c ul O. uhra ry
Wishing You All
A Happy
New Yea»
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TWKNTY-TIIIKD YEA’l
SPRINGFIELD. I j ANE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 192«
IS
MABE DURING YEAR
^
NEW OFFICERS WILL
TAKE OATH TOMORROW
New d ty officers will be sworn In
at a special meeting of the city coun
cil to be conducted tomorrow night.
Recorder Ira M Peterson and Coun-
1926 Ends With Springfield Climen W I’. Tyson and G eorge.
Reaping Dividends F r o m W*ewart will begin regular service to
the city on Janunry 2.
Time and Effort Devoted to
It W. Smith. who haa been serving
Community Activities; Bank aa recorder, will open offices In the
ers Optimistic about 1927.
rooms which have been occupied by
the law offices of Mr. I’eleraon. In
Springfield ships Ita »«-ill ucroas the Commercial hank building ad
the closed aeiiiunla of 1928 with a , Joining the -poslofllce.
Mr. Smith
reallxntlnn of «i nerniis dlvklomla i will continue a» Justice of the peace,
from tim e and effort devoted to vari and will handle Insurance and real
ous phaaea of civic progroaa. In-fi . eatate, according to announcement
nil«- forward steps hav«« bean taken I today.
In many lines of activity, ranging
W (I Hughes will be swornlnas
from school, church and dub work j
city treasurer, for hl» new term to
to bualnes and Industrial develop-,
which he was elected 111 November.
meat.
TbU waa pointed out by various«
The Cha in her of
local men who Inlay surveyed the th«* community.
year’» activities and discussed the I i ’oiniiiHr«»» I him hud nil active year.
prospecta for the future. Not only i Mini bun I mmuim I RD uttrautlvc booklet.
was the year viewed a» a successful A Nuttofiiil Guard milt bun been «'Mt
'I'b»* town «»IhtlulM have
unn. but eonttileuci- wan expressed In ' abllnhod
mude a definite move toward r«vln-
another atid better year In 1987.
"The general business situation Ion of the old «-barter, und Hprfntr ,
during 1928 ha« been gratifyin g.' t field will noon ba th«* city of Spring-,
»aid (’. K Kenyon, cashier of the held. A bond I nmm «' providing for th«*
Commercial State Monk "The agri purchaue of n«'w. rtreflKhtlnjc e<juip-
iin’iit una carried, and the fire and
v l i l t u r . i l » I t t i i i l ' -!
• i - - lo lls w i t '
r
gards to cattle. Im - lie«n unustiallv police d»*turtnontM ar< on a more e f
ga-ial. an I I sen*«’ a feeling of optl-J ficient ban I- than ever by fort*.
inlsm
and
farmers.
prosperity ainniit
th" j
MrBEE HOME SCENE OF
HAPPY REUNION SUNDAY
"There ha» also been a stir In real
Real Estate Moves
?M THE STR?KE
UtfLVE
PINNED UNDER CAR, HE
BLOWS HORN FOR HELP
Ifinned under his overturned auto
mobile on the hlghwray between here
and Thurston early Sunday morning.
Elmer Shelley resorted to blowing
the horn of his car at each passing
automobile until finally his call was
answered and relief was brought.
Shelley was crowded off the road
by an automobile which continued on
Its way after the accident. The driver
discovered that he was unable to ex
tract himself from his wrecked car.
and thought for a while that he
would he forced to spend the night
there. Experimenting, he found that
he could reach the horn and began
blowing it until relief came.
One of Shelly's knees was badly
cut, It was found when he was
brought to Springfield at 1 30 A. M.
for treatment.
a
T h i Paopira Papa***
A
L IV E
N E W S P A P IR
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 51
COX IS CANDIDATE
TOR CHAMBER HEAD
Re-election Will be Accepted,
Says 1926 President; Offioer*
To Be Named at Meeting
Tomorrow Night At Cham
ber Headquarters.
Chamber of Commerce officials for
1927 will be named at a meeting to
be conducted at the Commercial hank
quarters Friday night at 7:30 o'clock,
it was announced today. President,
vice-president, and five directors ’ <P
be selected and installed.
