HE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
B u tin e » Comee
the M erchant W
Goes A fte r it.
T W B N T Y -T IIIK P '
CHARTER EL' t
10 BE JANEIAKI»1
Months Have Gain But
Last, With Net Lead of
4’ j Per Cent
New City Charter Ready for
Action of People; Polls at
Postal receipt» for 192«, announced
City Hall with L. K. Page and
L. E. Thompson Acting as today by Postmaster F H llam lln.
Jude»
PAVING PROJECT IS
TALKED BY CHURCH
Pavement of the block between
Fifth and Sixth on C street was dis-
«Mixed at a meotlag of the official
board of the Methodist Episcopal
church Monday nlghl. and a definite
report on posclblc means of financ
ing the enterprise will be h««rd at a
' business meeting following tonight's
I mid week service.
'It was said that pavement of the
! street would provide a run-off for
Lena Wilson, a girl from tha
water which, during storm weather, >
Canadian backwoods, is engaged to
backs up from the street Sigalnst the
marry "Bud" Stillman, »on of
James A. Stillman, multi-million
New photo of Mrs. Rebecca
church building and threatens to
aire New York banker. This girl
Rogers of Austin, Texas, 22 yea»
flood the basement.
Pavement of
of the Limberlost met the rich
old eo-ed bandit, who is charged
the street must be financed by the
man’s son and their friendship
with holding up and robbing the
church and property holders on the
blossomed into love, just like
Farmers' National Bank at Buda,
I opposite side.
Tcncas. When released on bail »he
movies and books.
»
went off to be married and faces
J Improvement of the arrour.tlr« of
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trial after her honeymoon.
the
church
was
discussed
at
length
SCHOOL SEMESTER TO
at the meeting An echo which has
END ON JANUARY 21
notifab|« for some time may be NELSON BIRDS ON WAY
. i eliminated by banging velvet curtains
TO L. A. EXHIBITION
Springfield public Bch»*d« started ,
ba]r(>ny # | , pr)(.e
»29S
again thia week, following Christ mas ■ Tb#
A)<)
aH|(p(1 *
Five first-class fow ls form the Nel-
holiday» of ten days.
The high consider a plan of ralstng t h is '
pouitry Ranch here, considered
school .<.«ii»te. will end on January omoun, and ; report w l„
beari
^ “"'exhibition of poultry In the
21. and the last two day» of the_pcr- a( , onltht.H mi„ .,,nK
'N orthw est, are on their way to bo»
lod will be given over to examlna
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Angeles to represent the poultry In-
lions.
BASKET-BALL SCHEDULE
toreata of this section at the Greater
The rantuta. "The Moundbuilders," j
OF H IG H SCHOOL GIVEN
An,r',es » mltry Bhow ,3rcest ex'
which was to have been given In '
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‘ hlbltlon of its kind west of Chicago.
December. «Ill be presented on Janu-i
I Four basketball game« to be play-: Robert Nelson, owner of the farm.
ary 28. It was announced today. The
cd In SprlngfleJd have been schedulell I shipped three cockerels and two pul-
glee club already are working on the
and
An|fe,eg ghow. One
Ijtughteresque.
annual
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program.
are tinder way for a game with Ehl- j of the cockerels took third prize at
high school fun fest. will tako place
gene here. So far. three games have the recent International Livestock
February 18.
been scheduled to be played away ! show at Portland, and first and sec
,
front home, and Eugene and Harris-1 ond prize pullets of the Portland
»how “ •"*" ol
l>"r c*n* °**r
.
1926 «nil Indicate a substantial gain
January 25 Is the date of the spec- each month with the exception of
lal election lo he held In Springfield Dei ember Th« total receipts for the
for the puri'o-- of submitting the year Just ended were *11473 21. and
proposed new charter to a vote of for 1925 they were 98121 04.
the people
Polls will lie open from Itecemher showed a falling off of
8 o'clock In the morning until 8 In | | o 0 desfilte the fact that the post-
tbs- evening, and voting will take „n,,-e racnrdsd a record figure one
place at the cite hall
day during the midst of the holiday
This was decided by the city roun- «hipping. The month kept ahead un-
ell this week, following the cotnple- ui after Christmas, when the slump
lion of the drafting of a new charter wn« much greater tbnn that of last
which will change the Town o f y,.Kr,
Springfield lo the "City o f Spring
Here la the table of postal receipts
Held" If adopted
Th« whole of the por tt,e two years, by quarters:
192#
1926
charter Is lo he printed In the Spring-
91963 58 *1884 84
Held News, and following a favorable p |r«t quarter .
