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HPRINOranLD. LANK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10. 1927
PETTY CRIME WAVE IS
ABROAD IN SPRINGFIELD
UNION HIGH PLAN
Combining of Sevaral School
District* Which Send High
School Student* Here Talked
A* Possibility, With Further
Consideration Promised.
Heveral esses of thievery or house-
hreaklUR were reported to Hprlngfleld
police headquarters durian the lest
week-end by Irate cltlaena.
Among the complainants iwaa V. I).
Italn. superintendent of the Spring
Held hlRh arhool. who finds himself
with one teas suit of clothes as a re
sult of a visit paid hla residence by
an unidentified man February 6 'me
hurdar entered the house tbrnURh the
rear door while the Bain» wore out
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of the city, made .w a y with the gar*
menta, but look nothing else of value
F II Chase reported to police thut
a eroaa rut saw and brace were stolen
from hla gravel plant Saturday
Chicken thievery Is continuing here.
Ira Young lold Police Chief Hn.ll.on
that 16 llhode Island red chi. kens
were stolen from his poultry yard
late last week The case la the aec-
ond to be reported recently.
12 VDLUNTEERS ON
mecomi
Re-organization of Department
Gives Springfield Best Pho-
tection of Its History; Com
pany To Drill Twice Each
Month.
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WOOLEN MILL DRIVE
10 GO FULL BLAST
Committeemen Plan to Work
Hard Following Receipt of
Stock Sale Agreement from
Klamath Falls; Over $20,000
Now Signed.
The campaign to sell tlOO.OOO worth
of Oregon-California Woolen Mill
gbllgbment
„ ¥olutltn, r Bre-llRhllnn ;
stock will start full awing tomorrow
in Springfield and Eugene according
orgunltatlon thia week under the)
to plana of the committeemen. C. N.
direction of Fire Chief Je»» Smltson. j
Coseboom, acting secretary of the
A# a result of a fornai meeting I
temporary ne>* woolen mill organisa
<=*l»ed last week by the American
tion. ha» phoned to the committed
teO ««- «»«•| *«
h» ¥‘ "‘“ " • d up |
that he will arrive In Springfield thia
as volunteer firemen and will serve
evening with the signed agreement
«>" call with pay for actual service to
by which his group Is to raise ISSO.SM
the department.
and Springfield 3100.000 in stock »alee-
The new firemen are W illiam
Some subscription money has al
Vasby. J H HUI. Charles Scott, Tom
ready been signed up by the commit
Sharman. Paul 8«-alefe. D. C. Taylor.
SPRINGFIELD CAR IS
teemen. Between 120.000 and 130.00*
M. Allen. Frank Bennett. Eugene
Ths spirit of adventure has called to two wives of former pres
has already been volunteered or
FOUND IN CALIFORNIA Walker. Delbert McBee. Cecil Mulll- j
idents and both are sailing the seas to meet in South A m enes
pledged. As soon as the signed agree
i
there to trip together. On the left Mrs. Theodore Rootevelt, widow
« . emu and llalph H wee ne y. In addition
ment Is In the hands of the committee
Authorities at San l.u l. Oalspo. « al- J
A g Cu|Tlg
sf “Teddy" and, right, Mr». T. J. Preston, widow of Grover Cleveland.
serves as as
plans are for all four solicitation com
iornla. telegraphed Police ( hleef Jees ....................
Hornia
sistant to the Are chief.
mittees to start a canvass of Spring-
K m I taon this week that they have
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Chief Smltson Is getting his Im
field and Eugene. It is hoped to get
located an automobile
stolen
here
RESORT TO BE SCENE OF
from "« W
A n ’insurance Proved department I n t o
working j B R |D C E S (T E BEING
about 150.000 from each place and the
NATIONAL YEOMEN M E E T; committeemen are confident that it
compatiy Is returning the machine to order, and has plan- for two
SURVEYED
BY STATE
I t . Springfield owner
»'«»«» • month
Absence from two I
SUR V tY tU B Y 31 A l
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. can be accomplished.
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Yeomen from all part» of the United
All the money, it Is expected can
The car > w m iitoirn from Mr Kd drill« automatically d »m mw» a r i ______
Surveyil of the approach
and «Ite
- f,,r ih«
Four
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mlstnn from A street Iwo weeks ago —
mnn
,h,! oAMMav
<«>u>Pa,,>
Four men
men
B<w g prln<fle|(j highway bridge,!
states w ill gather here for the nation-' be raised during February. On Feb.
