I
THE SPRINGFIELD
C hriitin a* H u u r u n
w ill ba n<nnl fnr i h m t
w ho a d u n tía».
TWENTY-T IIIÎU ) YKA'l
BRIDGE PLAN UP
H HIGHWAY MEET
County Court and Span Com­
mittee to bo Represented at
Commission Meeting in Port-
land on Tuesday, Says E. E.
Morrison.
O. f
'ary
ril’RINGEIEIJ). LANE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26, l ’J-'G
MARTIN RESIGNS FIRST
NATIONAL BANK CASHIER
Lloyd <’. M ullin. cash ier of Up-
F lr»| N ational llunk of Hprlnxfleld.
hu« r< «Inni il blu poult Ion und I» lea»'
Ins In -,' tuber I for Wl»c<m»ln whi r«
lif lm» hiluin»*
intereata. Ill* In ter­
ra ta In to»' bunk have been aaaunnd
by the »to, Uhoilleni unii Im i Ni luoO,
lHHikk>>T»<r In »ho bunk, buu boon
pr Olli« ,»•«•«$ to a»»tr h u h (. im I i M t .
.Mr M artin can i« ti > th«’ F rat N
tl>»nul1 bunk in Fì-ìiru try , 1920. la
(li h pitaci- of L. (1 Hulin P iev i,,U*
th • t h<- had I»-, i tl U li iplt yrd a! (
lb4 nk n f C l . I l l , n e r e • in Eugon»*
Mr M uniti haa n Imir ;mur*»it
T u rk e y R cignS in
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L IV E
NEW SPAPER
TOW N
IN A L IV E
NUMBER 4«
R eject Fire Bonds
On T echnicalities
N ew “ Hab'
S p rin g field to d a y
Mayor Predicts Situation Will
Bo Cleared By Election
New Charter Needed to Sup­
Next Jaunary
plant Old Document say»
Sal,' of the $7000 Springfield f i r -
Councilmen; Change Would
bond« ha* been halted by a tto rn o -s
be Put up to Voters at Spec­
of the bonding hom e because of tech-
ial Election.
' nicalltle* in the proposition voted In
Union Services Will Be Con­
ducted At Christian Church
This Eevening, Plan
T urkey lu reigning auprem e In
Hprlnglb-lil today, with stores, school»
und In d u strial p lan ts quiet.
Tin uplrlt of T hanksgiving will bo
ol,serve,l In a union service f t
HprlBgltcld < bur, he» rnndui ted a t tho
(Tirlutlun church. with Rev. <’. '-I
Ilium of thi- Ilaptlat uhurch g I ivin g J
th e bi •rnun. The K, rvlt-eii will ta rt
Rev G abriel
at 7.:SO o ch ick
of 111 Med [„„list church un,l lie
h i; irhil<b«r » of th.- C hristian cl
will a I ho U*iu part In th«- a- rvi
Dur lug Uu • curly par, of the
thon* ha« b. en an InKutherli
iip’inb
of many Hprlngfl- Id
II««. and r< union will featup
dlun« r» in d<oz< ns o r re»ldencM
tioon.
Artl . nt fo*■tbull fan* wllllnx ti
Ko U kngtft y d in n er for the e
la hui of a 1g ridiron d s s h wtll
at n<>on for Co,tug,- Gr .ve, who
High Mchor■1 team will tuee
Gi <>vt• foot ballern.
Pupil* of th e public school* a re e n ­
joying a holiday today which will
continue until Monday.
T he postottlce will be open an hour
today lor window delivery.
*
X
Paop.a • Pap»«*
election la f sum m er. It w as
ramie public yesterday by Mayor 'I.
Bushman and I'ity A ttorney Ira
P eterson
rbe proposition should have read
a m e n d th e c l’ ] ch a rte r.” while In
i b a llo ts used t e city was merely
a u th o riz 'd to sell bonds for pun-haw­
ing additional equipm ent for the fire
dep artm en t The ch arter, it is said,
I* not c h a r on thi point, but a t­
torneys of the bonding house were
unfavorable to the bonds under the
circum stances.
