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THE SPRINGFIELD NEVi o
BLAZE DESTROYS
School Expenses
in Year $ 1 0 7 ,7 3 3
Total ex p en w .
(or Springfield
I schools (or laat yeer amounU-d to
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House Oocuplsd By Arnold
Myers Burned After A Small
Gritaa Fire Caured By Spark»
Had Been Put Out
A
LIVE N tW S P A P lR
IN A LIVK TOWN
NUMBER 28.
HPRINOKIELI). LANE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 16. 1926
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
Th« P.opie'e Pepe«*
ORNAMENTAL LIGHT STREET CARS T» Call Special Vote For
N ew Fire Equipment
CONTRACT SIGHED 8E
Council to Ask People to Auth
Ordered Moved to Sunday To See Bustos Replace LOCAL MEN TO TAKE
orize $7,500 in Bonds July 27
PART
IN
KEATON
FILM
Street Car Service Between
Alleys to Make Room For
to
Buy New Fire Engine and
Springfield
And. Eugene;
New System; First and J
Any man In Springfil« Id aspiring
Apparatus
Supplant Present
Turnouts To Be Built . For to become a moving picture hero la
Streets Be Improved to Pro
Old
Equipment.
Convenience Of Public.
vide Outlet.
to be given tbe chance, according to
$107.733 57 according to the annual Old Pole«
,»«ho«»l report la st »ant to the conn
ty school sauperlntendost by II. W
Smith, achool clerk (or district 1».
The receipts lor the MW« period
amounted to $104, »70/1, leaving a
Fire eompioteiy gutted the
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For the purpose of voting bonds
coming -------------------
from Major W. G
A enanre
change in
In the
i n c » eervlce
e r v i c e between word
An ordinance authorliing the mayor
>n H» vrnth etreat owned by
«* 12.863.OS.
Ito algn a contract (or ornamental Springfield and Eugen«- (rom .tr e e l j White of Eugene, ranking otilcer io to buy a new tire engine and equip*
Itlc.hardaun ami «owupted by Arnold
be made Hun- j Eugene and vicinity in the Oregon
Oreaon mont
.n — i . i »u^tinn
», u
» « call*
n.
aft« i rsooa
and tor • —
a
The p re., nt Indebtedness of the i •treW
IlghtM wan pa»»» v <1 und an or care to auto b u .a e. to ----------
meat a > special
election h
has
been
.gltiutiHj an»
wo»« ««••••
airrv-i iigg»vn
Myer Monday
tanned
by
a
»trong
breese,
achool.
I.
$118.846
33,
divided
a
.
fol-
d<>r
to
r,
mn»e
the
pre.ent
light
p
ole.
day.
July
1»
was
announced
Tuesday
National
Guard.
All
he
has
to
do
jor
j
ujy
¡7
by
-the
city
council
time.
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. at . . the
.
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_ Hlllingsley,
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lh<. a||,.y wa, made
meeting
manager of . .u-
the 1. to enlist in the Springfield com- wh(ch met
S r ..tened adlolning hou»e. betöre it
bonded Indebledne». , ------- -
gpecla, gegg^ B
.
ould be brought under control
output by tbe
the .outstanding
.out.iandliig
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warrenta.
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• $41,58». 07. n( )hp r | , y r()Unc|| ___
last _______
Monday
Pacific street car company. pany for a Un day period and he will
_ night.
___ Southern
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.
t.,tn nesday evening. The council would
re department
leld ew .lh (or tb . Braltaln .chool. The council h a. decided oh an orna- Thi» change w a. i made
after
m aue a
n « r bearing. b(,
be given an opportunity to help
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___ to buy
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, menial iron post and the Mountain |n Eugene by the Public 8ervlce „ ugter Keeton make fete plctre •ec«.«
“The ralae $7,500 b
by y this
method
The blage lea s d l.cover.d by Mr«. $248 26
Salaries far the teacher», Inclmllug KtaI„ , --------
power --------
Company
place It. ---------------
c„i„:„|»»|n —
of —
the ------
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and in face Oeneral" at Cottage Grove.
