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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON.
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
MEN OFF 10 HELP
IN HEATON'S FILM
Gives Away M illions
More Thnn Enough Men Will
ing To Help Buster Kenton!
F ilm
Civil Wnr Picture;
Guard Leave« Today For Cot
tage Grove.
The local National (luuril wu* quick
ly oiled in Hr full strength of 50 men
and many applicant* were turned
away when II »»> anuunced that the
com puny would be used thia week at
Cottage drove In filming Hunter Kea
ton'* elvtl war picture “The Ueneral "
Thirty-five new men were added to
the company by Lieutenant C. A.
Kwurta to bring It up to It* full quota
of Ho The peace time strength of the
company I* twenty, but live of the re-
gular men could not go and were ex
cused
Their place* were taken by
other local men who were eager to
take part to making of the moving
picture.
Th-- company will leave today at
11 SO A M arriving tn Cottage Orova
about ! 00 I’ M After being outfitted
be Buster Keaton In Civil War uni
form*, they will be sent to the scene
of the mining at Culp Creek It I* not
known by the local men which arm'
th. y will.represent, but probably half
will be Union and half Confederate
soldiers.
Tbe men will live In the rallraod
car* while at Culp Creek They will
ust a cur In which some of tbe seats
huve been taken out. and will make
their beds by using the <-n*hlnna of
the remaining seats In this manner
they will have more room than In a
sleeper, aa there will be about two
men to every three seats.
L giving away »23,000,000 of his
great fortunn, to bn used for char
itable purposes. The gift will be
mtile to tho K r^s f* Foundation
whleh wna eatAbHahnd by the mnr»*
chant la 1924.
T h e People's Papar*
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NEW SPAPER
, L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 29.
.'HL'rtoLAY. JULY 22. P>2t.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
JOINT COMMITTEE FOR
ADVERTIZES SPRINGFIELD!
PARADE FLOAT NAMED
Gives Message to Youth
Wldenpread publicity for Hprlng- 1 Appointment of a Joint committee
field la resulting from recont actlv- from the Springfield chamber of Com
ities of the Chambor of Commerce mere« and the Lion* club to consider
which ha* been engaged for som e the matter of entering a float from
time In advertising the advantage* Springfield In tbe “Trail To Kail“
of the city a* an Industrial center celebration to be held In Eugene. Aug-
and a local point for tbe attraction* ust 1» to 20 was made Tuesday by H.
of the McKensle valley.
¡J Cox. president of the Chamber of
The Oregon Journal for Sunday i Commerce and John Ketel* president
July 11 carried a page advertise- If the Lions club.
in,-nt telling ot the vacation paradise
O. O Hushman. Dr. W C. Rebhan.
of the McKensle river region. T b e !and E. E Morlson were appointed;
ad was Illustrated -with cuts of the from the Chamber; and Henry Adrian!
McKensle river and highway and of and H. E. Max»y from the Lions club j
the territory surrounding Spring- Mr. Hushman was named chairman of
field. Springfield was featured as the committee.
the gateway to the McKenxIe and Its
The committee will connlder the ad-
Industrial resources were given much vlsablltty of entering a float to re-
apace.
present Sprlnifleld In the parade, and
Thia advertising will be dlstrlbu will report their findings next week.
In a recent Interview Dr. Charles
W. Eliot, 02 year old President!
ted to all the Chambers of Commerce
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Emeritus of Harvard UnJve-raity,
In the "United Stales and to all the LIONS HEAR MAGLADRY
laid:— “ I f I had the opportunity
railroad
publicity bureaus
Over
SPEAK ON CELEBRATION to aay a final word to all the young
3000 copies are to be sent out In this
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>eppla in Ameriea tt would be th ia
way by tbe Journal. The local chant-
J » Magladry of Eugene, chair 3on*t think too
about your-
mlf. Whan all jroo cpn think eboat
• yoareelf ye - % ti a bad w ay!*
NEW FIRE ENGINE
WILL SAVE MONEY
Officials Say Lowered Insurance
Rates Will Pay For New Fire
Equipment To Be Bought If
Bond Issue Carries At Tues
day's Election.
That the property owners of the city
will more than save the price of a
new fire engine on lowered insurance
rates that will result if the *7.500
bonds are voted at next Tuesday elect
ion Is the opinion of city officials. The
failure of the present obsolete equip-
in the last two fires ha* demonstrated
that it Is Inadequate they point ouL
Along with the new equipment two
paid men are to be on the force ready
to respond to all fires instantly.