M ayor Bushm an said th a t It la
hoped to clear up the e n tire propost-
: a t an election to be conducted
In January, when it is proposed to
vot- a new c h a rte r for Springfield.
Hv changing th e provisions in the
ch arter. It may be made to read so
I th a t fu rth er action on validating the
bonds will be unnecessary.
I th e Im p '!
Springfield may he re-lnci rporated
a a city instead of a t<-*n and a new
c h a rte r adopted If plan.-' of the city
< ouncll m aterialize.
S teps tow ard
fram ing a new c h a rte r w r e discuss­
y
ed a t the council m eeting Monday
e v e n in g a n d th e < ty attorney o rd er­
ed to make a r e to r t of the cost and
requirem ents at the next m eeting.
I
lAvyoc* « va «T i
i I
A - ecial election likely will be
do h, Hevi
Here i , G a o r/f 11. Combs Jr., 27
H in d i' I '
b-- eld in Jan u ary to pass on the
y.-ar old congre inan-elect from
oi lak e i
new docum ent.
6th D is tric t o f M issouri, who w ill
The , b arte r the town Is working
go to W ashington as the “ Baby
under now Is obsolete and has been
Member” o f Congre s. He ran for
am ended several tim es
Councilmen
election to the same office wi en
CHILDREN GIVEN TO
only 25 but was defeated.
all ag ree th a t a new c h a rte r Is need­
Al
MOTHER DURING SUIT
ed and if a new one is made some
of them believe th a t it would be
b e tte r to incorporate as a city instead
4 and
of a town.
lb
propor li » n
It will be necessary to subm it any
Springfield,
during
tin
p
end­
(■
olon. accori
r of
change in th e c h a rte r to a vote o f
i ni -y of Mr*. H prenger'u diver,-e ac­
«uninilitf* i'hiilrnii
I the people. R ath er th a t continue to
tion ag ain st her huubnnd. wu* made
hau d 'i b l f d
not
Assessments May Go I n t o
am end the old c h a rte r councilmen
j by the eobrt Monday. I It" children
w lih Ho- p n u -tn s
BUDGET TO BE TALKED
Bonds or Be Paid At Once
believe th at is would be b e tte r to
have been In th e ir fath e r’* hand*
h u i w ill c o n tin u e
At
Citizen’s
Option
AT
MEET
FRIDAY
NIGHT
d
raft a whole up-to-date docum ent.
c
o
n
i
mluulou
In
In
r
com
plaint.
Mr*
Spri
tig
e
r
u
*
it ! , '
highway
I Cost of am ending th e old c h arter a t
s e rts th at Spretiger became Infant
county court In ruuhin«
Adoption of an ordinance providing
T axpayers of the Springfield school an election would be practically the
ate,I with Mr*. Han Mulllver, and :ba* AGED LANE PIONEER
m enta for th. low brbtx*
for paym ent of assessm ents on pro­ d istric t on Friday night will decide game ag m aking an en tire new one.
Mr Morrison unlit today Hint tic when Sprenger attem pted to take the
DIES AT METZGAR perty charged for betw een $7000 and w hether o|^ not the d istrict will e x -, A ttorneys for bonding houses have
h u t been nuuiired (but the bridge children «way with him and Mrs.
98000 in sidew alk construction, un­ te e d tlfe 6 per cent lim itation on an obJected to th e old c h arter several
<onulruction will s ta rt a» early In the Mulllver. Mr*. H prengera realatanco
A nother of Lane County * old-time
der the B ancroft im provem ent act. nual increase provided in the school t)meg and each tim e an issue of
spring aa possible
H eight ><t the wa* n e t with an assau lt by Mr*. resident* passed in the death Sunday
was the chief business tran sacted at law. The m eeting will be held a t the bonds a re voted ask for a copy of the
w ater In the river niunt lx- taken Into .Mulllver. The la tte r wa* fined «25 night at M etzgar of Philip Sylvester,
a
session of the City Council T u e s - h ig h school, sta rtin g at 7:3» o’clock c h a rte r and the am endm ents. The
con-hleriitlon hv the engineers direct. n Justice co u rt here for the often«". aged 81 year* anil 9 m onths. Born
day night.