-•----* fire >- truck
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m o ld Myera shortly
after one
Balar
-— , will
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modern
and start
a paid
.n.
t u - in n il .. la
xaf
It I t
I H r« O
.
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l_ » tn ll
.
clock after a grass (Ire, caused by ’he
principal,
of S the
three .choois. ord4>r
at * „n
fe e _____
lp a ectlng
to Install
0( determined opposition on the part
The Eugene and Springfield com- fire department.
park, from a burning flue, had been were $33.776.80. The Janitor, und j
.y .te m this fall.
of apme of the residents o( those dla-
The fire truck and moat of the
ut out durlnr the ooea hour by Am- clerk received $3.111.00. New build | Beginning on the west side of sec- tyteta between Springfield and Eugene panics are to be used by Buster
Keaton In filming some of the more equipment now on hand la obsolete,
Id Myera. L E Myera. und Walter
c0*t $13.216 00. and tbetr equip- „nd street the new system -will ex- which sre served by the old street
^important war scenes of this picture and tbe volunteer system has not
¡aaton. It 1. thought that the sec >»•»! 14 237
Th“
,or ,he new tend al«w»g Main street to the west tar line,
The full war quota of 260 men are proren satisfactory, say members of
nd blase was an aftermath of the building amounted to $2.000.00 Other alde of 8 )lth with six lights equally
That the new »«rvice will not un
! t , OOB
expenses were divided among « « ► |Bpaced to the block
Under the duly Inconvenience these people la wanted by the two companies and lbe counc(i The burning of two
they are sending out a call for enlist housea t0 tbe ground that might have
piles, heat, water and alterations on
Mountain the contention of the street car com-
The house was a total loss, but
menta
of th“
the fllmine
Aiming.
.. ........... for
... “ the
“ period A*
been saved with better equipment
the old bulldlnga.
ta te, Power Company
will receive pany. They announced that the same
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nost of the household effects belong-
The
men
will
not
only
have a that could have been gotten to the
' The report showed the achool
dis , , $2
rhooi
01»
2
9«
»0
per
month
per
pole
for
lighting
,„
gerTlre
rTtre
and
houra
hours
aa
before
will
be
*n*
-
,uml
,
i
o
»
-
K„,
tDat COUla
Dee"
“ 1
sg io Arnold Myers were Waved, The
land maintenance and $2 10 on invest malntataMsd. w„ h one change in the
»«
h e,' * e l'“« b
„ Are quicker has caused the council
trlct receiving money as follow s.
tulldlng had Just been rented from
$28.770 «0 m,.nL The contract runs for 10 years route beside, that from the car tracks "»> J*
* h ‘>®
" J ’’*’' to consider the fire equipment p ro
From tbe district tax
Emery Richardson; who has charge
will
be
paid
$5
a
day
and
all
expenses
7.327 10 wtth
wllh , the
hB nrnrtalnn
that
the
d
tv
may
u«_a—
o
w
i.
.k
.n
w
,
is
in
w
,,l
*
>
e
Pald
$•’
a
day
and
a
t
p
blem here sooner than It probably
From county school fund
provision that the city may to the highway. Thia change lg In
if the property, and the Mver. fam From »1st» school fund
1.128,48 pay for the system at any time If it Eugene; the busses being routed while on the trip. The two com would had otherw ise. At the meet-
|y had been living In It for only a From elem en tary sch ool fund 4.801 30
Mondgy night the question was
so desires. The ordinance authorising down Thirteenth avenup to Willa panies are to leave from Eugene about
reek
All other sources
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18.038 81 th e lights Is printed In fu ll In other mette instead <>f down Eleventh as July 21. They will entrain In tour at d|>caBg#<1 and ,h<f counci, adJoirnpd
Win n the fire was discovered.
sleepers and will occupy them while
Wedn(M|day nfght t„
O utslandlng warrants issued during , „ |un,n, of th is Issue
at present.
Hr. Arnold Myers and baby, Mrs.
working on the picture.
or(JInance
ft gpec|„ plee.
the school year and endorsed “not
An ordinance vscatln r the alley
The busses will travel down W illa
Valter Eaton and child, Vale Put- paid for want of funds" amounted to
The Springfield company w ant. 30
tQ buy th<j
running north and south between m ette to the d ep ot as at p resen t
nan »ere the only m .u p aH a of the
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more men before starting for Cotttage .