Mayor O. O. Bushman is heartily In
favor of the bond issue. He said:
d out to Interested parties. This ad the “Trail To Rail" Celebration,
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“The Ford truck which the city now
alone will do much to put Springfield spoke before the Springfield Lions
SPRINGFICLD SCOUTS AT
has is totally out of date and should
before the people of the United club at their weekly meeting last
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be replaced by a new machine. The
Friday noon and told them of the N O SUITABLE SLOGAN
State*.
FOUND BY COMMITTEE present equipment throws too small a
The chamber will also soon have an plans for the celebration to be held
gpringfleM boy scout* at Camp Illustrated booklet to send out over there In August, commemorating the
stream of water to have much effect
, U( ky ,biy ar<. hav„m the time of i the country
This phamplet I* now finishing of the Natron cut-off. Mr The »logan committee of the Chamber on a fire after It has gained a start.
their life according to their reports I on the press and will be ready for Magladry urged that Springfield en- <* ’ ommerce, headed by M M. Peery, The volunteer fire force now in use
should be reenforced by two men who
Jt haa ter a float In the parade and other-!1“
instile to visitors of the camp Sunday distribution within a week
T,|prp #rp 2„ b, yg
, he
<Brap 'eight pages with scenes of Spring wise cooperate with Eugene in malt s k «ac for Springfield will be made would always be on hand to fight fires
which end* next Sunday a t d nine of field and the McKenxIe region. The Ing the celebration a success Hugh rrom » “» n g tho1* ’ submitted to the and who would have more experience
the lads are from Springfield. R. C. outside cov, rs are done In green ' Wldner. director of the chorus of ‘ ommlttee The committee feels that in coping with a blaze than any vol
Clark, county scout executive. Is tn with two pictures. one of the arch at the Klatawa pageànt. sang several 80 far no "»Itable slogan haa been unteer company can have, no matter
'th e Pacific highway, the other of songs, accompanied on the piano by »'ibmilted and wishes to extend thV how good,
charge of the camp.
The inm p Is located on upper Blue trout fishing on the McKenxIe.
Mis* Corn Moore, the accompanist ,lm e for the co n test
i .<The
of new equipment
river where a good swimming hole
Another way of Informing people
for the pageant.
Over 100 entries were made in the : would more than pay for Itself In low-
and plenty of forests are at hand. It of Springfield Is being used by the
President Ketels of the Lions club contest but none of them were be- ered fine Insurance rates. Jus wbat
la more of a school of Instruction local Chamber. Each week the Sec- announced that he would appoint a Keyed
to be deserving of official the saving would amount to
for
thnn an ordinary camp Trails lead retary sends n list of prospective new-
committee to confer with the Cham adoption by Springfield as its slogan Springfield Is not known yet, as tha
ing Into th,
woods have flo-wera, comers to the real estate dealers of ber of Commerce regarding the en- |n advertising.
Consequently the as the fire and water committee of the
shrubs and trees marked by a botan
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known tu .t h„w long the ’ nrU” """
«"Hy T his ,,8< 18 "e n t
,h * try of • H”* 1 in the parade by 1 committee decided to declare that no council has not yet compiled the fig-
guard u n it. Win be needed
filming
T t h e ^ d H f e r e ä Î ’. S é . ^ N . ï u r e
p
selection had been made and to call ures. If the new rate, which would
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n le iu r e
but thev e in e e t to be
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the different spet l*i. Nature Äju1 |g
np
D. N Ke**ey of the Commercial for a new contest.
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result from the buying of the equip-
gone a week
The new m en o f the
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In te re s te d In Oregon.
T h e , State Bank was a special g u e.t of
A five dollar prlxe had been offered ! ® « ‘ 18 obtained from the state fire
r ne a w e e *
i n - new
|h R p ro |tT a m
r e a l estate
dealer* use the Lions club.
by the Chamber of Commerce for t h e / » “ “ « bureau before election time, it
company have been enlisted for a ten
U g | wppfc th<,
tO(lk „„ B„ l o c a l
winning slogan. This prize may be | wlU
posted at the city hall so tha
day period. The m*-n will receive *5 n|gb, h|fc,n< (r|p t„ ,b..
of c . . t u «»>'" »•« "“ «I write to them to Inter-
lucres ed In sn effort to secure more , P®oPle ot Springfield can see what the
a day and all expenses from Buster r(M,k wherP they *|ep, ou,. o n e of eat thi-m In Springfield snd vicinity. CONFEREENCE AT GROVE
A T T R A C T S M A N Y P E O P L E en trles in the M W contest.
saving would be.
Keaton, and will have a chance to be- |h). S prlngfleld boy> walks In his The chamber also will send them the
Illustrated phamplet.