The budget board s financial sche- cjty has no printed c h arter to give
Ins the construí tlon. but It 1« u n d e r-,
In W isconsin, Mr. S ylvester a t an
The a c t provides th at the assess- dule calls for an expenditure of $49,-, tb em and it n ecessitates delay and
stood that the com m ission regards CAR DAMAGED IN TRAIN
early age moved to Oregon and
tnents may be puld im m ediately, or 900 which Is more than 6 per cent objection to selling bonds.
th f ei'tidltlon of ilie old span nu de­
COLLISION ON SECOND settled In Lane County, residing he-e will go into bonds draw ing fi per cent above th at of last year. A vote of C itizens of the town are en titled to
m anding Imm ediate i oiiHtrn,' It o li of
ev er since.
interest, with paym ent in full in ten th e taxpayers of th e d istrict is re-' a copy of the c h a rte r out in the p a st
an o th er bridge.
Surviving the pioneer a re his widow years.
III* foot slipped from the hr ike
P roperty holders will he quiresl to make th is increase legal.
have had no way of g?tting it. The
Location of the bridge hau not he -n by which he wa* ho'dlng hl* au to 1 and four clldren. Mrs. C harles Sm ith
given th eir choice of e ith er m ethod
An effort is to be m ade by the only copy in existence Is ty p ew ritten
definitely decided, d espite rum or to mobile in check during the p u R ’.nd of Metzgar. Mrs. II. Elllssm an of Oak
board th is y ear to decrease the w ar­ on paper that is yellow with age and
I of paying
th, contrary. according to Mr Mor <>f a train nt th e Second stre e t cro«s- (¡rove. Joe S ylvester of M etzgar and
i The sidew alk construction program ranted indebtedness of the Spring- j can hardly be handled w ithout falling
rluon. Thlu la one of the m atter* mg. Jam
ltavfs of Portland, fo rm er; C harles S ylvester of Canary.
I was com pleted last week by Briggs field district.
, ap art. It is to satisfy all th ese re-
which will be considered at Tue* Springfield resident, allowed the car , T he funeral was held T uesday at
and Doty.
“
i quirem ents th a t the council now feel»
day'« session
Engineer* are expect- tc crash Inlc th e »Id« of th e locomo i th e W alker parlor. with Rev. S. E.
B u d g e t A d o p te d
FIELD OFFICERS HERE
J th a t a new c h a rte r and a general re-
«*'. to viali Sprlngll'dd In a few day* tlve.
C hilders In charge.
At a m eeting on Monday night, the
FOR SESSION OF 4-L view of city ordinances a re necea-
to survey the altuatlon. It I* thought
A front wheel was torn from -he |
City Council and taxpayers adopted
sary.
likely th at the upan will be titilli on i nr and a fender badly sm ushed The ALFRED B. AUSMAN
the $29.729 budget draw n up by the
N eighboring mills are to be asked
th e old «tree! c ar pier*, thun afford autom obile wa* thrown com pletely i
DIES AT BLUE RIVER city budget com m ittee. The financlal to join the Loyal Legion of Loggers SPRINGFIELD PRIMED
tng a direct route front Eugene to around by the force of the Impact
schedule, by virtue of this action, will and Lum berm en organization, ac- ,
Springfield
R esident of Blue R iver for 26 go Into effect for providing financial
Davl* wa* uninjured.
FOR T ILT WITH GROVE
cording to plans developed a t a m eet-'
Juaf what action may he taken hv
The P ortland man was en ro u te t o , years. Alfred B. Ausman died at hts ap p r„pr |a , |,)ns for m unicipal govern Ing of the local unit T uesday night. I
th e comnrlsslon wa* not predicted by C ottage Grove.
nun«- year
v ea r
, .
v
j
i Springfield High Sch ools fighting
The train which ¡h o m e th ere Monday monlng.