election the document will ba In Second quarter
1977 85 1882 81
194886 1912 Si
eluded In an act submitted 1« the Third quarter
2693.12 2660 48
state legislature,
> Fourth quarter
L. K Page and L. E. Tbompaon
have hoe-tl named Judges of the elec,
98473.21 98121.1)4
lion, and clerk» are Mr» Hattie
My<rs. Mrs. Evelyn Emery, and Mrs COX IS NAMED HEAD OF
Muude T, Bryan
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The charter was drawn up by S
special «-«»minltl-v appointed by the
Re-electlun of H J Cox and F B
council
Much of the present docu
llamlln a» presHnt and vlce-presl-
ment, It ts said. Is obsolete and In »lent, respectively was the chief fea
adequate to serve the n»»d* of the lure of the -December »esalon of the
city, and a new charter Is needed to Springfield Chamber of Commerce.
conform to the requirements of a held Friday n igh t
Following h l.
in»»»l»rn city government.
, sv •
election. Mr. Cox again named Walter
Due to revised provisions In the Gossler secretary ° t the 8lvtc or««»1
propose,! charter its adoption will
zatlon • C. E Kenyon was elected
automatically »dear up the clouded
treasurer,
situation regarding Ibe 87886 Are
Th.- election « a s followed by the TRACK TEAM MAY BE
bond Issue, now being held up.
appointment of standing comm ittees
The first game o f the season will
DEVELOPED AT HICH
for the new year. They follow:
i be played tomorrow night, when
NEW STORE MAY LOCATE
Commerce, trade and Industry—A. 1 Development of a Springfield High shedd w||l
roet on the i(icai floor,
IN I. O. O. F. BUILDING J Perkins. Welhy Stevens. John Win- school track team may result from t’ndlsmayed by the sound drubbing
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L IV I
NEW SPAFCR
IN A L IV E T O W N
LARGE WOOLEN MILL TO
LOCATE IN SPRINGFIELD
'ostai Receipt o f
1926 Increase
All
A
P ip « r
NUMBER 52
gPRlNOFIBLD. I4ANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY JANUARY tt. 1927
V
T ha P « o p m
$400,000 Investment to be mad«
on Industrial Tract by Ore
gon - California Cooperative
Woolen Mill and Tannery:
Mill Workers Coming From
Scotland.
The erection of one of the
largest and most modern wool
en mills In America at Spring-
field has been announced by the
Oregon-Caligomla Cooperative
Woolen Mills and Tannery, an
organization of eastern Oregon
rheep and cattlemen that has
been formed during the la’ t few
months. The officers of tho
new mill have reserved a site
on the industrial tract Immedl
ately east of the site leased to
S. R. Jaynes for a tannery and
bordering on the mill race
south of the Southern Pacific
tracks.
The selection of Springfield for the
new Industry which will employ 580
people when in full operation came
about after two months of negotto-
tlon be tween officers of the company
and H. E. Mardy. chairman o€ the
Industrial and Park committee. Eight
other cities of Oregon have been try-,
ing for the-IOcatlon there but all bar«
been eliminated In favor of Spring-
field because It Is the first city in
the W illamette valley on the new
Naton cutoff and strategically, loc
ated In relation to other lines of
transportation as well as having
show will be exhibited
Two of the
electrical power In abund-
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ko/
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annum
K
gs.
cockerels have not been shown be ance.
fore.
The new company expects to in
Winning prises at the Loe Angeles
corporate about March 1 for 9759.0880
show will direct nation-wide atten- and start the erection of Woolen mill
tlon on th.- Spingfi.-ld poultry, » n p h j
lBinM.dlatPly
thp bniM.
interest Is being taKen In the exhibl-
Ings and machinery which are ex
tlon by Ed Snow of Monroe, presi-
pected to be ready for operation by
«lent of the Oregon Poultry-men's As-
1
soctat . on.
(hood of 3488.888, Ray officers of th«
1 company who will arrive here in a
g g y SCOUT COUNCIL TO
few days with their architect to make
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physical shinty testa InsuguratedJ
them New Year's
by the
leg isla tiv e,
highway.
fish
and th»Te this year ff) « alter renw ica. Alumni, who marked up 23 points to
game— W F Walker. E. E Morrison, senlor In physical education at the , hp hl(th gchooi»g jfl. the team is go
an(t pr W C Rehhan
, .
,
,
, University of Oregon and director ot |njt in
for practice this week
Publicity,
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.