I The slogan desired by the Chamber! “To come up to requirements.
com e a movie alar besides
sleep so they strapped him to an-
In these various ways the local
Many Sprtngfleid people are attend- ,g one , ha[ wl„ combine in , few ghort Springfield will have to have two re-
In addition to the units from Spring- o, bl>r hoy before retiring for the
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am
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nmm«rcf
s
ma
tig
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(he Methodist Camp meeting and wordg as many of tbe desirable feat gular men on the fire force. We will
field and Eugene there will be used n()|bt_
conference being held at Cottage
f Springfield as possible. Men- arrange It so they will be kept busy
the Cottage Drove artillery company
Tb„
hgyp g(JUBd ,pntg wHh S nr ng • < > er nnwn no on v
the people of Oregon, but of the en -,r
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Grove July 23 to Augustl. The local t)on may
made of tbe position of by putting two Jobs together. Th«
and n unit from Corvallis
Infantry. floor* g, , hp ranr,
Fvervthlng la
tire United States.
cavalry, and artillery are all going to kpp, (|> f,ne order Bn<, ln(,pect|„n I*
church will hold no Sunday night ser- (hp town ag tj,e gateway to the Me- men will sleep above the fire engine*
be used In the picture. The men will stood, army style, every morning
vices for the next two weeks so that K en l|e valley, or of the industrial op- so as to be ready at all times for fires.
H e re F ro m B urn
W M Sutton the members may attend tbe services portun|ties offered by the city. The A little room will be built above th*
take part In the heaviest scenes of A woman cook has been employed
tbe film. In which Keaton ha* an en and she I* kept busy satisfying the * b o own* several business building* at the conference
best slogan will be the one that can fire hall for this purpose.
In Springfield, wa* a visitor to Spring ! Dr. W. H. Pollard and Mrs. A. A.
glne carato through a rallrcnd (restie. boys* appetite.
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combine as many of these features a s , “The fire committee is going into
P°” ,b,e AnyB-
10 « » « * < • ! th e questi n of a new engine thorough-
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! field this week Mr S utto n called « H V a . J . I . e h
Ttoow X«lng wlth thè Headquarter*
company, lst Hnitallon. IfiSitd In- To Celebrate Labor Day At Wendlinp on <,l<l friends while attending to his lof (be camp meeting board which will may submit their slogan to the com- ly
<olng tQ buy the
W I) Smith, field representative nf business here.
He was formerly b,. charged with the supervision of m|t'tee
fantry of Springfield are:
glne possible if the bond issue passe*
Flr*l Lleulenant Swnrt*. Charles A the 41, organisation, was In Spring- ’"»X°r of Springfield and also head of tbe meeting.
at this election. W e are goin g to get
Second Lleutenent Dossier. Walter flp|(, |c, (day | n the Interests of the the sc hools here He has been school t Among those from Springfield who j
Ha*
Operation—
Mrs.
Arthur
Peter-1
the best machine and will buy it a*
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l^ h or Day celebration to be held at "uperlnfendent at Burns for the the have attended the meetings are; the,
sou was operated upon at the Eugene cheaply as possible. I am satisfied
First Sergeant Henderson. Trubert. W endllng this fall. The celebration hurt «Ween years.
! Reverend F. L. Moore and wife, Mr
and Mrs. U. O. McElhaney, Mr. and hospital Wednesday morning.
Mrs that we can save the coat of the new
Sergeants Fandrem. Clarence; Card ,g , o be g j« |nt nffnlr with Springfield;
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Mrs.
William
G'ints,
.Ruben
Smith,
Peterson
fell
over
a
month
ago
while
machine out of the lowering of the
tier. Lyndall;
Sharman. Thomas; nn(, w ,.ndllng 41. o rgan ization s par- i Goes to Astoria— Welby Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence May, Mrs. getting out of her car. and has never insurance rates. This saving is en-
Thompson. Charles; Toniseli». John.
tlclpatlng This Is the third year In left for Astoria Tuesday to be gone for
Alice Ellison. Mrs. Sarah Purance. Mr. recovered sufficiently t be around. She tlrely in addition to the saving there
Corporals Cowart. Hugh; Deane. Bel- wblch a Labor Day celebration has four or five days. He will attend the
and
Mrs. Sherman Potter. Mr. and was reported to be getting along a s , <111 bo to buildings in fires.“
vln; ltarpole. Richard; Look. Effgar; hppn ce|ebrBted at Wendllng.
'Columbia Historical celebration In
Astoria and then go on to seaside for Mrs. Charles Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. W. well as could be expected this morn-
McKImls, Carl; Mulligan. Kenneth
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Herbert Cox, councilman and presi
Privates Andre, Wlllqrd; B ench.’
Nebraska Plcnlo To Be Held
a few days.
O. Hughes, and Miss Fay? Parsons.
in<.
