Only 7 M o r e Shopping Dny« Until urinttnnn THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS rfl’KINGFIKLD, LANE COUNTY. OKKOON. THUKHDAY DKUKMBKK Hi. 192« Gift Giver« Will Find New« Of Interest Here NUMBER 43 TWKNTY-THIRD YKAU M KLIN TO SERVE ON COUNCIL FOR 2 YEARS R esig n a tio n o f I I J 1 ox aa city i on lu ll in a ti having been a ccep t.'I. Mayor (I (I (luabm an haa a p p o in t'd M J McKllh oil th« city hod» to till out Mr f o x ’« term of two y e a r« , i t W H. Jone» of Chico, Cal-. Buys wa« announced at a m eeting of Iho Eugene-Springfield Ground* council Monday niglii f o x ’» re«l«n.i from Melvin Häneen; Has lion take» effect Jan u ary I. when Mi j Extensive D e v e l o p m e n t Kiln'« term In Ida own right expire 1 t in i <» iiii. il at Monday*« m eeting »I TOURIST CAMP Plans. W ith an Iniprov.tnent prugni'» al will invulv* d y under way a h trh thi.u-nml« of del ■ ■ I »pi n.tltui ». W H J.in»» li« ’ ’ai“ ’1 !«>«»'»’■ Eugene Kpringtleld Aum , , n i th ' nip. w i l l ' l l lir pm ehased r ' i —nil>‘ .n i M Ivltt H a n n u , Jonna I» a talK o rn la. , .-ui a rr Ivat It u n i a u th o r is e d i nopeiat. plalitlltlR lh . » tie r ! . u lo in I I I . *' to with l l i e i lly engineer i l l Hf • «tension of th ree »In rt« to run through proparty sooth nr B»»i Mai“ to the Industrial tract, j Tin ■«•■ plan» will lie prepared a» »non a- powalblc Scout Honor Court Scheduled Dec. 21 Msrit Badges and Other Awards To Be Given At Public Ceremonies The »«rumi Hoy Scout, court honor lo be conducted alni . (In- or ganlzatlon of the boy» work i ll Springfield will take plan- al the C ham ber o f Comm erce room- on the night of Ilei em ber 21. according lo announcem ent by G. G. Bushman, chairm an of the court of honor. Th-’ public la urged to atten d the rt-reniou THREE PLANS fOfl BRIDGE PREPARED State Engineer Tells of Tenta tive Specifications On V is it to Springfield; Commission To Meet Late in December; Seek Right-of-way. T hree plan» for th.- new bridge across th e W illam ette river a t S p rin g - field will be put before the s ta te highw ay com m ission at its m eeting the la tte r part of this month, accord ing to Bridge E ngineer McCullough, who sp en t Friday and S aturday here going over-th« ground w ith h ig h w a y Fre.1 S tanek of F ort Dodge, Iowa, »bucked 28.2 bushel« of corn engineers, the county court and mem- in one hour and tw enty minutes hers of the Ir s a l bridge com m ittee. and won the cham pionship thia One plan will te to use the old piers year—d efeatin g 50 of the treat and location of the form er stre e t car busker* in the country, among them Earl W illiams of N ebraska bridge while the o th er tw o involve who holds the world’» reco r- o f the new location a t the foot of Main 35.8 bushel». Zero w eather made stre.-t. The bridge at the foot of husking difficult this season. Main street will eith er be built IU 1 four spans allowing the river to (low under all of it or by a rev etm en t c»o< CRACK NELSON POULTRY ing this side of the river bed and TAKE HIGHEST PRIZES using three spans T he estim ated cost o f the bridge Robert Nelson'» crack poultry on the old piers is about $150.000 or again achieved startH ng succeaa al the am ount voted. The cost using the Pacific International Livestock four spans in th e new location will show In Portland, w h e n th e run about $10.000 more, but hy using Springfield bird» clutched securely all a revetm ent and th ree spans it is es- prlxea In the w hite leghorn class in pected to cost only about $20,000 which they competed, »ave for a more. W hile the engineers and local »Ingle place which went to a bird from one of the forem ost poultry com m ittee and county court as well favor th e new location It will depend plant» In th e country, at