H. J. Cox. president of the Cham
ber during the past year, said to be
one of the most successful year« In
the history of the civic organization,
SPRINGFIELD TEAM TO
I today announced that he will accept
PLAY NEW YEAR'S EVEi
renoraination and election if it is the
Springfield basketball fans will sFe wish of the membership.
the -high school team in act'on for
Cox recently has Installed offices
the first time in a New Year's eve of the Lorane Lumber Company, of
- W ù
I basket-shooting jamboree to be play- which he Is president, in the Cham
i ed on t h e gym floor with the alumni. ber of Commerce quarters, and is
The high school basketeers have thus able to maintain open offices nt
practiced throughout the holidays to i.he Chamber. No other names have
lie in -hap»’ for the first game.
j been mentioned for the Chamber
i .. .Coach Fenwick expects a hard presidency.
tussle. The alumni team is made up
P B. HamIln
T|CP.prPsldent, and
; of several crack players of years 1 Walter Goaglpr hold„ the appointlT<
I past, and the high school team is offlcp of secretary
It is likely that
green as grass. He says the. garni« If Cox is reelected, he will again
should be an interesting one to fans. name Gogsler to fill the secretary-*
The probable line-up of the alumni position.
Ixtt byganes be byganes,
team is John Cox. Howard Hughes,
The election was to have been cow-
Wha's huffed at anither
forwards; Merle McMullan. Jeff Brat- ducted last Friday night, but the
Ditina cloot the auld days
tain
.. . . and Paul Nice, guards and B. meeting was poeponed. The Cham*
And the new anew thegither;
Perkins center. With the excep tion s! bcr elects and ingtalla offlt.era th<
Wi' the fauts and the failings
of o n e .th e se .r e all two-year men of laat meeting nikht of e, ch
O' past years be dune,
Cnel
rv nAnld high's
kl«k’.. former x____
I
*
Springfield
teams.
Wi' a grip o’ fresh freon'ship
Among activities in which the
A New Year begin.
■ Chamber was prominent during the
DOG LICENSES TO BE
I year was the successful campaign for
So sang a Scot. Beneath the burr of his Highland tongue
the Springfield Bridge bond issue.
ISSUED AFTER JAN.
1
0
1 9
27
THIS NEW YEAR OF OUR LORD
estate, and promise of more of Ibis
For th e first time In Hi years, all
activity wmii The Incoming of men ten children of Mr. met Mrs. Ed i
Intending lo Invest g o o d sited »urns McBee of Douglas Gardena were
In auto parka and similar develop home when a happy reunion was '
ment s|M-aka of faith that 1» tiring held at the residence last Sunday. |
pot In the future of this district. On
Twenty-seven sons and daughter«.'
the whole. I think the year ha» been members of their fam ilies crowded j
entirely satisfactory, hut I believe
the home, and a photograph of the I
that 1927 1« to be an even better .group was taken in the afternoon.
year "
A turkey dinner was enjoyed at
Similar opinions were expressed by
noon The remalnedr of the day was
W «1. Hughes, president of the First
I the meaning of some of the words may be obstructed, but the
spent In talking over old times.
Nations! Bank, who said that Main
The tpn children of Mr. snd Mr-». ' meaning of the verse as a whole Is plain enough.
Like automobl,es, Springfield dogs SCHOOL RESUMES NEXT
street business In Springfield this
McBee who were present with th e ir .
Let
bygones
be
bygones.
The
year
4
9M
goes
to
join
i
n
i
•>*
«»siting new licenses to be i»-,
yent has exreeded that of many years
WEEK AFTER VACATION
husbands nr wives and rhtldren history the years that have gone before.
Throw aMay the aued January 1.
past This, he said, could be account
Mr and Mrs. C. O. McBee
Application for license No. 1 has
i hatchet along with the 1926 calendar.
ed for by the presence of many work
Public schools of the city will
of Goshen with their son, Floyd: Mr.
been made by
Mra. Maude Bryan. gume work next
followtng s
men here duilng railroad and water
and Mr« Wayne McBee, of Goshen; I
With the faults and the failings of past years be done. This
who seeks the first tag for her alre- Tacatlon of , week and a
haIf n , ^
wanrhs development That further de
Mr. and Mrs E. W McBee of Glen , is another year.
dale. The license tags have not yet weeks remain
thlg t e s t e r . th<s
velopment. such as the Springfield
dale; Mr and Mrs Lewis McBee o f,
_
...
arrived, but are expected within the tagt of whlch wll| spen,
exaBf.
Iip Kln “ W lth * * r ,»‘ ° f frPBh fr ie n d s h ip ,
bridge, la lo go ahead next year gives Oregon City; Melvin McBee of Cal-!
next few days.