Saturday. The condition of the ma- »re ,o " '" P ln ,h*‘ P SW iideled q u a r t era
built early In the »prlng. are be- a| convention to be conducted in June ! ruary 28 the windup of the campalg*
Savaral Districts Near
Chine
after
Its
hurried
trip
south
was
above
lh*
city
hall,
thus
provKI
ng
ma(i
e this week by-a crew of men at the Cascade resort, located 46 »Hl take place at a mass meeting at
Half a doxen surrounding dlatrlrta
■ “ night patrtd f
f \
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working under the state engineer . j mi|es up the McKenxIe river from | the Eugene Chamber of Commerca
could he conveniently combined with not reported here.
Sounding of the whistle will be th -
Lines have been run from the fo o t, Springfield. It was announced this when the plan» for the new mill w ill
ftprloRtletd In the union hlRh achool
signal for all volunteer firemen t o ,
g(rget from whlch the ap. week by Sloan and Kuhn, proprietors | be thoroughly explained to the Eu
dtvlalon, and under aurh a plan the DR. JAYNES IS BACK
rally.
gene people in open meeting.
i proach to the bridge Is io be built to of the resort.
entire Hprlngfleld blah arhool build-
AFTER TRIP TO L. A.
Ail additional room ha» been added
Tract Becoming Advertised
Reservations are pouring in from
the »pan itself.
in» could he turned over to high
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to the city hall second story, and two
The Springfield industrial tract M
The crew has been working on both *11 sections of the country and hun
school 'work
AmonR dlatrlrta now
Optimistic over the po«albllltlea cl b<M, g lBataUad (bere a sliding bar has
sides of the river, and may be here dreds are expected to attend the na- beginning to get wide publicity as tba
aendlnR atndenla Io the local high developing a glove factory here fol bp<(n
,which will carry the
ftor several days. Although the work tlonal conclave of the lodge. The Yeo- result of the projected 8. R. Jayaed
arhool are Glenwood. Maple, Hayden
,B’
T X " h|ndu.'.r.f. r . i e n" i 7
,r°ra
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l ° r“ “ “ as been progreselng. E. E Morrison. roe„ wl„ be ,» the mountain, for ten tannery and the new woolen mltL
Bridge and ( base Garden»
Ih l. spring on the Industrial site Or enitne room
the apace
a f.w ,
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m. nv . tlIPM are
head of the Springfield bridge com-, ¿aye. and many features are being This week the committee re
8>onomy of carrying out anrh a 8. R. Jaynes Is back this week from , econda
Inquiry from a shoe factory
mlttee handling the right of-way plan planned for the entertainment of th e ;
plan was discussed at leant h at Mon I.oa Angelea where he Interviewed
Conaiderable satisfaction has been tor (h t new gpan haa not
inform lodgemen during their period of 1 c«™ •» Washington w anting to *
day's session It was pointed nut that buslneaa men with regard to the In
expressed about town over the re sd as yet of the exact location of the "roughing It.”
about the proposed tannery and eS-
al »reseat the tuition paid by the guatrlal development here
An Important feature of the con- Pressing a desire to locate near tt.
oounty for out-of-Mtotrtet pupil. Is not
Jgng|| |g now rp, dy
lak, Op vamping of the fire department, and a right-of-way.
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Construction of the new bridge la ventlon win be a great initiation, ln j
sufllclent to compensate the district |Bg dglB)U
, he tannary „tsb lis h decrease In local Insurance rates I*
a hoped-for result. The plan wna re certain to start early In the spring, which 600 will he inducted Into the ; ATTEND SCOUT BANQUET
for the accommodations and service
gnd w,„ ope„
bua, naaa
organisation. This ceremony twill he
It give, these etudeata
Figures sub- (f)g g p , , ^
fb e new tannsry Is oae commended to Chief Smltson by a local Interests have been Informed.
IN EUGENE LAST N IO W f
representative of the Portland Insur
held In a grove near the resort. The
mltted showed that the per raplts nf (h0 flrg, industries to go In on the
ance rating house. The department Is
Initiation. It is said, w ill be the largest
post of operating the high school la
, n(lualrU, trac, har.
Committeemen and scout mastePd
In possession of an efficient new en SCOUT FINANCE PLAN
ever held by the Yeomen.
approximately J10, but It was pointed
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of Springfield troops 11 and IS weg»
gine. puchased last summer, sad
TO BE MEETING TOPIC
Much value from the publicity present at the county wide meetlag
oat that the charging of that sm onrt , , . . D r C D v 10 nif>y
for teltlon would be mel with disfavor,
b
water conditions are said to be Ideal
standpoint la expected to he received held Wednesday night at the Oal
Scouting ofllcials of Springfield end ;
* result of the vlalt of hundreds of
by parents of the students attending.^
AFTER EUROPE TRIP tor flre-flghtiag purposes.
hotel la Eugene. -The eweet
others Inteested will meet tomorrow | ]o<|relnen
W ith s union district established, suf '
observances of national scout
night to outline plane for raising [
flclent money would come directly In
M Peery s
ck a er s r p
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM TO
Nearly 100 men were present.