. local , nr,.M
ra, orv an(,
", a good . game |R
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. .. d v . r . . social
.. and ,, edne»-I
,, athletics
at the
preparatory
promised.
t|„n«l—11 E Msxey. F II Hamlin
. .
t
school.
Fifteen men have answered Coach
and Dr W H. Pollard
The physical ability tests will pPnwi«g-B cai| for basketball mat
House Committee— M M Peery, C. furnish Fenwick with a means of er)a|
p Egglffiann.
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT p »™ for
building.
grading students In physical educa-
Here Is the tentative schedule to
Bridge Committee. E E Morrison, tlon. and at the same time will bring dBtP.
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The Oregon-California Cooperative
H E Maxey. A. J. Perkins, G. G. lo the surface Ip various track actl-j shedd here. Jan. 7.
Springfield Boy Scout committee- Woolen M ills, and Tannery is a new
Bushman. Welby Stevens.
men
will be represented at the an- departure tn woolen goods manufao-
vltlea. Included In the testn are the
Vniveslty High here. Jan. 21.
Finance— O (1 Bushman. C. E following:
nual meeting of the Lane County ture in the west. It's purpose It to
University High there, Feb. 18.
W. G. Hughes.
Boy Scout Connell, to be conducted ’ make the woolen growers manufao*
High Jump. 75-yard dash, rope
Lebanon here. Feb. 4.
M rs .Stew art E n te rta in »
| Board of directors—-Julius Fulop climb, bar valut. baseball throjv for
at the county courthouse In Eugene turers.
Eastern Oregon sheepmen
Cottage Grove there, Feb. 11.
Mrs. Harry Stewart entertained w . O Hughes. W F. Walker, W C. accuracy, und posture rating walk
tonight.
The
meeting
«rill
start
at
declare
they
have been reclving too
Cottage Grove here. March 2.
several members of the young mar- j Wright and Harry M Stewart,
8 o'clock.
j little money for their wool which la
Ing. standing, and general.
I-eban on there. March 11.
rh-d aed with an afternoon of bridge 1
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I This Is the first annual conclave shipped to Boston and sorted into 1*
Everett Squires, a high school stu
A gam«- with Harrisburg is being
Friday In honor oil her daughter. THREE ARE ADDED TO
J to be conducted since Springfield be- different grades, gelling from 38 cents
dent. has constdeiable ability as a considered.
Mrs Theron Sausset, who was visit
, came a member of the council.
1 to 31 a pound. For their best wool
NATIONAL GUARD GROUP p°<,‘ vaulter. and couch Fenwick ex
ing here during the holidays.
Boy
Scouts
of
Troop
1
are
now
i
they say they get about the lowest
- poets to discover several short dtst- SPEEDER
IN UPSET,
Invited guests Included Mrs. Clair
meeting at the Christian church gym- grade price.
Bringing the enlist«*! strength of snee sprinters as soon as the weather
Pan-ons. Mrs. Larson Wright, Mrs.
MARCOLA YOUTH HURTjnaslum at 7:38 o’clock. Last Thurs-
The new mill expects to cater to
the National Guard «-ompany up tn will permit outdoor running. Stand
CHfford Wilson. Mrs. Jack Henderer.
.
,
.
| day night. Holt Grlnsea, formerly a hoth foreign and domestic trade with
Its quota of 26 men. thr«>* new mem ards for Jumping have been made by
A runaway hand-speeder w h ich , Scout worker ln Eugene, Jet t h e , repregentadTeg
np>r,y
cona.
Mrs Jack I sir son Mrs. Walter Ooas-
bers were added this week. It was the manual training department,
ler, all of Springfield. Mrs. C. Cam
h>D
the
track
of
a
logging
railroad
mPPtln(t
and
conducted
signal
prac-
,
rleg
of
y
,
,
wor|«|
Springfield
can
annnunt-ed by Guard ofllcevs. Ell W.
I L__
In the Marcola district on Sunday; dce
bell, Mrs. Jean Ward and Mra. A. P.
expect a great deal of advertising
Im proving Second
Miller. Gordon M 9-ee and Orval
afternoon resulted In painful Injuries I
McKenale of Eugene
from the products as they will all
Cantrell are the new gurdsmen.
Improvement of Second street was to Nelson W right 16-vear old youth MRS. PEARL HARVEY OF
bear the city's name as the place of
The company will meet tonight for
of
that
community.
started this week In an effort to put
Chi-yMntbamum Meeting
manufacture. Everything from blan*
drill. I-aat Thuisday night was mint-
JASPER
BURIED
MONDAY
Wright was riding on the speeder
H«wlng and cards furnished enter-1 g(. B((rh, wtth jpo lM,r
att«nd the thoroughfare In shape for Its last
keto to the finest worsteds will ba
winter of hard usage.
