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HPRINGFIE1„D, LANE COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24. 1927
T W E N T Y -F O U R T H Y E A R
FLOOD IMAGES
WEST SPRINGFIELD
M A N Y GOOD T U R N S BY
SC O U TS. SA YS R E P O R T
Springfield Aids
In Flood Rescues
j j tepie-e Pape«**
L IV I
NEW SPAPER
IN A L I V I T O W N
NUMBER
$20,000 Subscribed WRECK IS FATAL
in Woolen Mill Stock Ï0 ERROL PARKER
Hoy MOlita of Springfield Lion»
club troop No 11 have done 9126 In­
dividual good turn« «Ince their OCX Seasoned Boatsmen of This
nltalloti. according to the annual re­
City Volunteer Services Dur­
W o t Springfield D istrict De- port o f Scoutmaster W P. Tyaon.
ing W illam ette Freehet
submitted to the l.lona dub. These
vart&ted By R am pant W ill-
are In addition to two “good turn»"
Hprlngfleld played no Inconalder-
nniette; Springfield Getting done the community, and flve for the able part In the rescue of maronned
dent On Second S treet; M ili­
Back To Norm al A fter Heavy benefit of the Red Croee end «(miler fa in 11 lea In the flood ravaged area«
tary Funeral Conducted By
organlaallteia.
»urroundlng thia oily during the WII
Downpour.
Guard Unit.
With $20,000 signed for stock ip the new Oregon - California
The report ahowa that 28 tenderfoot lamette river freahet early thl» week.
Hprtusfl»ld and Weal Hprlngfleld teat» have beeu passed hy’lhe »rout», Nut only did »eaaoned boatsmen Woolen mills to be located in Springfield on the indtstrial tract, pro­
A military service Sunday after­
<ll»trlcts ere »hsklnc them selves dry «nil 130 second cl»»« leal» The lat­ from thia city volunteer their »ervlcen vided $100,900 is suhscrieed locally, the Chamber of Commerce com­ noon paid last honors to Errol Par-
a fter the moel damaging flood In thia ter were taken by 13 »i-outa. 104 be In re«culng marooned person«, but mittee met today and laid plans for future efforts.
A sy s te m a tic j ker, non of Mr, and Mrs. John C»
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, -. . i Parker, of 8pringfleld, who died Frl-
aeri Ion'« history. the result of a In« given by the H«outma«ter and hl« * ’»any unfortunate ones were given
campaign will be made over the town in the next few days and it ts . „ „
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heavy rainstorm over the past w eek­ a««l»lant» and the othera by troop shelter here and much money was
. . . . .
.
,
, ,
,
.
.
day afternoon from injuries suffered
hoped
to
double
the
amount
now
signed
up
before
the
meeting
to
be
wben
the
automoblle
,n whlcb he wag
end and the m elting of »now» In !he j «-«.mmllleemen
pledged to the Red Croat for relief
held at Eugene next Monday night when assistance from that city riding crashed Into a Southern Pa-
high Caaradea
work
here.
•
Sixty flrat class tent» have been
clflc train at the Second street croee»
A dozen Hprlngfleld men spent all of will be asked.
A trail of devaalatton *»« left by taken by flve scouts. The troop ha»
the walera of the W illam ette aa they taken two bike» and held »lx outdoor Sunday night and a large part of
Anyone who is overlooked during the next few days is urged to ing.
Death came a week after the acci­
receded from Weal Hprlngfleld Tuea- meeting»
Six hike» were taken hv Monday, exposed to the cold and the call at the Chamber of Commerce and sign up if they wish to take
«lay. in Hprlngfleld. normalcy 1» Just j patrol«. The troop took part In two water, and without food, engaged In stock in the new mill. It is mandatory that $100,000 be subscribed in dent. It was believed through the
week that the Injured man would re­
being reached nfter crippled X«« eer- I r„j||ea a ,
an<| went u, church rescue twork In the flood district.
cover. marked Improvement being
Many heroic deeds were credited to Lane county if this $750,000 industry is to be located here.
v ie . comm unication and travel held | ln , ,MM,y „„ two
-i shown on som e day«. He suffered a
„ .
,
, these men by families rescued from
the city In partial Isolation for sev ­
Following is a list of those who have subscribed:
Forty nine meetings were conduct- .
relapse late In the week, however,
,
... ..
.
house nud treetops and high ground C. F. Egglmann ____________ 1000.00, J. Fttlnp ------------
eral daya.