Europe during which* he visited In
Springfield’s 3300 quota of the Lane
the usual manner for ths operation of
Those attending form Springfield
BE
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FEBRUARY
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pounty
pOy
Scout
Council's
financial
Vienna and Rome and spent some
REV. CHILDERS WILL
the school, and the Rpringfleld high
included John W ill, Levi Neet. W alter
1 time In medical study. Dr. and Mrs.
budget.
It
was
announced
today.
school as a whole could be Improved,
Elementary school» of Springfield
RETURN TO PU LP IT’ Gossler. Kenneth Dillard. ClaytoB
■ Pesry are staying at the h«itne of his
The 1Í27 county council budget pro
It Is hellvsd.
father. M M Peery of Rpringfleld. and I w,n
‘ P -fls tlc program on the
Barber and H. E. Maxey. Earl II
poses expenditure of 86.730. an In-
Spring Vacation Certain
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, no 1 - R er S. Earl Chtlders. who has been , John Bovard. Frank Jenkins and Dr.
morning of February 22. beginning at
■will remain here for a month befoie
Hprlngfleld school children a r e
i.r
io ,« a ! i I prevented from preaching at the Frst Burnett were speakers of the evented.
the public U In -. cr^_le
t.,«
resuming hla practice at Marshfield. 9 o’clock, to which
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appropriated last year. The largest chriBUaB chur(.h for two Bundays by ,
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premised a Spring vacation this year
vlted.
A general assembly will be
£
«Hmlala-
The Peerys m»de the trip by way held at the B r .t t .ln school, and each ,
^ e d u l e 1- for admin.. illness, w ill return to the local pulpit ;
The hoard, upon requeat of several
: of Portland and the l*anama canal, room w ill have 1.» , articular par. 'n , ,ra ' ' On ‘ °
ln Ijm (,
Sunday. In his absence last Sunday. SPRINGFIELD, GROVE
teachers, voted to set aside March 24
and were for two days In the Cuban
and 26 as Spring vacation, thus post
TEAMS TANGLE FRIDAY
the program Memorte« of both Wash
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annual ro Rev Rex Davis, pastor of the First
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i 1» shown In the councils annual re- Christian church of Albany, preached.
pnnlug the dismissal of school for the hurricane.
During their absent», M M Peery ' ln« ,on
U n , oln w111 be b0 "0" * 1
T h l. week hlstorv and language P° r’
’ * ’ ho»« tMat there are 152 ,
ch)n<ren ha8 been employed by
year to June 2 Instead of May 27.
The non-win record of either the
I the local church to take charge of the
1 traded In their old car for a new woTi ho. ¿ e n Urgelv devoted to i i e ; 9c<m‘ ’ pled‘ ed ‘ ° a d T ," Ced ■COO‘
Mrs. Paul Raeford wan given a con-
Cottage
Grove or Springfield high
tract to teach In the firsttInn school.' Rult-k and has been breaking the new Ilf* and work of I In.oln whose birth *" s ’’rln* fleld- Eu<ene J“ 5U<*B ' J ' ’ music. M r Chingren comes to Sprlng- school basketball teams is to M
d iv a n n .Z s a rv
^atu d ^ :
“ d Oakrld* e Tbe
, field with high recommendations,
auto In for hla son.
Mrs Haaford has been substituting -
day anniversary la Feb 12. Saturday. | of troopg ln rrea»ed from six In 1925
young people from broken tomorrow night when the two
On Monday Valentine » day* vale.v 1 to H In 192«
In the 1927 echleve-| J
of , hp coun, y attended the quintets engage in a hoop-toaste*
for Mis» Haxel Steven», who gave up
her ponltlon on account of health.
LIONS LADIES NIGHT
.h T ™ m . Wa id informal programs ment ° UndUP U °
member" Wete | worker’s conference held at the struggle on the Grove floor.
Although both teams have galagtf
TO BE HELD FEB. 24 the room, and Informal programs pIedjfed
Needlscraft M eeting
a reputation as losers this seasoh.
given.
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Thurston, Eugene, Pleasant H ill and tomorrow night’s game is to ba h *
Valentines furnished the motif for!