R ochester, on th e highway comm ission as to N. Y. The resu lts of the contest were said to Indicate th at Nelson a w hether the added cost will be al . bird« were the best in the N orthw est, lowed. lea. The court of honor wa» planned . CITY CHARTER REVISION at a m eeting of th - troop com m ittee naaged tor »••ai» In hi> »» conducted* la at Friday night, and «uh- NOW UNDER WAY IN CITY «equini arrangi m enta a rc being made III III K « » k r Uevlalon <>f Hn town c h a rte r an in stallatio n «f a n a d e q u a te hy the »rout official» with the guidat construction «f “ I 1 M»t H th at the n iu m il may ailhmlt II to I I I - am i- of C It. Clarke. Lane County -n a u and r» abina, ,» lining approval of Ilf people at a apecta! .11 IleW executive. Clarke will hr present at Uns ni «H ih** »I'' bulliini«» •II t i l l ' .■|. i t Inn next mouth, la now under , the cerem onies, a» will other local III ■ »routing official» and viHilor» from r .p erir, anil ealahliahm ent a few wa« with the com m ittee and im tS 'iL mi n inertm x every «veiling Minii i hiblrrii'a playground at«' only Eugene. ,t Un f-a tu r-x nl Jou«*' proposed of the old « b arter w lilih 1« ohaole'e T he firat m erit badge« given to or ha» hri-ti A peuled by »tale law» 1» . I r t U f i U f i i t p n » « ra tn Springfield youth» will be aw arded to nf dollar» te-liix ru t out and nilhnitutlon of mod M m «•»»*< <>f liundrf ! A rth u r W . Cutten and a h alf T hayer -Mi M urray Ralph Hughe« and « I,. I lowi r whb 11 Will »upport a ei n p ractise made The new c h a rte r i doxen other Chicago Evan Hughe», all m em ber» of Troop ta n k With a I aliarli« o f 10.000 « a lb in a will h.- p attern ed a fter recent chart have taken more than »10.000,000 N o . 1. In Ihla tr.Mip, also. E dgar lam k out o f W all Street in the last . tw in « a re i l . i l m i lb .- r e a r » I t h - er> of i Me» of Hie »talc and In con and M ille W heeler will be given first th irty day.- T hey "played" Bald . „pgiound. Tin low er bulKIHU fornillv with th e com m ittee'» Idea» i la»» «rout rating«, and Clinton S ii- win Locomotive «locks and its almi will contain m o m » fo r th e i u n iti a applied to the h e a l alluallon steady rise in value brougnt tre - well, Illflie Knox and F ranklin Drury Th- com m ittee It- . ,imposed of the ,t... p ami o th er « '• • t»w*r meudou» profits. will become second cla»» «rout«. Whlrh will »upport Ih r tank extend» tnuvnr and i oiimiltm-n and H ire .- r I H A m o n g member» of troop 2 who , considerable d istan ce above th e (e ll» F II Hamlin. W N Long ami II will receive second da»« rating a t SPIRIT OF YULETIDE man» building assu rin g am ple pi »• K Maxet t'lly Atlorne» Ira M ».ire throughout Un »v-.li in SEEN IN CITY STREET Hie m eeting a re Bill Cox. Richard I'.-tumon ha» prevloualy com pared Ixspley. Caul Schantol. Dorman Chase Two Un h w ater main« have le n the c h a rte r with in wer one» and Main street took on Its Yulethle and Oran Mulligan la«l throughout tin - am p during the m ade changes which lie read» lo the Al the m eeting of th e Lion» club pawl month, a m i a hot w ater tank com m ittee along with the old ch art attire y esterd ay a» a r- »ult of action tin- revision of the c h a rte r 'a of the street d e n ,ra tio n com m ittee» troop com m ittee, it was derided to Seek Right-of-way baa been installed w hlrh aaaurea hot er. gs no bird from this section was able What Jone« rnitalderahl« of a task. of the Lions club and Jin- C ham ber purchase a book, the "Scout» Diary." T h - Springfield bridge com m ittee, w i t e r fur all purpose» T he Gratx-Goetllna for the youtljs. As a new m eeting ,o Place ev**n with them The office of town aa»e»aor. which o f Com m erce ha« done In Hie wav of im provem ent headed by E. E, Morrison, is