Construction when he found hlmeelf on a sharp
talnment f « members of the Chrys ance.
Mrs. Pearl Harvey, for several manufactured and clothing and suit
A feed followed the drill
anthemum club, who met met yester Major W. O. White of Eugene was of the Springfield bridge will elim in Incline In the tracks. The machine years a resident of the Jasper dis- making will also be branches of tha
gathered speed and the rider was un
day at the home of Mrs. J. C. Mc- present, and made a short talk ex ate traffic from Second street, and
tict, died at the home of her parents new mill, according to plans. Only
able
to control i t Near the foot of
only
temporary
Improvement
work
Is
Murray. Luncheon was served by pr(, Rsing his satisfaction with t h e 1
at Jasper at 7 o'clock on the morning pure wool goods will be made.
the
grade
the
speeder
Jumped
the
being
done.
Gravel
has
been
distri
Springflold company dur- !
The mill manager ts presently mas*
the hostess. assisted by Mrs. 8. worg „f
of Jaunary 1. Funeral service« were
buted from Main street to the bridge. tracks and landed in a ditch, throw
Ralph Dippel.
Ing Its first year.
held at the Walker chapel Monday aging one of the largest woolen mills
ing Wright on his face.
Severe
Those pr«*«ent were Mr». F. A.De-
morning, and burial was at Pleasant In the «muntry and is regarded as
bruises
and
Igceratlons
resulted.
Entsrtain
For
Frl»nd«
Pue, Mrs. Leland Ewbank, Mir«. W.
one of American'» foremost woolen
Trad« Offices
Hill cemetery.
J. Scott, Mrs. J. A. Seavey. Mrs. Wll-
City Recorder Ira M. Peterson has j Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leonard, who
Mrs. Harvey long had been 111. She experts. Heads of the various organ
Ham Dawson, Mrs Maude T. Bryan, movgd h|g |aw o (ficea t„ the city hall. I have been visiting at the C. E. Swarts LARAWAY NOW RUNNING
was 31 years of age. She leaves her isation of the mill have all been sel
M rs W H. Adrian. Mrs M. M. Peery an(1 ,g «pending the week In renovat ! residence, were guests of hon«w at
PILCHER DEPT. STORE husband. John L. Harvey of Pendle ected. most o f them being trained
and Mrs 8 R Dlppel.
, | nK that building and system liln g the j a delightful party held last Monday
ton, two little daughters. Edna Haxel ln Scotland, which leads the world
Purchase of the Eugene branch of and Iris May. her parents, Mr. and In the manufacture of woolens While
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I keeping of records. The office he 1 evening. The Leonards left for Call-
the R. A. Pilcher stores by Seth Lara- Mrs. Ira Higgins of Jasper, and five most of the help will be brought here
Hold N«w Year’s Party
vacated next to the postnfflee h a s ' fornla Tuesday.
from Scotland and the e a s t local
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seavey enter- been occupied by former City Record-1 Those present wet> Mrs. F. DePue, way, Eugene business man. was an 1 brothers and sisters.
help will be trained In building up
ts In .«I a small group of friends at er R W. Smith, who will co n tin u e. Mrs. H. W Whitney, Mrs. Knox, Mrs. 1 nounced this week an«l Is now oper->
their
Springfield
residence
New as Justice of the peace and In the j J. T Moore. Mrs. C. E. Kenyon. Mrs. atln< the business as “Pilcher's De-
the plant organization, it Is announ
SMITH MOVES OFFICE TO
B. A. Washburne. Mrs. Mary Kessey, partment Store, Seth I-araway, suc
ced.
Year's eve.
Bridge playing and Insurance business.
4TH STREET LOCATION 1 Only high class help will be em*
cessor."
Mrs. M. M Peery.
ratlin mustr combined to make 1 !
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A. A. McDonald Is managing the
I ployed and union labor used through
pleasant evening. C. E. Kenyon won j
Junior Church Orsgnlxed
R. W. Smith. Justice of the peace
st«we. Mr. McDonald wait formerly
Wire Down, Lights Go Off
out the organization, all garments
the prise at cards, with Mrs. Maude j Organization of a Junior Church at
Pub,‘c-
bearing the label.