1500
00
i-d. with the aveerage numlwr at the i .
,e
__
-
I
ttr
/»
ti
Among
the
Springflcfcl
men
most
100 00 and Friday afternoon passed away.
(¡real dam age »«» done In West meetings as i7.
500 00 W. C. Me Lagan ____________
L. F. Anderson ...------- -----
Sympathy for the Parker fam ily
j active In the reecue work were Nelson
100.00
! Wm. Vasby _______________
Hprlngfleld and s u r r o u n d in g low ­
200.00
I Fisher, Frank Fisher. Wilbur Lloyd, Wm McDonald ...............—
300.00 and the injured man was widespread
land», the Io«» being counted In Inun­
M. A. P rem ier____ ___ _____
SC O U T S ADD M E M B E R S
300 00 : T V Ogden ........ ......................
Hold Miller, Henry Tomseth, Leo J. E Cross .... ......................
100 00 through the comm unity, and hun­
dated houses, service etatlone and
200.00
IN A N N U A L R O U N D -U P i <,|t»er. the (lay brothers. Mr Sater- W H Adrian
100.00 dreds of telephone calls were re­
restaurants, drowned »lock, swamped
I W. A. Taylor ---------- r__ __
200.00 ! W. C. Rebhan ...... .....................
Geo.
Vallier
field.
Nol
Shurman.
Harold
Williams
500.00 ceived at the Paclflc Christian hos-
automohlloa. and sim ilar datngge.
500 00
Il 1* Murphy
500 00 p ,tal- w here he wan confined, from
Three new members have been add­ and Harvey Johnson.
j
Eugene
Kester
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The Paclflc highway, which cuts
Interested friends.
500.00
ed to the Lions troop. No. 11, of the One of the bravest de«*ds of the rea­ C. E Swarta
100 00
i
John
Henderer
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through the center of the district,
Errol Parker is survived by hi*
Iloy Scouts, during the annual "round cue was credited to Dodd Miller, who,
100 00
it. V anny —.... .
was under wnler for a day and a
parents, his brother, Rowland, who
500 00
up" which ends In March. It was an- . with a single oar. dared to send his J B Young
100
00
half, hut ou Tuesday cleared, show ­
was with him In the car at the lim a
200.03
M J McKlIn
...............
O. tta lp ll U ipp* I M
MaaMMMMeMOMeMM 200 00
ing little dam age to the pavement nounced by st-out master W. P. Tyson i boat Into a swift current where none
of the accident, and hl» sister, Eu­
100 00 UUO. • I B1U8
M R. Adams .... .......................
The
new
scouts
are
Henry
Trlnkn,
,
’’«her
dared
go
and
rescued
a
ma
50000
«x -»pt nt a point Immediately tinder
nice.
loo oo
J. L. Lorah ..............................
500.00 i
the traatle of the Southern Paclflc Perry Tomseth ami Winston llsckus ' rooned family.
The Christian church was crowded
100.00
I.
M.
Peterson
........
........
.........
Their enrollment swelled the mem
Mr>- M B Huntly circulated the
100 00
near the Hprlngfleld arch.
with friends of the fam ily at the tima
500 00
bcrshlp of the troop to 22, while the ' P*0««on asking subscriptions for re- Wm F Walker
100.00
Here the pavement, undermined
of the funeral, at which Rev. S. Earl
100 00 P H W * lk « F
...............
full strength la 25 Others are to be i ll,,f ,nr ,h ** unfortunate fam ilies left Tho«. Mi'KInnis
100.00 !
by the water. <-raah«>d through when
Childers
officiated.
100.00
A
A
Anderson
....................
added shortly, It la expected.
| destitute by the flood.
loo.oo,
a cur was driven over It. This de­
The lixtal National Guard company
100.00
W W Clover
100.00
j
The "round-up" has for Its purpose
layed the restoration of bus service
200 00
F B. Flanery
....... ...... —
100 00 '■ har charge of the m ilitary honors,
to Hprlngfleld by several hours Mon- ; ,h " pr” n“">‘>'' <>f Interest and stlmu- FLOOD F A IL S T O S TO P
furnishing pallbearers. In charge o f
100 00 J. A. Seavey .............................
B
O.
Smith
400
00
day. In fact, for approximately two 1 l“,.,on
advancement In Boy Scout I
Sergeant Charles Scott, and a firing
100 00 «viin. .vggai ji
J
A
Neher
..........................
.