Springfield canine natlong an„ clogins the haK.ye, r t
promise of a continuation of good
gary. Canada; U>rlx McBee, who ha«
«■'■■"—-
owners are expected to apply for He-1 work
business here, said Mr Hughes.
BRIDGE GROUP WORKING
recently returned lo Oregon fro m , JOHN
BUSHMAN CAR IN
CM D .C U T C F W A V PI AN r
f ' *’ 800i" iaiter the flr8‘ Of ,h <
The public school board will « « -
Cox OptlnMstle
Canada lo live: Mr and Mra
Phil'
COLLISION AT POINT
ON RIGHT-OF-WAY PLAN I year as possible.
. duct ,tg re(fu,ar mepting , t the
11. J. Cox. president of the Cham Fuul of Springfield with their three j
w
ber of Commerce nnd councilman
Last yar 50 tags wre purchased.! hall on Monday nighL Several mat-
sona. Kermit, Robert and Donald;
AutomnW|e , driven bv John Bush-
Acquirement of a right-of way for
during the past year, made the fol
Mr and Mr. Fred Cline %f Spring-1
,,f ,„ p SprlngfleW Mln and Grain the approaches to the new W illamette but not all were Issued. There are | tejs of interest are to be discussed.
said to many more than 50 dogs In according to V. D. Bain, super!»*
lowing statem en t:
field with their daughter. Bernice; I Company and | ^ u| Smith of Medford river bridge at Springfield is demand-
"It la gratifying to realise that
Springfield, however. A drive on un- tendent.
Mr. and Mra. George Stewart of were badly damaged In a collision at Ing the attention of the bridge com
Sprlngfl-lil Is making civic, comnier
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licensed dogs was conducted bv no-
During vacation Judgment wag
Sprlngfleld with their three children. - Jlldklng p^ nt last Thursday night , m lttee of the Chamber ofCommerce ,jce ,agt ypar
rial nnd Industrial progress, and with n nridd
given on the essays submitted in the
Lucille and (Jessie; and Mr
Smith, who was traveling to Port-' and Lions Club. Th ecommittee Is
backbone as well as wishbone this:
Christmas essay contest for inter
and Mrs. D. II Kimball of Oakridge. , |#nd for (h(, holidays, was surprised working in this connection for the
cun continue indefinitely.
.
VASBY GOES INTO REAL
class rivalry. Margaret Swarts v u
j by Ice on the pavement at the point state highway commission, which last
“The citizens who have and are
awarded first prize, winning for th»
ESTATE
BUSINESS
HERE
and
his
car
went
Into
a
tail
spin.
At
week
decided
to
build
the
new
span
giving their time and effort In our MRS. REBECCA CRAWL
sophomore class five points in the
that moment Bushman rounded th«’ across the river at the foot of Main
community's behalf fully warrant our
DIES AT BEND HOME
and was Unable to keep his street.
’ WiU,am Vaab>' Springfield busl- American Legion cup competition.
sincere appreciation and support.
I
—— -
! ®®r v e -
Hannah Shidler, senior, was award
from crashing Into the!
Members of the committee will In ”es8 nian' has Pur< based the realty
“Before we go to bed tonight, let’«
•’»'«•h came early Sunday morning machine
tervlew property-holders with regard, ^ S,ne!'8 ° f * F Plowers and wi" ed second place and Audrey Shnltx,
to
Mrs
Rebecca
Grawl.
former
res!
whirling
Medford
car.
ask ourselves if Springfield Is any
Smith took all the blame for th e ! to the prices asked for the rights-of-
' ^ ’M8' >s"'"
Jar"‘«r> 1 Mr. freshman, won third.
bdf«r off because of our having lived ll,'n* of Eugene, Marcola, Wendling.
accident
A wheel was broken a way within the next few days. It Is | ' asb> wi" (On,lnu‘‘ reaIt>' b“a'“e s ,
another year."
I wbo b“ 1' been living for some time
In the same office, which afljoins his 12 YOUTHS A P P E A R
IN
Support to the asaertlona of the
Bend. Mrs. drawl was R2 y e a r s, tire blown out and other damage understood. It is pointed out that paint shop.
bankers and Mr Cox concerning t h e ,d
“ U'Lthe grandmother of C lay-¡done to the Bushtnan car.