M r., nlent during the coming
ing year.
Among operations to be invited are , T. „ .
. .
Mr M orrison, hut he I* optim istic struck his c ar -was a Southern F a d AUKtnan was 60 y ears old. and t h e ; Following are m
th e
a n o r o n r ia t io n
,
v
o
J football . team today
one of
tn
e
appropriation
yjp
W
estern
Lum
ber
Company
at
. . will end
„
over the prospects of traffic passing 11, freight.
.
J
J7L , .
the m ost successful seasons in local
d eath cam e unexpectedly He Is sur-
jn the budget: stre e t im p ro v e ...
W estfir, and th e Anderson-M iddleton
over the now and safe bridge here In
grid history when it m eets C ottage
vlved by Is widow, Mrs. H arriet Aus-1 m ent $1500; police $2230; fire $2340; mill a t C ottage Grove.
1 ! Grove in a T urkey Day struggle on
th e not rem ote future.
F r a c tu r e s A rm
< man.
j recorder $900; tre a su re r $180; a t­
W. D. Sm ith and H. E. V anness,
The bridge com m ittee will confer
W hen she slipped and feU w hite
The body was taken to the W alker torney's fees $240; lights and w ater field officers of the Lelgon. w ere pres- the Grove field. The game is called
•with the county m u ri on S aturday
wulklng In th e mud, Mr*. R O. C arr parlors h ere and prepared for ship- $3000; stre e t cleaning $1380; tow n c u t a t T uesday's session. V anness ' a t 1:30 o’clock, and a large a tte n d ­
w ith regard fo taking the m atter up
yesterday to the Portland hall supplies $45; health officer $50; j prom ised to re tu rn for the social ance of Springfield fans is expected,
*1 1 » ,K i lle d a fractu red arm laat S at­ m ent
w ith th e commission
have
urday. Mrs. C arr wa* taken to a crem atorium .
re c o rd e rs supplies $35; adv vtlslng m eeting to be conducted by the m P n . who
.
, been
. . off th e first
lix-al physician's olflce for treatm en t.
$100; town library $570; core of poor Springfield local on Jaunary 24 Th -
I n l s m i,.»
ness are back in the eligible list
Infant Dies
POLICE CHIEF GOES
The accident occurred In th e b arn ­
$10; annual cleanup $125; in t e r e s t; tw o field officers will re tu rn to Port-
Coach F enw ick's proteges are in first
C harles Vernon W inter, 3-year old on bonded Indebtedness $17,124.
INTO REALTY WORK yard at h e r Mill stre e t residence.
, ian d a fter visiting the W endllng
class shape for th e tu rk e y UK
son of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam W inter
■"
j plant.
T hanksgiving dinners are not oa
of
Goshen
died
Sunday
night.
The
Visit
Keaaey
Home—
Mrs.
R
u
th
,
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Southern C alifornia's highly touted
P latt Back—C harles Platt is back
schedule for the footballers until
eubdlvld er* have nothing on S pring for the T hanksgiving holidays from funeral was conducted a t the W alker Hall of S eattle Is visiting a few days
LEBANON
FALLS
BEFORE
a fte r the game, and they are expected
,-hupel
a
t
3
o’clock
Tuesday
with
Rev.
|
at
th
e
residence
of
her
slater.
Mrs.
(J.
field's chief of police.
Bridal Veil, w here he haa been w ork­
B. Kessey.
SPRINGFIELD ONSLAUGHT to Push a hard' fast battle with
Chief Sm llsnn has u n dertaken tho ing.
’ ■*» W arn er of Goshen In charge.
Ions of well-stuffed turkeys as a to­
•a le of Sunnyside addition, which by
w
ard.