$41.608 07.
Sixth anil Seventh and A. and B.
The busses will be used between
AnyQne wanttnK t0 enlist may Bew equipment,
tulldlng Arnold and 1. E Myers and
There were 573 pupils In the e le streets was read for the ftrst time
A'aller Etislon had returned to work mentary grade, 269 boys and 104 girls.
the two cltiea. making tripe at thirty gM Lieutenant C. A. Swarts at drill
Mountaing insurance rates and the
before the council. If was Initiated
it tb« Carboltneum company plant, One hundred ninety-nine children at by the property holders who have minute Intervals. An additional bu s time at the armory tonight.
increased fire hazerd has brought
liter extinguishing ihi- first fire In tended the high si-hool of which 81 „1, Signed a petition asking tha, «he will he kept on hand to
us-d »
It will probably take four or five forth considerable agitation for bett*
he graas
They reported that no w ere boys and 118 were girls.
a lley be closed
There are now two case of emergency
The busses are days to make the part of the picture er fire fighting equipment in Spring-
•vUl«nce of an Incipient blaSe could
e y . In
.h e e block
"» M»ck ,rUck’ “ nd
° f th6 , .
in
the local men are to be used --------
Held. The
Twenty-one teachers were hired to .H leva
in m
niocg affected
am-cv«!.
■** which
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The council authorised bids to be «‘«t construction and type with all m e Thpy ar<? go!i>6 w u k e part
a tpe.
gh(ju)d
glyen the oppor.
je found when they left.
teach the pupils In the grade schools
At the time of dis«-' very, the fire and ten In the high school, making a advertised for the Improvement of newest devices Installed for the safety l mettdoug b, ttle between Union and tunity at thls time to express them-
J and first streets to provide an sn<1 comfort of the passengers Each Confedprate force8 and will be lo the geWe8 on the subject and expects the
.as burning around the chimney and total of thirty-one.
outlet for residents In the northwest h»"» »>»" • capacity for twenty-nine
wherf> g locomotive Is wrecked bond lsgue
fire
lad not gained npu h headway. When
issue to
to carry.
carry. One
One bad
had fire
. e.
a-
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D P O D IO .
te A o tl.
>ae
a*. _ —
4 It <» e A a f
tlS
tH *
the fir» department arrived H had be-
on a _ trestle,
w ill more than pay the cost
the
part of town that have no street at peqple.
Many Men To Pay
-otrte too strong t o ’ control by the
Turnouts
will
be
built
along
the
additton
to
the
Springfield
and
needed equipment, they point out.
Pay day at the Southern Pacific de- present. If there Is no protest the
tingle line of hose adallahle A second
highway to replace the car stations j;Ugene men Keaton is going to use
When new equipment Is purchased,
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pot Is wore than usually Important council will order the work In.
ne of hose was put down but proven i-“*
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along the old route These turnouts artillery and horses in the picture,
at
least two fujl time men will be
h .
short and before adequate hose
• « » "" »>•
will enable the busses to' run com-
necessary to handle it along with the
obtained .the. fire w a. u n co n « r» l-^ "»’Z
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REBEK* HOSFHCETRSLLMONO«Y X T .
« . i L Y 0 N S SENTENCED
volunteer members. Not only Is- this
•
between two and throo build rod
1 C pear fkltniv almost occured r«v envelope, to pass ..nt last Sal-
ON
LIQUOR
CHARGE
necessary because trained men are
Newly elected officer, of the Re-
graveled. Eight
” ” b'
”
needed but also in order that the in-
hen a small black and white terrlor 'trday
» - M e s fh«t rerwl.r employ
b u i l t b p tw ^ c T i K in c R id A n d G le n w o o d
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•bekaha
were
installed
at
a
m
eeting
according
to
the
announce
James
Lyons
was
sentenced
to
pay
<
aurance
rating bureau will recognise
og belonging to the Myer, family — “ «
rawled out from underneath t h e /h e r e wen- w c tl-n urew . at Goshen, of th«» l«>d(CP M onday night niter m eet
They will he marked with a fine if $250 and serve three months the department as efficient. It is
„tiding after the- ground floor had Coburg and Jasper to pay and extra which delightful refreshments of Ice signs reading "Street Car Busses la Jail by R. W. Smith in Justice thought the paid men. however, call
cream and cake were »served.