E
F
F
O
R
T
S
OF
M
A
IL
M
EN
200.00
day« Springfield was reached from ' * ,,r*«- Throughout lame county thia
100 00 Welby Stevens ....................... 2000.00 squad, commanded by Sergeant T m -
J. C. McMurray .......................
the county seat, but three miles dis- w,,rl< *" Progressing, and (he Sprlng-
bert Henderson. The salute wan
100 oo
Undaunted by the high water ln ^frs. L. May
................. ......
2000.00
tnnt, only by train or on foot over ' dl"*d troop« are holding up their part
fired at the grave in Laurel HUI
the West Hprlngfleld section, the Mc­ S. I. « R ia Ogden _____ ___ _ 200 00 Harry M Stewart Fuel Co......
500.00
the railroad track«.
"r ,h *‘ campaign, according (o Mr.
c e m e t e r y , and Kenneth Mullican,
Kenzie river and Wendling mall car- C. A. Swarta ...........................
100.00 Harry M Stewart ..................
500.00
At Chase Gardena ronslderahle r>*on.
bugler, played taps as the casket wan
B. G. Sankey
.....
100 00 M M Peery
500.00
loas was counted In damage to spring
'
lowered.
. '
100 00
C. W. H a m lin ...........................
200.00
hothouse stock, and to the plant It- A-L M E E T IN G M O N D A Y
Special music at the services con­
100 00 $4 1
F B. Hamlin
100.00
self, the largest of Its kind on the
sisted o f a solo by Hugh Winder and
The drivers are Percy O’Brien of
T O H A V E PR O G RA M
Geo J. Gerla«.!)........... .........
r,00.00 H B Maxey
2 600 00
coast. The Charles Klngwell green-
special selection by a mixed quartet
.
the McKenzie route and J. He Foe of
house In West Hprlngfleld also was i Kntertat.m e.it will he featured a l a the Wendllng route.
composed of E. E. Morrison, Mrs.
On Mnnriav M RS. J. H. H A R P E R IS
LOCAL S. P. O P E R A T O R S
damaged.
Dallas Murphy. Mrs. W. P. Tyson and
! meeting of the Loyal Legion of la»g- morning these men hoisted their mall
DEAD IN P O R T L A N D
A R E T O BE R E M O V E D T O
Dallas Murphy.
i
*
«, amiT k
/
r "rs and Lumbermen at the W O W ! sacks on their backs at Eugene and
The accident which proved fatal
building, was floated by the f l o o d , h a ll Monday night
Under direction walked by railroad track through th« ' Mra J H Harper- 7S
nt “Kp
S P R IN G F IE L D J U N C T IO N
to Errol Parker was the first of a
w aters early Monday and sent careen- n( a committee headed by W P Ty A ihm I are« Io Hprlngfleld
Here they ,or vear" » re",d«n‘ of »Prlngfleld
* .J " " " «he Paclflc highway, not B(,n a e„mp|eU pr,)<ram haM been ’ hired automobiles and flnlshed their ' an<’ m,,‘her ° f A E Harper of thia
Giving Indication of the sqxproach- serious nature to take place at the
unlike a m a s .lv . truck, to be depos- arrangFd f , . „ llrln){ local ani, Bu<e(w , rlp.
clty. died In Portland Monday after- ing change In Southern Paclflc train .dangerous Second street crossing (or
Ited w „h It. front on the edge o f the
| Retllrnln|{
eyen
o>, noon at 3 o'clock. The funeral will routing which will place Springfield s e v e r a l years. Rowland Parker,
highway, m few feet from the Ktag*
Th.. r'mrt»««
«
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J
Carlton ulMterg of Srrinafleld going mall they ajtaln wa ked to Eu he conducted In Portland Sunday, and , In reality on the through train route driving the ligh t coupe In. which they
w e ll g r e e n h o u s e . Cablps In the wH,
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burial will be at I-aurel hill cemetery j from the Northwest to the Southwest, were riding, was facing a bright son ,
at 1 »a * « a,«
. „
, w’’’ M,nr 1 duet. ( hnrlen Nadvonlk gene with the mall.
Kpi
Ingneld
Kugene
and Seavera auto w.<n '
m «-lection
, ».
. . . violin.
. .