; the less money spent on the right-of-
COURT TODAY; LECTURED
Last year 50 tags were purchased
I city'« business prosperity la seen In ,on F »«rbor. accountant in the local' On TllPMdaV- Wayne Elliott of Cres-1 wa>'' ,hp m‘>re can be pu‘ int0 tbe
by Mr. Vasby. among them the con-
Accused of trespassing on proper-
figures on postal receipts for the ” ""'b K‘'»-v
«"<' Thad Barber. W(.u r,lportpd (o the
, hat hp bridge
structlon of a new front on the build- ty rented by Forest Fritts. 12 Spring
year, which show an Increase of 10 nlM" " Springfield resident.
I drove hlR automobile into a n o t h e r ! ---------------------------
ing which he leased from Mrs. Chas, field youths underwent a severe lee-
fa r rent over those hf 1925
Funeral services will he conducted ma(.htnP on Maln gfrpp, nPar second WATER TURNED OFF AS
Fisher of Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. ture in Justice R. W. Smith's court
Reports of municipal officials show at 2 o'clock on Wednesday at the He declared that he had Just round-1
WORKMEN REPAIR LEAK Flowers will move to their summer today and were dismissed after sign-
that collections have exceeded all I " alker parlors.
ed the corner from Second street, and '
resort tract near Coburg bridge.
Ing promise.« to the effect that they
other years here. Many collections
MrR- Orawl fam e to Lane county K|anppd back when the collision
zWater in the central part of the
would keep off Fritt's property hence
nn old nnd almost ohsalete assess- j 20 J,ear" nK"' ■nd ls well known h e r e .! pnmp
city was turned off yesterday w hile' B E R T SNOOK BREAKS
forth.
She Is «»rvlved
survived by three children: j
m eats have been made, or the pro- ^b,‘
employes of the Mountain States
The 12 lads were hailed into coart
perty sold and the uatter cleared up 1 a' Grawl of Arlington Milt Graw l j
ARM CRANKING ENGINE
S tart Junior Church
Power Company repaired a serious;
when
Fritts charged them with going
of
Wltohlla.
Kansas,
anil
Ida
Bell
Here is a table of city collections fori
leak which had developed in the
Barber of Henil.
While cranking a gasoline engine onto his rented property east of
the year up to Dec 1.
Junior church will be Inaugurated Main street main In front of the
valuable
. I iin u a r v
yesterday Bert Snook, of Springfield, Springfield and r i d i n g
922 84
at the Methodist Episcopal church Huntly Delicatessen.
sustained a broken arm. Both bones horses without permission. He said
February .... ................... .......
1766 80 PASSING OF YEAR T O BE Sunday. The children’s services will
The supply was off for several
that all efforts to keep the boys off
March
153« :t'l
be held at the regular churc- hour, hours, la was necessary to cut a were fractured.
WATCHED
BY
CHURCHMEN
April
3313.05
Snook has been back from tho heretofore had been futile. Justice
with Mrs. W. H. Pollard In charge. hole through the pavement in ord«r
M .iv
19.714.8 l|
veterans Hospital at Portland only a Smith told the boys of the evil of
W atchlnght services will be con First assistant Is Miss Elizabeth to reach the leaking tube.
.lim e
short time after a confinement of six j their ways, and demanded reform. He
7019.88 dneted New Year's eve at the Spring-! H,,’tb<'*’ T,',> «orvl-e will he similar
July
months. He has been employed a t ' said that on notice of further offense
2815 48 np)d |, apt|gt ,-hurch. and will replnce , *° ,b,‘ »«"lor meeting
G ratitude Expressed
August .....................................
the Head Construction company, con he would find it necessary to turn
419.70 , hP ,,g,,„| midweek services.
T h e 1 Children from eight to thirteen
September ...............................
tractors for Eugene's new water sys the matter over to the Juvenile court.
1105.28 meeting will start nt 8 o'clock, and v’‘ars of a’"’ or "n «hove the prl-
Gratitude to Springfield members
October .................
3454.29 continue until after midnight.
mary. are eligible to attend the ser- of the American Legion Auxiliary tem, and it was while working f o r :
^November
..........
915119
-pho Epworth le a g u e of the Me vlce*' Worship, memory work and was expressed by patients at the that concern that the accident oc- j POSTAL RECEIPTS JUMP
Im provem ents Noted
pWiodlst Episcopal church will hold a ,
»*11 characterize the meetings. Veterans Hosptlal. No. 77 of Port- curred.