egun to burn
The dog had crept ««"<"•
-*"'1 ""O'1'
court .here Friday on the charge of be used for other duties so that ex
The new (fleers of the lodge are; Stop Here.'
nder the house for protection when "» <h«’ .M 't 'o n .l men working on the
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selling intoxicating liquor. Lyonr was penses can be cut down in other de
h. fire started, and had It remained , extensive Improvements helng made Noble Grand. Mrs. Blanche Daniels;
Method.st Church Service.
arrested Friday. July 2 by Chief of partments.
moment longer would h a w been by the company In Springfield to pay. Vice Grand, Mrs. Clarine Putman;
The regular morning service will Police George \a llie r .
Rwordlng
Secretary.
Mrs. Pearl
be held at the Methorlst church Sun-
Lyons plead notguilty to the charge RECORD -CATCH MADE
aiigH I i i i . h r th e f a l l i n g f l o o r
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Clark; Financial Secretary. Mrs. Cora — ---------------
Civic Club Has Party
Hinson-
Treasurer . Miss
Edna day but the evening meeting will be in court Friday appearing without
BY LOCAL ANGLERS
Over five dollars were taken In by
dlaciiRsed in order that members of an attorney. W itnesses for the state
ASTERN STAR TO
the latdies Civic club at their card ‘ Z v«"m l visitor, from Eugene were the congregation may go to Cottage were Howard Beeson and George Val-
Isaac Walton would have been
RECEIVE CHARTER ’parly held last Saturday afternoon
proud to acksowledgc as his disciples
preaent at the installation.
The Grove where the Epworth league Her.
nt the Chamber of Cmmerce rooms. hostess o f t h e
evening were the institute 1. In session.
Lyons w a, taken to the county Jal the three local men who cam.1 baclt
A charter will be presented to the
, The benefit party was held to help Meadame. Mabie Mortensen. Mary
Sunday afternoon at .Cottage Grove after the trial to begin scrying¡his Sunday from an excursion to Dia
prlngfleld members « ofthe Eastprn pay for the piano the (Tub bought
C McGill and Margery Moshler
there will be a sacred concert and In sentence. No appeal to the verdict mond Lake leaded with all the fish
l..r Saturday night July 24, by a short time ago
Nearly all the In
the law allows. The fish were dis
The Rebakar. expect to have'w ith the evening Dr. Howarth. district was filled.
ff clnls of the grand rhupter of the debtedness on the ptano has now
played in the w.ndow of the Indé
them
the
president
of
the
Rebekah
superintendent,
will
speak.
Many
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ate
The charter was granted at
been paid by the ladles.
The card
pendant Meat Market Monday by
Assembly on the night of August 16. local Methodists are planning on at LEC|ON JAKES RECESS
le last communication of the grnnd
party was held under the chairman
Clifford Bryan. Lyndel Gardner, and
liapter In Portland thia June. T h e ,
Eastern Star
tending.
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UNTIL NEXT _ SEPTEMBER
of Mrs. Riley Snodgrass
Trubert Henderson who caught the
alge was organised August 29. 1925
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lim it of big Rainbow trout on a trip
nd has been operating under a dis- j
T.he American L/egton will hold no
•nsatlon since lhat time until the
By A. B. CHAPIN
’ further m eetings during the summer to Dlamsd Lake.
THE MID-SEASON BASEBALL SITUATION
The three fished two days at th s
tarter wna granted. ,
I according toi a decision reached at
lake
and during this time caught ths
A eumber of the grand officers of
f the last meeting of the Post. Friday
le lodge will be here to take part In
night. This action waa taken to lim it of fish. Thirty-eight was th s
NATI O n A l .
ie presentation of the charter
J.
I avoid holding m eetings during the hot number, but this doea not tell th s
LEAffuE
nwsrd Rankin of Portland. Worthy
story.