now sign rom any of Eugene was given the place m ust be obtained for this troop. *" the c,ass of cockerel« under one f t H ie w ater »»«trill already I« «ahi ha» lo n x been changed by atatc law. busy securing agreem ent« for right secon. . ti have lim ile the local ram p one of will lie elim inated from I he new co n tract to deco rate the street, and Mayor Bushman has undertaken to year. N elsn o » birds p la te th a t of way for both locations. -W hile th« th eir secure the c h am b e r of Comm erce for third and fifth, while the bird the heat equipped m HH» p articu lar ch arter, the new huilgrt law will he F h rlstm as trees and bells mad right-of-way m ust be purchased by the ........ . the scouts , 1 P'»‘ w’ four,h ‘ an,e ,rom Nel8on e««a n thia section o f U n I’m Ihr H igh placed In the ch arter, and le«i»laHon ap p earan ce yesterday. F irst -place in this class went to th<- th e county the coninUs8ion_desires to A t each in tersectio n stream ers governing »aloon and hitching rack« way. F irst, second, know th e com parative cost of right- New York rooster, N ip .-te . n o f H ie ra h in « In Jin- i a m p ! will be elim inated Method» for vot red and green lights are to be hung MATERIAL INEXPERIENCED third and fourth places w ere aw arded of-way for both locations. ff* of mml have been n- roofed ami All ing bond laauea will be d e a iitle d Hi and th e lam p posts will he decked F O R HIGH SCHOOL TEAM to local pullets from th e Nelson Some m isapprehension a» to* how m i n x r e - lln 'd a m i o lh e r w la e lm - will al»o the priM-eedure In anh- nl with green One hundred tw enty fir the approach to the bridge it to he ranch. New fu rn itu re I« In- forri loaeil property trees have b - n d istrib u ted along the pro' «ed Inalile To shape a basketball team of In Nelson exhibited his birds last year built was hefd by the property own The whole glvi an exceed! experienced m aterial w ithout a singie «tailed w here need* il Idtrge quantl Springlteld will In- ralleil «' city in stre e ts and received high praise from poultry e rs on th e west end It was belieited Ing'.y pleasing Y uletld- effect, and letterm an around whom to build a . . - of gravel are being dum ped on j m-w c h a rte r Instead of a town. experts Journals. The Springfield th at a fill would create a lake abovs Dt.- ground« to elim inate the mud — — ■ .. will rem ain in th at fashion until a fter working aggregation is the job facing poultrym an is recognized as one af the bridge approach in w nter. Ea- Grov.-s In the rear of the camp are DANIELS BUYS INTEREST New Years. Coarh W alter Fenw ick of the Spring- the m ost successful chicken raisers gineers have agreed to m ake open M em bers of the com m ittees present N Ing cleared of brush to provide ad field High School. But despite this in th is section He has confined his ings In the approacu to take care of IN LOCAL CIGAR STORE were O. O Bushman H urry Stew art. fact. Fenwick Is optim istic over th “ ditional facilities for private ram ps com petition to the International Live- th is and the m a tte r has been settled. E lectric lights are lie I tig Installed Interest» held hy W J Scott in E. R D anner. H. E Maxey, Ja c k season's prospects, and expects by stdek shows, and has achieved suc A Y-shap approach to serve both about th e grounds and th at portion "The Loop. Io< at cigar store, have llen d i rer W. Rebhan the end of the w inter, at least, to cess in each of these in which he has the north and the south traffic Is in Hie vicinity of the Midway dance Is'eti sold to V J, Daniels. It was an- have at least one o r two victories entered birds planned by the engineers. The ap- hull, included In Jon es purchase. '» ! nouncad this week P. T . A. P la n » T e a Mr. Scott, who chalked