.. were practically
. back to nor- I i hnrg*
it was learned here today that South- and did not see or hear the danger
camp
were br.flly
damaged.
on . the
| I Mall,
hT
When he realized that the
I ami l»aul Press will give a vm-al solo I tool here yesterday with a few de-I Four rhlldren
Mrs. Harper, ern Pacific telegraph operators here ' signal
Much loss of .lo ck In D avenport. A
aeler„ ,>n
Klvrn ! ,ays In delivery from various parts who was »•>' ’«■»*» throughout this are to be removed to Springfield («rain was upon them, he turned th«
r ' _B’
i by Margaret Skavlan of Eugene
. of the state.' Mall was sent out e w v , d,"tr,c’
They are A B Harper. Junction, probably In April.
: car to the left, with the train.
stores resulted from the high water. ' Walter
will give guitar select-'d a y during the flood, hut during two Sprln<fl- Id: Marlon Hamlin, Port-
While no official announcement of | Caught on the front of the en glM ,
In som e cases, service stations were Ions A com.Mlv »kit will be present- days almost none was received here lan<1: Jo"-phlnp Whltbak. Portland, the change was made, local Eape« «he autom obile was carried for J7g
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«
« - .
.J .V .
nt
W
h o n ‘ the
h o t train
r o in w
na h
r n u iy h t tA
carried away from their gas pumpa.
feet.
When
was
brought
to
and u Ida
Kearns. Vancouver, B. X
C.
officials
said
that such a _______
move , is »««_
llke- fo
«<1 by a Eugene group
Her«' and (here houses and garages,
a
stop,
Rowland
Parker
was
out of
; ly, as Springfield Junction will be
A field officer from the headquart- j H IG H W A Y R E P A IR S ARE
and other buildings, were floated and
i the terminus of two subdivisions when the car on the engine pilot, clinging
era of the 4-1- will speak al the meet
S C H O O LS A R E C LO SED BY
carried for considerable distance. A
W E L L U N D ER W A Y H E R E
the California trains are routed over desperately to the hair of his In­
Ing The entertainment will follom
batn In which rattle were tied was
R A IN ; PR O G RA M F R ID A Y tbe Natron cut-off through here. Pres- jured brother In a successful effort
a regular business se«slon of the
timsed against the Southern Paclflc
Second street Is being scarified to-
ence of operators at the Junction to prevent his being ground under
Hprlngfleld local acroMIng to Chair­
trestle.
Attendance I n t e r r u p t e d by the w(m|d makp ,8
tQ thn>w ^
the w heels of the engine
dav following the surface damage
man Earl Dillard.
Much evldenco of the flood waa
wrought by the recent storm. Ap-
<* «•«• <*rty part of the gw|tches an„ ,e , the b|< tra|nfl j
aw n In Hprlngfleld aa well aa Weat
proches to the W illamette river * —*. «he Hprlngfleld schools w e r e , tbrou|,h wlthont gtopa
G IR L S C O U T S A T M E E T
bridge are being repaired on either ,
»«”■ M°«>day apd Tues«l.y.
| R (g
|h>t g tow#r
Hprlngfleld. Haaements In the lower SN O W FA LL A T W E N D L IN G
H ELD LAST SA TU R DA Y
sections of the city were flooded,
On,y an honr and a half ° f arho° l I be constructed at the Junction and
LO G G IN G C A M PS C O L S IN C end. and Improvement of the rough
water ran In t o r r e n t a d o w n the
stretch between the bridge and the I
p'a"ppd for Tuesday. W ashing- ,
jB fw tfce
The Girl Scouts of Springfield
•treeta, cutting off the depot from
, ton » birthday, and programs planned venience of the operators and swltch-
Henry Carter Malted Sprlnugfield Paclflc Highway Is on schedule.
last Saturday and selected Loudella
the remainder o f the city for a time. from above Wendllng late Wednes­
A permanent character la being ior t h ,t holiday will he held on FTI- mpn Accordlng to Agent Carl Olaon, Williams chairman for the ensuing
Home damage In (he lumber yards day. and reported a heavy fall of given the temporary
on __ a dBy ,n m ,n y ° f th e e l e m e n t a r y (h# cha
wl„ cange ,1n,e |ncon
-
- repairs
, ___ ___
period.
was reported.
an«»w on that day. When he left, h« ' ho1* ,n ,h e p»c ,flc Highway under the rooms, according announcement b y 1 venlence here.
Other officers chose by the scouta
The Isolation of the city delayed «aid, Ihe snow waa atlll falling.
Southern Paclflc trestle at Glenwood. Superintendent V. D. Bain.
Springfield was given a taste of the were secretary, Audrey
Daniela;
School
buildings
here
suffered
no
m ails and comm unication.