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, ex
John; Collier. Ward; Collier. W esley;
August 1 has been selected aa the
pressed him self as favoring the bond
Cooley, John; Dowdy. Francis; Eck- date for tbe fifth annual picnic for
! issue. He believes that the people of
hardt. I-cRoy; Elliott, Wayne; Endl- former Nebraskans to be held a ’ Ihe
j Springfield can easily afford the new
colt, Benjy; Ollllesple. Itarrel; Oorrfln | Oo,orado l,ake picnic grounds three
I equipment at the time, and that the
«er. Roy; Oreen. Alvsh; Howes. C. L.; mllpg p#gt
Corvallis on the Bast
increased protection to property will
James, Louis; I.aw*on, Laverne; Lorn- ptorvallla-Albsny road.
more than Justify the spending of the
hard. Frank; MeFnrland, Vermi Me
money. “The money paid out for new
I,ast year the attendance nt the
Klnnls. Thomas; Neel,
Neet, Oral; Nice, ' annual p|pn|(, wag
t200 and
fire equipment is a good in vestm en t
Ix-lloy; Palmer. Donald: Parker K r - . , ^ people and a larger attendance
It will be more than regained by the
m l; Plnkley. Eddie; Polhl. M J,; |g wantPd , hlg year.
Anyone who
lower Insurance rates wblch property
Robertson. Leo; Sharman, I/eslIe. forlner| y jived In Nebrasku Is Invited
¡ow ners will have to pay. if the equip-
Sharman. Roy; Steel, James; S lo u g h '
(,omp an(, hr|n< , hetr ,unch C()ffe„
I ment m eets the standards of the fire
| rating bureau."
David; Thompsoq, Joe; Tomseth. w,,| bp f,,rn| gbPd nt the grounds.
Bert; Tomseth, Eddie; Wald. Phillip:
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The fire committee of the council
Wycoff, Ronald; Z.lolkow*kl. Codgel; , yy T_ ^ m lth Gets C o n tra c t to P a in t
has been investigating the buying of a
Zlolkowskl. Tony.
,
School
now machine. They believe that an
The contract to paint the Lincoln
engine throwing 450 gallons of water
T e n n e a s e la n a T o M e et.
school was let this week to W. T.
a
minute will meet the needs of tha
Former residents of T ennessee who 8mlth for $2«0 Mr. Smith was the
town for some time They have made
live In Springfield nnd vicinity are successful bidder when the bids were
no definite selection yet but are try
to hold their annual picnic Saturday, opened by the school board last week,
ing to get as cheap and good an en-
July 31 at 4:30. They are to meet but the contract was not definitely
V* ->eseth1«.
at the home of John Hutchens on the awarded until this week, after a bond
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CW regular firemen will he
Pacific Highway between Springfield had been furnished by Mr. Smith to
gtveii other work to do by the city If
nnd Eugene In what Is known as satisfactorily do the work. Work of
the bonds are voted. Probably one
patvitlng the building will start at
Byrnes’ Pine Drove.
will be made traffic officer, according
All former residents of Tennessee once.
to Mayor Bushman.
are urged to be present. Each one
The poles at the city hall will be
Is to bring a picnic lunch.
Coffee Farm Traded For California Property
open
from 3:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M.,
Mr. Nelsen Bush of Marcóla has
will he furnished by those In charge.
Tuesday for the election. Quite a
trnded a 1R0 acre farm In Northern
large turnout Is expected In view of
Moves Real Estate Office Dowm Town California for a 100 acre tract on the
the Interest aroused by the election.
Upper
Slluslaw
near
Alma,
belonging
W W. Walker, local real estate
dealer has moved has office from his
home at 233 E street to the building
belonging to Mrs Bryan at 337 Main
which was formerly occupied by
Clines neastaurant.
Mr Walker plnns to re-arrange the
Interior of the building and make It
Into an up to date real estate office.
He will devld« the office Into two
parts, on« to he need ns « consulting
room and the other as -txs office.
CAM HAV£
J|ME
to W W Walker of Springfield The
deal was consumated last week.
B ra tta ln School Repaired—The usual
summer repairs are being made on the
nrattaln school this week Workmen
are oiling the floors and repairing the
drain pipes. The drain pipes are be
ing connected with the city sewer so
as to keep the water from running
oyer the school yard.
New Car Bought—Two citizens of
Springfield are the proud possessors
of new cars this week. Oswald Olsen
la driving a new Chevrolet sedan and
F. B. Flanery has a Packard sedan,
purchased Tuesday.
Here
From
Leaburg—Mr.
and
Mrs.
Al Montgamery were In town Tuesday
"from Leaburg.