up for Springfield. — - proach will leave the Pacific highw ay «specially welt lighted for the con has owned an in terest In the »tore Just north o f the Kingwedl green So little do th e high school's venience of patron» driving tn In for th ree years, haa not yet decided T he Springfield Psrent-T eai hern- LOUIS H. SMITH IS (houses and w ill necessitate h u y in t basketball recru its know about the cars. A ssociation will conduct » liver tea Ilia future plana DEAD AT ACE OF 62 a t least part of this property as well Jones reports th at d espite the I Mr, D aniels has already taken at 3 o ’clock tom orrow afternoon at game. Fenw ick has found it neces-t as property on the north side w here sary to teach even first strin g as w.-aiher condition», to s rts t travel is ch arg e of Ills new In terests In “Tne the Lincoln school building A goo I plrants the most rudim entary p rin -' D eath cam e S aturday m orning t o | ( v o houses must be moved, boliltvix up exceptionally well Mou- | XM,p program 1» prom ised by association cfples of the hoop sport. Such will Louis H. Sm ith. 86 years of age. a |I day night every cabin in th.' grounds m em bers, who have Invited the pub he the activities of the players until resident of Sprinfielil for nine years, q M. OLSON NAMED was occupied, and the p atronage ha»| lic to atten d , ’th e proceeds from the S ta r a t T e a a fte r the holidays, when Fenwick will and a relativ e of several local resi h r .n gisirl throughout the last fort HEAD OF MASONS HERE tea will go to the plav shed fund. pick his Jlrst team and begin work dents. F uneral services w ere con Honoring retirin g officer» of the Bight ducted Monday at the W alker chapel C ascade C hapter. O rder of th e Eaat- in earnest. The first game will be Oswald M. Olson was elected S p ec ial M u sic P lan n ed ern S tar. Mrs. C () Wilson w as host played with U niversity High School with Rev S E arl C hilders in charge w orshipful m aster of the local Ma COLLECTING TOYS AND Mr. Sm ith is survived hy his sonic lodge Tuesday evening Instal a t a dainty afternoon tea at her rest- Special music Is planned for the early in January. A nnouncem ent of FOOD FOR DISTRIBUTE tjence last S aturday widow and five d au g h te rs: Mrs. W. lation of the officers also took place Mrs. I F | C hristian church services next Sun the com plete schedule will be made Ketel. retiring worthy m atron and day when a rep resen tativ e of the de- , in a few days, C. McLagan and Mrs. R. L. B urnett at T uesday's m eeting t lirtstm as b ask et, are to be turn Mrs W L. House, retirin g associate of Springfield; Mrs. Jack T hayer and O ther officers named w ere; C. A. nom ination's m issionary division will D anner, who played for a short i- h e il to tw e lv e d. t l t u l e fa m ilie s tit m atron presided at the urns Miss O neta Sm ith of Fall Creek, and Sw arta. senior w arden; W illis Frit«. he the chief sp eak er Tlte chorus Springfield by H i- S a lv a tio n A rm y , tim e at Santa Clara is Is one of the j Mrs c h rjg W i,(, e of M ichigan; two Junior w arden; C. F. Egim ann. tr--.s- G uests bidden were Miss S trau b of also has been arran g ed to give spec- most prom ising of the new men out R Smj(h of r o , ta|fe Grovp A bn> .i, cording to Mr I’aitl ItraHaln. po tire r; Roscoe Perkins, senior d e a rm ; I t . m atron, who is cooperating w l'h P ortland Mrs Cllffonl Wilson of th is ' lal num bers a week from Sunday for basketball this year. O thers who th e r L. W. Sm ith of E astern Oregon. J W’ Purcell. Junior deacon; C. H th. army In planning th e benefit city, anil the following retirin g of ) are likely io make a strong hid for Two siste rs are also living Mrs. Fred W heaton. se cretary : H arry W. P la n n in g E n te rta in m e n t fli e rs o