Springfield was plunged Into dark with the W eyerhauser Intereats In ;
Bryan receiving the consolation prize, the First Methodist Episcopal church
W
isconsin,
and
managed
their
big
flc,‘
ln
the
Commeclal
S
tate
bank
Those present Included: Mr. and was completed last Sunday, with 38 ness for 12 minutes Monday night
store at Potlach. Idaho. The new building on Fourth steet. and Intends
W heel C hair Sent
Mrs. R. R. Roheits, Mr. and Mrs. I. present for the first day. Mrs. W. H. when the Copco lin e ‘which furnished
the Mountain States Power C om -' Pilcher store owner came to Eugene j ,o ftdd peal
8nd collection work
D. Larimer, Mr. and Mrs. W H. Pollard Is director o f th ■ Juniors
to the Insurance, business In which
The wheel chair purchased by tha
Adrian. Mr. and Mrs. C. R Kenyon. division, and Mlsss Elizabeth Hughes pany with power from the Foutn. ! 17 years ago, and has been operating he has been engaged for some time.
went
out.
Arrangements
Immediate-!
I-araway
Jewelry
store
for
many
American Legion Auxiliary for th»»
Mr. and Mrs. A L. Roberts, Mrs. Is assistant.
8chool warrants also will be paid at
ly were ninde for tying In with the ; years.
Veterans Hospital No. 77 at Portland
Mamie T. Bryan. Miss Crystal Bryan,
that office.
Mr.
Laraway
plans
improvements
The
lights
were
out
at
Potlnnd
end.
was sent north yesterday. Much ap
School Board Meets
Welby Stevens, Mrs. Grace Roberts.
Mr. Smith has been a resident of
for the store.
preciation of the Auxiliary's efforts
The Springfield school hoard will 9 o'clock,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Dawson and Mr.
Springfield for 23 years, and during
was expressed to Mrs. M. B. Huntly.
meet at the city hall tomorrow night
and Mrs. Seavey.
the past year has served as city re
Rlv«r High
Aenaa Club Meets
president, «rhen she visited the vet
to consider routine business, accord
Continued rains through the week corder.
Tho »residence of Mrs. M. J. Mc-
erans institution recently.
ing tn announcement of R W Smith,
M ill W o rk e r H u rt
have Increased the height of the Wil
The
trustees
i
Kiln
was
the
scene
of
a
meeting
of
clerk
of
the
board.
Dan Webber, worker In the Spring-
Woodcraft Installation
Pays Fin«
field Mill and Grain company plant, were to meet on Monday, but post-1 Hie Aenaa club Tuesday afternoon lamette, hut as yet the highway at
Installation
of officers of the Ntegh-
Judkins
point
has
not
been
flooded.
Those present were Mrs. C. E.
sustained an Injured shotild«*r when Pon«*l the session,
Arthur Owen paid a fl.ne of $8
Swart«. Mrs. L. May, Mrs. E. Brown Marsh land In the Springfield district hors of Wbodcraft circle will take
he fell from the dock of the mill -
Monday after being found guilty of
place
on
Wednesday
night
January
has
been
under
water,
and
drains
Tuesday. The Injur«*! man was rush-
Visits In Portland— Miss Wlnlfrld ing, Mrs. Ella Lombard, Mrs. C. E.
12. Circles throughout this section charges of speeding on east Main
taxed to their capacity.
e«l tn a physician’s office, where It Tyson, Idnuglhtirr of Mr. and Mts. Kenyon and Mrs. N W. Emery. h»vp
street. Owen was the first traffic law
have been Invited to attend .
Guests
were
Mrs.
McGowIn
and
Mrs.
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wn< found the shoulder had been P»™y Tyson, spent the holidays at
offender tried before City Recorder
1 Her« From Thurston—Mrs. Walter
builly bruised but not broke» W»h- Portland visiting at the residence of Howard Cotton.
Wright Away—Will Wright Is tran Ira M. Peterson, who took office Jan
MPs.
Cotton
assisted
the
hostess,1
Platt
of
Thurston
was
a
visitor
In
bet will not be able to work f««t some Mr. and Mrs. George Ditto, former
uary 1.
sacting business ln Portland today.
In serving relreshments.
t*>la city Monday.
Springfield residents.
time.
A general rarrcti»adl«r store may
locate III the od 8 Fellow» «lore build-
Ina at Fourth and Main streets. It
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was learned today ,, The building has
„
be» n vacant since H alts cash store
went bankrupt
Trusts«* of the lodge are under
slotel to be n»«otiatlng f»»r the new
business here but a delnlte announ-
ce in» nt has not b»-en made
Several
prospective business men have con-
slder»sl the location. It Is understooq
.
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----------, Kenyon and