Lad lee night, annual affair of the
NEW BAKERY COES IN
Fairmont were among the churches give-away affair, according to support
decorations at the home of Mrs. Hprlngfleld Linns club, will be held on
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OLD BANK BIULDING r*Pre8ented A b>n<iuet WM !,erTPd ers of the two aggregations. At aay
Harry Stewart when the Needlecraft, the night of February 24. Many tn l r u r , L O
' by women of the Springfield church rate. It Is certain one of the teateg
LEGISLATURE SESSION
club met there late last week. T h e ; foresting features are being planned
afternoon was spent In making valen-! hy the clubmen for the entertain-
Virgil Moon will establish a new in the evening.
Is to have a victory to Its record wheh
Aa a reward for their efforta four
tines, with Mrs d K. Fisher winning! "’«nt of their fair visitors on the night
the struggle is over.
bakery In the old First National bank
students of the Junior high school
credit for making the most original^ of the event
bulMIng at Second and Main streets.
Tuesday night, Springfield ts M t
LAUOHTERESQUE TO BE
will be taken to Salem tomorrow Io
Tomorrow’s
meeting,
according
to
lost to Bt. Mary's high school. It to
It was announced this week
Date
and Mrs. (.arson Wt-lght the prettiest.
President J. F. Ketela. will he spent , • l,end *h* d” '’ ” M,on ° f the lei1” of opening the new concern haa not
GIVEN ON FEBRUARY 21 28. and last Friday Lebanon capturrtl
Members present were Mrs. W. J.
lature. Principal J. O. Burcham made
In
making plana for the event.
a tussle with the locals, 14 to 7.
been definitely decided yet.
Rcott, Mrs. R. P. Mortensen. Mrs. D.
the offer some time ago to reward the
Laughteresque. annual high school
Mr. Moon Is an experienced baker,
W Crites. Mrs. Carl Olson. Mrs.
pupils
with
the
best
records.
Wtooderaft Masting
and has been employed for some time stunt feat, w ill be presented on Feb
Plan Chicken Dinner
Flanery, Mrs. O. W. Hobson, Mrs.
Wednesday the winners were aa-
WW.UU, Mrs. W.
t .. •>.
Two were Initiated Into the Neigh
by a Eugene baking concern. Previous ruary 21. It was announced at the
W illiam W
Dawson.
I I Pollard.
For the benefit of the America«
Mrs B. E. May. Mrs. Larson W right. I hot-" «< Woodcraft lodge sod six » e r e ' no“ nced
h , . , ’, "
to that, he operated a bakery here In high achool today.
Legion
treasury, the Legion auxiliary
Features
of
the
program
are
ln
Mrs J. F. Ketsls, Mrs. W. F. W alker, I elected to membership when the lodge | “ ” d I '* " n , 1,n>
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connection with the Hgglmann candy
and Harold Geiger and Barbara
charge of the various classes, each w ill serve a chicken dinner at DM
M t « Carl Phetteplace, Mrs. O. H. | « • »
The two Initiated
kitchen.
Adama, second division, of the Junior
presenting a stunt In competlt*>n. Woodmen hall on March 11. The pat«
Jarrett. Mrs 8 R. Dlppel, Mrs. Floyd »ere Mrs Nellis Tibbetts and Mrs.
high school.
Lloyd Mattison and
Competent Judges sward places to He Is Invited to the dinner, at which
Westerfleld and Mrs. Stewart.
■ Ssdle Baldwin.
Courtney I»selle also are expected RADIO FANS PLEASED AS
each class, and the results count In chicken a la king w ill be served.
Among guests were Mrs. C. E , Following the Initiation, supper was
to make the trip.
The Legion auxiliary held a meettad
QLEE
CLUBS
BROADCAST
interclass rivalry.
Fisher, Mrs. A. T. McKenxIe, Mrs , »erred. A minstrel number »a s given
Business tnukP>
The classes already are working on last Friday n ig h t
Julius Fulop, Mrs Mary Lindsay, Mrs. 1 *»y the Woodcraft quartet.
Expresslons of pleasure .were re their stunts, and pleasing entertain acted Included the resignation of Mr*.
Troop
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Swims
Fred Fisher and Mrs. B. A. Wash- , The guard team, which la holding
M. B. Huntly as president and of tha
bnrnp,
1 a serlea of dances to raise funds for
W alter Gossler and Kenneth D ill ceived from *11 part* of the district ment Is promised.
secretary, Mrs. H. E. Maxey.