f th e lo d g e : Mrs. J F. K etels. , w. rlt h ere at C hristm as time. first team positions are Rill Cox. Bill Stahlm an of Detroit anil Mrs Phylla W hitney, senior stew ard; H arry W. C hristm as en tertain m en t of the F ru its and o th er foods, and aecond M r» . W I. R ouse. M rs . C. A. S w a r li. Thomposn. Orva! Eaton. Bill Pollard. Rllyeu of Kalam a. W ashington. W right. Junior stew ard; L, F. Ander •».ml toy« a te » an ted for the haske’ s Mrs Opal R oberts. Mrs S. It Dippel. C h ilsllsn church will he conducted Evan Hughes. Orval Redding, T liav -r Mr. Sm ith moved here from Albanv son. tyler and J. F. Ketels. ehaplin. on the night of Dceemher 2'.i. it was fm Hn- poor it 1» «late'l Mrs B r it M rs CHIT A b ra m s M rs J u n e Cruzan. McMurray E Squires, T. Squires and and has bpen in the employ of the tain said that any Springfield people M rs I E W in a to ll. M rs. J a c k H>-nd announced today. P lans aro in charge L aw ieiu e Roof. Mountain S tates pow er Company for P lay B a s k e tb a ll S eries w ishing lo donate to the cause e r e r. M r - J C. M i M u rra y . M rs . of Mrs. H erbert Moon, and include several years. ch ild ren 's exercises and music. - hnnlil n o titi hei anil »he w ill • h it C h a rle s W ils o n M rs It I! (Jlilliam. POLICE MATRON WILL T he interclusa basketball serie« Among relatives and friends who -ml collect the contributions , M rs P a u l B a s to n i. M rs. H o lv e rs o n SPEAK TO BROTHERHOOD attended the funeral on Monday were was started yesterday by Springfield C om ed y D ra m a T o n ig h t I high school boys. Y esterday the Tho C hristian Endeavor of th “ the following: H old M e e tin g T o n ig h t MRS. NELLIE DAVIS F reshm en and Seniors played one Mrs. M. S Ady. police m atron of C hristian church tonight will present Mrs. J R Dassell of Albany. Mrs. DIES AT HOSPITAL a comedy dram a. "T hose D readm l Eugene, will address the brotherhood Ella B urnett. Mrs. Roland Allen, and game, and the Sophomores and Jun- T in - i l l y e h a r te r c o m m itte e w i l l *o rs enfalfe’' in an° t her Today Twins." at the Bell th e a tre This Is of the Springfield M ethodist Episco Mrs. Mildred Campbell of Albany . o iid u e l a n o th e r m e e tin g n t th e city i Mrs Nellie Davis, wife of J A 1 the Freshm en and Juniors will com pal cliurcli fit a d in n er to he con Mrs a th ree aet play ami will s ta rt at 7:3t>- Fred Stahlm an of D e tro it;, h a ll to n ig h t, s i c o r d in g to a n n o u n c e - Davis, o p erato r of a mitt on th« Mo John Lynch amt Ralph Cole have the ducted at the church hasem ent Mun L uther Sm ith of H om estead; Mr. and pete as will the Sophs and Seniors. m m t o f R e c o r d .! It W , S m ith Fur- haw k and resilient of this city, died It is expected th at the hanl-fought day evening. Mrs. Ady will discuss leailin roles as the twins. Mrs. Bert Bilveti of Raim a. AVn.; Mrs. th e t w o rk on Itu - p ro p o s e d new work at the Pacific C hrlstIgn hospital Sun gam es will occur tomorrow, when the tie r work am ong delinquents and will Andrew Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. J W. ing papers of Springfield will tu a. , (ja y ,.v,.n |„g F u n eral services wer-. Ju n io rs and Seniors will vie for lower tell of the aid that stleh organizations C iv ic C lub M eets C ottrell, of P ortland; Mr. and M rs., ci mpllslied conducted Tuesday afternoon at the a stlio brotherhood may he to that division honors. A pproxim ately $40 was cleared hv Cecil Ford of C rab tree; Mr and Mrs. W alker iliapel. with Rev. S Earl Hie Women s Civic Club at the tiazaar cause. Fred Gooch. Mrs. F rank Titus. Mr. M a rria g e Licen ses Issued ! ('fin d ers, pastor of th e C h r is tia n conducted last week, it was reported Hjx ,|,,],,KI,te s who attended