Springfield found th at one troop j She Is survived by one d au g h ter. Alice
would not aceom ndnte the applicants. L. Thom pson; one -son. Nelson H.
Th«- council hns found It n ecessary Signor; one sister. Mrs. J M. Thomp-
to as)< for financial aid from both «on, nil of Springfield
A brother,
Springfield nnd Eugene to carry an C urtis Stnrks, lives In Hancock. Wls-
th e work.
cijfinln.
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Mrs. Signor Is also survived by 13
A P R IL 'S R E C O R D R R O K F N
I grand children, and 2R grent grand-
B Y P O S T O F F IC E R E C E IP T S '«'hlldren Ornndidtlldren living here
— — —
are
Mrs. Ornce
Roberts,
Mrs.
Continued activity in Springfield j Maude T. Rryan, Earl N. Thompson,
huslnesn Is Indented In the announc«• Floyd Thompson. Adna II
Signor,
i n i- l it bv Pnstninster F. R Hamlin that Virgil Signor. Ele E Signor Oi-orge
April postal receipts ngnln s«jf ml Signor Rhpa Signor.
,
all tim e record. The m o n th 's total
T rent grandchildren living In this
was $638.61, ns ngnlnst $680.37 for d istrict n r” A rthur -T, • R nherts. B ea
April, 1926. a gain of 10 per cent.
tric e R. Hav, H elen J. Bicknell. E ir,
The year's total now stands at F R oberts, C rvstal M. Rrynn. Law
$2632 90. while the aggregate nt the ren ce Thompson, H«-ster Jean Thi’mr»-
close of the April books In 1926 was »on. K enneth T,. B nrrett, Avis Marie
h ill $2204.21. April figures also nut- i B arrett, C rystal Ruth Barrelt.^Pniilln«»
elnssed those of March of this year, , Conley, E arl Conley. E rn est Conley
which wore $440.10.
Jr, nnd R obert Conley.
To Play Coburtj.
Springfield btgh school baseball
team w ilt play Coburg htgh th p re
tom orrow afternoon
The Coburg
aggregation defeated Springfield In
the firs t game 7 to 4.
Leave for W ashlnqton—Mrs. Hugh
Jo lliff has been catted to the home
of h e r m other. M rs J. H. Foxley. who
ts lit at B nrhank. W ashington. Mrs.
Jo lliff with h er tittle daughter. M ar
garet. will be aw ay for probably three
m onths.
M arriage L icenses Iseiued.
D uring the p ast w eek m arriage li
censes have been Issued
by the
county clerk to the follow ing; H ar
old E Bailey and F ern U nstick, both
of E ugene; Joseph Conlee and Dora
H allgus. both of E ugene: H. Morell
I W alpole axd Bernice TTurd both of
E ugene; Thomns E m m ett W hite. Eu
gene, anil Anna S tew art. Joplin, Mis
souri; Tad C lair Lnokey and Alma
Koepp, both of E ugene; R D M o r
ris. K lam ath Falls, and L ena Howk,
S acram ento; H ow ard A. Hobson and
Jennie Noren, both of P ortland;
M ilas H elm s and P eart McfHll. both
Junction C ity; and D orsie Alez Lowe,
nnd L ena M orefeld, both of W endling.