After being
salted and carried
weather of the summer months. T h e ,----
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I next regular session of the Post mem {for several days, the largest Rainbow
rand Patron of the order will be In
targe
Members of the lodge from
Allowing for
bers will be held the second Thursday -weighed five pounds.
her cities are expected lo attend
shrinkage,
the
fich
probably
weighed
1 in September, It waa decided. Durisg
ie ceremonies. After the presenta-
Jhe summer recess any business that ten pounds when caught
on light refreshm ents will he serv-
The men used a »even ounce fly
happens to com* up will be taken
I
All m«>mber* of the order are
care of by the Executive comm ittee rod and a snell hook and salmon eggs
elrome to attend.
to snare the big trout. T h ey report It
Of the Legion.
John F. Ketels la Patron of Iho
was a very ticklish Job to land some
cal lodge and Mrs. Ketels Is Matron
of the larger ones with this light
MRS.
L.
ANDERSON
BUYS
ther charter members of August
equipment, but had no story to tell of
ON W ILLAMETTE HEIGHTS
>26 are Mr. and Mrs. It V, Oldham,
the "big one” that got away.
ie Mesdames Civllltv McKlln, Abbie
Announcement was made this week
They left July 4 on the trip, going
Tbeaton, Edna Dippel, Dora Neet. Ida
by a local real estate firm that R W, by way of Bend and Crane Pralrls
warts. Opal Roberta, Alene Rnaford,
Bailey of W estfir has sold his house $0 the Little C-ultus lake.
FroO
ertha Rouse, Mary Abranta, Jane
on W illam ette H eights to Mrs. Louise there they went past Taylor. Lily.
ruxan, Grace llenderer. Getrude
jk W t AT B o th e n d ? a n d V e a c c in t h e middle —
Anderson of Springfield. Mrs. Ander Erma Bell, Odel, Crescent and Summ
V1>son, Ida Holv$Taon, and Merle
son had already taken possession of it lakes to Diamond lake.
Stops
IcMurray, and the hWssea Annie
the .house, following the recent sale were made at the smaller lakes but
nd Margaret Gorrle.
of her home on North Fifth. Mrs no fishing -was dne as th e fish there
Anderson’s new home Is located on were sspowning. The return trig
Parents Of Boy—Mr. and Mrs,
South Fifth. She moved la July 3 was by Crater lake asd Medford.
hn Condsn o f Maroola, announced
p en d tn / the completion of the deal.
e arrival of «t baby hoy, Saturday
ttrnlng. July 10. The baby weighed
n pounds when horn. Both mother
id eon are doing nicely.
Harold Trotter, -the four year old
n of Rdgnr Trotter. First and F
■cats, suffered two fractures of the
tht arm Monday morning aa a re*
It of getting caught In an alectrlc
■Inger The arm waa hadty brulaed
id the hones broken before Mrs.
•otter could atop the wringer and
t h is arm out. Mra. Trotter had
at stepped away from the machine
tx> another room -when the aocldant
curred.
t
PICNIC UP ROW RIVER
Lions H e a r Lawson
Captain Lawson of the Salvation
Army. Eugene, was the guest of hon
or at the weekly m eeting of the Lions
club last Friday noon. Captain Law-
son gave a brief address on the sub
ject of "Civic Club Ldfe” which was
w ell received by the club mem bers,
Mrs. Herbert Cpx was present st-
the m eetin g,an d -gave nevegal piano
solos durlnr the noon hour. Following
A party of Springfield and Eugene
friends spent Sunday up Row river
on a picnic and swlmmlfig party ang,
Incidently, in search of th e Buster
Keaton moving picture company.
Those going from Springfield were
T>r. and Mrs. N. W. Emery and
Lloyd Emery. Mr and Mrs William
U gh tfoot and , their two children
William and Davis of Eugene, Elsie
Winkle, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Are?
„< Eugene <»„,*
j m„uu „uu
».rsmai
of
and Raymond
and Virginia
'Drey of Santa Clara made np tb a
the lunch the Lions gathered around
the piano and praetloed slnglng
LIOHB club
o th e r mamKaM
m e m b e r s o f «ka
t h e p a rty .