TO RECORD FOR YEARS
Among noteworthy Improvements I 1>ar, y whl<h will continue until the
Tl.e first quarterly conference Of ! land dur1nR „
, o thp ,ngt,tUHOn
Postal receipts for the year mount
At Thompson Home
r nci-cmpllshed
..
a . ,a In 1928 were
. . the new I 01,1 y<>ar
A general social t,hp ypar of ,bn Methodist church will ma()p by Mrg M B HllntIy presl-j
ed to $8315.28 at Christmas time, ac
railroad bridge, removal of th . car time is planned by the young people's h" ‘’""lucled by Rev. a R C haney.,
of |hp auxlllary. Thp vetPrnnJ
tracks from Main street. Installation organization.
....................... tonight at 7:30
....... were especially appreciative, she. Tbe
the superintendent,
K' Th°mPson residence was cording to figures compiled unofflclaL
of an ornamental lighting system.
oth er walchnlght parties arc to be o'clock.
said, of the wheel chair given to the ,hp srenp of " hapPy re d»*"" Christ- ly by Postmaster F. B. Hamlin. A
tarrying on of an extensive side walk conducted In various parts of tho
Children
second flooi. Mra. Huntly visited at I mas
mas day.
da'
Children of
of the
the couple survey of the entire year hv month«
building program, extension of water ! city, and a general round of noise,
Visit at Corvallis—Mr. and Mrs. F 8t. H elen’s. Hillsboro, Astoria and present were Mrs. Grace Roberts, and quarters is being made hy Post
mains, and similar activities. Tw<r making
expected
to ________
split the
master Hamlin, and shows that 1928
.. la
____
, ____ ___
.... air B. Flanery spent the holiday week-
Portland riurlpg her holiday trip [ Mrs Mnude Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
industries have been definitely j nt the stroke of 12 tomorrow night, «nd at Corvallis. Mr Flanerv's par-
Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd has outclassed 1925 throughout it«
She
was
accompanied
by
M.
A.
Pohl
»1 /.»»
.-41..1.1 Industrial
. . .
located
on «lux
the Urx^l..
Springfield
Thompson.
Grandchildren who en length in the barometer of business.
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I <*ntR. Mr. nnd Mr«. H. R. Flanery, and Mrs. Marie Brexael.
site, nnd Industrial concerns already
joyed the event were Arthur L.
Leave For O .k l.n d - D K. Mitchell , p,pbrn,pd tbpl1'
w a d in g an-
December receiptsfl which have
here have had a year of prosperity.
Roberts and wife. Mrs. Truman Gay another day to run, promise to be the
nnd Curtis Parker, who have been n'vpr"ary at ,bp"' Corvallis residence
G
irl»
Have
P
arty
The Springfield bridge bond Issuo working at Westfir, left Monday
and her husband, Crystal Bryan, Earl largest In the postoffice's history.
| ( ,,rl8tm« s daT’
proposal received the best vote any
Roberts, Lawrence and Katherine They are now well over 2700. The
Cfilebrntlng
the
Yuletlde
birthdays
_________
nuaaure was given In the fall elec- automobile for Oakland. California,
where they expect
exnect to
to
w o rk
r ln r in < r '
Visitors From Kansas— Mr. and of Ruth Carlton and N ellie Stuart, Alice Thompson, and H ester Jean Christmas mailing was the heaviest
work
during
tie», and plana for th new span are
on record here.
I Mrs. J. P. Leonard of Goodland. Mrs. R. W. Carlton and Mrs. E. C. Thompson.
the remainder of the winter.
definitely made.
Others present were Mr. and Mrs.
-
i Kansas, who are touring the coast, Stuart entertained a group of Spring-
Church, school and club work has
I are visitors this week at the Swarts field girls at the Carlton home Fri J. M. Thompson. Miss Margurlte
V is it from Thurston— Charles T ay
advanced, and Roy Hiout activities
Stock H ere— Alton Stock of West- residence. The Swnrts nnd Leonards day. Games ntiil refreshments com 1 Hurd. Victor Vogle and Miss Mary lor and George Platt were visitor«
AJ.ave become firmly eatabllahed In fir was a visitor here this m orning... have been acqualntences for 20 ears bined to make a pleasant afternoon. Roberta.
from Thurston yesterday.