A
Succum
bing
before
the
relentless
m ean* of unpaid aaaesam enta. I* now
The Springfield team has gotte
a ttack by the tram pling Springfield
largely th e property of the town of
By A. Bl CHAPIN
BREAKING HOME TIES
backs, th e Lebanon football team through the season with but one de­
Spatngfleld. The chief haa platted
w ent down to defeat by a score of 10 feat, th at a t the hands of LebandR.
th* subdivision, and with Iota Hated
to
2 In a football clash at the S traw ­ T h at loss wa* avenged last Friday
at from $20 to $60 each, la aollclllng
berry City Friday. Springfield's vict­ when th e Lebanon team was hum bled
hualnea* for the city.
£ooT > ”B yt 6 .T a l k ' s —
ory avenged a defeat at the hands of w ith a 10 to 2 score in th e re ta rti
Already he ha* Hold several lot*
T tow 'T CRY aw # T> owt worry :
the Lebanon team here on A rm istice game a t the S traw b erry city.
and o th ers are expected to go soon,
I' l l S oow make mv mark
The C ottage G rove team also bad
Day.
t ’h l.f Sm ltson say*.
THE WORLD -----
S uperior playing of the backfield, a successful season, and is considered
IN A SHORT T im e the sw pb m
C oot B ye ,
with the excellent kicking ability of the stro n g est team faced this y ear hv
WILL I S FULL OF MY StWOMSSSf
Sow —
i
B
ates, kept tne S traw berry pickers the local eleven. The Grove team fo
I WILL B e IN EVERY BoPYS MOUTH
A mo C ood luck f
on a losing defensive throughout the day will be chosen from the follow-iag
Youtt BeoTneuS
AWD THEYWILL hash me up for .
game. Springfield started the g a m ,. list of eligible m en: George Bruad»
WENT OFF TO
BAYS Tb COME A S' A TcCXC OF
■we c it y last
however, with a series of fum bles Harold Bede, Cecil Caton. K ennetb
C o n v e r s a t io n — FAREiwetxfy
year . Aw'we
th a t gave Lebanon the first score, a Goff, H arold H auser, W illiam Me»
AiwT HEARD A-
C arger, R obert S chafter, Roy Scbo-
safety.
The fun started w hen Springfield “ P,e- George Scheuple. Claude Short-
captured the ball from Lebanon on rldge, George S te n n e tt Roy Murry.
_ B roke Youn.
the 35 yard line. In a beautiful end Glen Swanson. Donald Vmphrey, EIH-
31 MOTHER'!
run, Cox carried the pigskin to the ott Vinson, Fre<t W anker. K ennetb
ffiXXARD:
tw-T*KWfT
four yard line, and B ates plunged W ard. George Wilson. Erw in Small.
through for a touchdown. B ates then K erm it Sams, and A lta Kelley.
converted.
Springfield th reaten ed to repeat
PHETTEPLACE GOES
this perform ance in the third q u art­
FOR GRADUATE WORK
er, but lost Its chance on a 16 yard
penalty for holding. In the last p e r-! Bound for New York to study for
lod, Pollard broke through and block- four m onths. Dr. Paul P hetteplace
ed a punt, giving Springfield the hall boarded a Southern Pacific train here
on L ebanon's 4 yard line. A line- i Monday. He was accom panied on
plunge failed, and then B ates kicked I P art of the Journey by h is m other.
a field goal.
Mrs. H. E. Phetteplace.
Rain fell throughout the game.
Dr. P hetteplace will pursue post­
g rad u ate work a t a New York hospit­
Finger I s Sm ashed — T he little al during his stay In the m etropolis.
d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony He will re tu rn by way of New
O ravos sustained a painful Injury to O rleans, trav ellin g south along the
one of h er fingers when h er hand was A tlantic coast by S outhern Pacific
cau g h t in a door a t the Gravos res­ steam boat.
tau ran t Mwnday.
Dr. P hetteplace moved to Spring-
field recently from M arshfield and
h a s hi« offices w it^ th o s e 'o f T)r. W. ,
,C. Rebhab. who. recently spejjt four
weeks studying a t R oche*terjrl Minn,
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P a sse d by Council
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