Sfe*
attendance at the national convention ard had charge of the awlm for troop by radio fans who heard the Spring-
agreed to serve until the place I*
Class Plan Social
at Riverside, California, announced a 12. Springfield Boy 8couts. Tuesday field high school glee clubs broadcast
CL INCAN TO FARM
The Live W ire class of the First filled.
carnival dance to be held at Mldwav night. The swim was held In the the cantata, "The Mound Builders,”
at
the
Eugene
broadcast
station
last
Mrs. Bernice Van Vslxah /was m ad*
Christian
church will hold a social
AT KLAMATH FALLS: hall Saturday night.
men's gymnasium at the University
at the church tomorrow n ig h t The successor to Mrs. Huntly.
of Oregon, and the trip was made by night.
Fred Cllngan will leave aome time
The presentation was directed by class is taught by N. L. Pollard.
Druggist On Vacation
the local youths In Bosserman's truck.
this month for Klamath Falls, w here,
Miss Fay Spaulding, who had charge
Speaker at Baptist Church
. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Flanery and
he has acquired a large farm on wh ch
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of its preparation and presentation
M. D. Eubanks a medical MissloO-
Has
Accident— Wallace Sharkey,
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ehlltlren. Dorothy and Richard, and
Rebekahs Plan Soeial
he plans to raise potatoes and alfalfa
employed on the monorail at the ary, who has spent years In China,
Miss Erna Weber, left thia week on
A “red and white party” will be here two weeks ago.
Mr. Cllngan w ill put In 80 acrea of
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, sus will apeak at the Baptist church F ri
a two-weeks motor trip to California. held by the Rebekah lodge at the I.
alfalfa, and 60 acres of potatoes. It
Girl
Breaks
Arm
talned a cut lip In a slight accident day night at 7:30. The Public is 1»
No definite destination was plannod O. O. F. hall Monday night.
All
Is expected. Mr. Cllngan has been a
Falling on the pnveme nt while roll yesterday. He was treated at a local vlted.
by the local druggist, although he ex membera w ill -wear either red or white
resident of Springfield for many yeara,
pected to reach Los Angeles beforo or both to the affair. The committee er skating, Maxine Swart», 12-year old physician's office.
and haa been connected with the
Baby Son Born— Mr. and Mrs. W all
daughter of C. A. Swarts, sustained
beginning the return trip to Spring In charge promises a good time.
Farmers Union store here.
Go- To W altsrvllle— Mr. and Mra. C er Easton of W altervllle are the happy
a broken arm. She was treated by a
field. M M. Peery Is substituting In
local physician, and the fracture was F. Egglmann went to W altervllle parents of a baby son. born early ye*-
the drug store during the absence of
Banks to Close
Kill Kars To Moot
Tuesday where they visited Mrs. May terday morning. The boy tipped the
Mr. Flanery.
Springfield banks will be closed found not to be a serious one.
Craft at the D. C. Trotter residence. scales at nine pounds.
The K ill Kara club will meet at the
Saturday In observance of Lincoln’s
residence of Mra. C. E Wheaton to
Q. A. R. Ladles Meet
Family Has Grippa— The George birthday, It was announced today.
Visits in Town— Mr». Ella Kenney
Redecorating Office— Offices of Dr.
Ladles of the G. A. R. w ill meet at
day, with Mra. W. H. Adrian acting Davenport family of West Springfield The banka also will be closed on Feb-
as hostess. Cards »111 furnish ths Is reported to be down with a siege of J ruary 22. Washington s birthday, It Is 1 Egglmann's hall tomorrow afternoon Eugene Kester are being redecorated of Motor Route B was a business
visitor here yesterday.
diversion.
(
I la grippe.
j expected.
I In regular aesslon.
this week, with pleasing reaults.
Kalabllshmeni of s union high
school dletrlrl to larlutle the Sprlnq-
II a III anil liniiiiMlaloly aurrnunilln*
ai'himl district» w«« <llscu»«ed *a a de
finite poaalhlllly at a meeting of the
Hprlngfleld
school board
Monday
night
A complicated situation grow
Ina out of attendance of students
front districts nt the Springfield high
school would b<* cleared up by eat
alillahinrnl of the proponed union dl«-
trlrl, member» of the school boar)
he Move.
While the m ailer Rot no further
than discussion Monday night. the
board decided to definitely consider
the plan, and further discussion 'a
expected at forthcoming aeaalona
If
It la decided to attempt the comblna-
tton of the dlatrlrta. member« of the
verlon* school boartla probably will
be railed Into rnn«nltatlon with the
Hprlngfleld board, and the whole mat*
ter will be put up to the people of
the dlatrlrta.
Springfield now has the beat flro i
protection of Ila history with the eat-