til“ and Mrs. F rank Gooch, all of Philo- j Plan Homecoming During tin* past week ninrrlnge Hi"* r h n n fi. In charge, at a m eeting hi Id Inst night. Tin- 5,, ,|lo(|jK, Lnyineit's Council In l\irt- m ath; Mr and Mrs H enry C orten Of Plans are completed for the annual i psi s have been issued by the county Mrs ltavls was horn in 1880 In noxt m eeting will take place Decern |}|n(| w)1| ,.vp,,r t On the convention, S easide; R A. MeLagan og T angent. homecom ing of the W oodcraft lodge, She Is survived hy Three C, loth to tho following couples: Albert Illinois. Waffles, coffee Htid bacon will he ser- Lou Fox of Summit, and Mr and Mrs. to be conducted at the W. O. W hall All' ll and Bessie . Mi Caini both of sons. D. A. anil H . A. Davis of Spring tier 28 — -------------------- j veil, the proeeeds going to the Me- Don Stahlm an of Eugene. next W ednesday evening. A C hriit- i . , i l i i n d . F r a n k B lo o m fie ld am t Ra ' field, and C. E. Davis of Inglewood, In v ite Y o u n g People I 1 hod 1st choir fund, m as tree program is planned, and all fiel H erns, bolli of E u g en i'; Tracy California, and one daughter, Mrs. J form er m em bers of the circle have ------------------ C alison mid Nellh Jackson, both of M. M lllell. of Sprlngtli hl The family H elen Meyers has Invited th e Rooms P lan E n te rta in m e n ts ! been Inxited to attend. The circle E u g e n e ; H a rv e y G e ig e r ' a n d N e llie has re s id e d h e re n liiiu l th ree m onths, young people of th e C hristian church F in g e r Slashed O ff— T h e 4 y e a r old h e ' plans to Install new officers on Janu- WoJnak both of W endling; Howard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to h er residence on the McKenzie son of Elza Riddle of Donna S u sta in -! C hristm as en tertain m en ts w i l l _ riv er tom orrow evening for a social ( a ser)oug |n ju rj- to one of his flng-' conducted in the roll room s of the W 12. A Robb. C ottagi Glove anil Nora Moyer Goes South— C. L Moyer, affair. ,.rs wfien playing with his b ro th er '-Springfield public schools next week. H arvey. J a s p e r: H o w a rd Keen» and M rs. S cott V is its — M rs. C. F. Scott M argaret Cline bolli of C o H bcp four years with th e local plant of the 1 Saturday. T he finger was nearly sev 1 according ----------- - to announcem ent of S u p e r-' , . Booth Kelly 1.um ber Company, lias cred from th, hand hv a blow of a , Intendent V. D. Bain. It Is possible visiting for a few days a t the real- (¡rove; Carl Lawson and Minnie G ar P ostpone C a n t a t a —The h ig h guile to California with the intention denee of Mr. and Mrs. D. W McKin ner, botti of E ugene; Donald Scho hatchet. 1,h a t the hlf[h ar h f,<'>l also will have of locating at some point In that school can tata, to have been p resen t field and H i lda Davis, bolli or .Alluni an en tertain m en t, and the glee eluhs non' Mrs. S cott Is Mrs. M cKinnon’s »Into Tho move was mmlc neces ed D ecem ber 17, will not he conduct m other. She has been visiting for M c L a g a n a t M a rs h fie ld — W . C. M c -ia re working on C hristm as song». ed until a fter the holidays. It was some tim e in P ortland at the resi M artin Here— Ralph M arlin, aalea sary hy the condition of Mr. M oyer's ------------------------ announced hy rep resen tativ es of the Lagan, steam superintendent of the | m an ag er of the lloolh-Kelly Com health. When he has derided on n M ountain S tates Pow er company, left Mrs. Lepley III— Mrs. Leland Lep- dence of h er daughter. Mr». A. F. glee i lulis this week. The date will pany. was a visitor at th e com pnny's loentlnn. his family will Join him !n ley Is clnflned to her bed w ith illness. JelNion. yesterday for M arshfield. lie m ade public soon. the Southland. Jetai plant today.