Hmall
Th« Ileoth-Kelly logging ramp« in T-" m" and men are buey building up I
forthcoming situation early this week, news reporter. Barbara Adams,
ca r. were .till unable to he supplied the Wendllng district, he reported, shoulders on the highway throughout j n’ore than °«her buildings in the
when landslides on the old main line yell leader, Adaline Perkins.
heavy storm, It was reported.
frem service stations with gasoline have shut down until March 7.
the Weat Hprlngfleld district.
made it necessary to send the Callfor-
Plans for various activities
on Tuesday. 1«he gas service, cut off.
County crews are at work In various
iiid iv r D C i- r v u i / ' u te
n,a tra,n’ ‘hrou*h here (>n the Natron discussed. The Scouts are engaged
It 1« reported, when Mammy's cabin,
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[parts of this section repairing flood U N I V t K h l l Y M i u n l&
cut-off. The trains were routed this in an achievement contest with Eu­
Injured
Hand
a restaurant at Judkins Point, was
Elmer Sankey sustained « painful dama<,‘
hx County Corn-
H U M B L E D BY LOCALS , way for two days. Since completion gene.
ripped loose from Ils foundation and Injury to hla hand when «putting TT,*"",oner
E Crowe have placed
'
I of the new Cascade line to Klamath
water allowed to All the gaa main,
Springfield High school's basket- Falls, the Espee has been waiting for L A U G H T E R E S Q U E T O
wood at hla realdence here Saturday the damagie to the county road ays
was not restored for several days.
A piece of wood flow out from under tern at near 250.00«. Inspection has ball team tossed In Its first victory the roadbed to settle before putting
Damage to wires of the Mountain
BE H E L D ON F R ID A Y
hla ax and struck one of his thumbs, found, however, that In few instances last week when It humbled the high­ the heavier trains over the route.
States Power company waa reported
has
the
damage
been
more
than
sur­
ly-touted
University
High
school,
15
T.
Ahern,
assistant
general
manag-
gashing it. Two stitches were taken
I
by local olflclala. The Oregnn-Call-
face, road beds holding up well to fl.
er of the Southern Paclflc. spent the I Springfleldltes prepared to enjoy •
at a local physician's office.
fornlu lino went down Sunday night,
against the lashing of flood waters.
The game's result was a surprise last few davs at Crescent Iwke and I blt of <"de - p''“ '«>« p°«n*d y Monday
and the service waa cut off here while many were suffering from exposure.
to all concerned. Hprlngfleld had not Cascade summit handling the train n,* ht were <'<’mpellpd bX
a transfer of Intake waa made to a
to hold their laughs until Friday
Considerable difficulty was experi­ C H R IS T IA N R E V IV A L
won a game this season, while U ni-j situation during the storm,
northern supply system . The Hpring- enced by Ihe reacue parties In aomo
night of th is w eek, when Laughterea-
verslty High, among other things,
T O S T A R T ON SU N D A Y
fleld-Alhany line went down about case«. A woman, Mr«. J. L. Miller,
que, the high school's annual joko-
had whipped Eugene High. Eugene, PROF. H E W IT T OF O. A. C.
feet /Will be presented at the school
the sam e time, Impairing service to who huahand works at Notl, waa
on
the
other
hand,
had
beaten
Spring-
Evangelist services to be conducted
Harrisburg. Cottage Grove waa w ith' taken from top of a gravel wagon
T O BE H E A R D H E R E SOON auditorium.
field
by
such
scores
as
86
to
3.
by Rev. James Small will he started
out service for many houra.
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| Four stunts have been prepared by
with her throe children and their
A return game will be played at
Prof. Roy Hewitt. In charge of law | the c,agge8 of the h,gh gchoo, B<^
Many Eugene m otorists and others, dog. The Simpson fam ily wbr res­ at theChrlatlan church Sunday morn Eugene February 28.
Instruction at Oregon Agricultural tween acts special music and other
out for a holiday trip Sunday, were cued from Ihe m igrating Seaver’a Ing. Rev. Small has announced the
following themes for the week:
! college. Corvallis, will be heard In features will provide entertainm ent.
marooned In Springfield Sunday, anjl «tore with difficulty.
! two addresses In Springfield Monday.
Sunday A. M —"The Print of the L IO N S TO ROAR FOR
either put up hero for the night or
Judges will decide the best of the
Part lea were taken by boats from
B E N E F IT OF L A D IE S ' The flr"« wln be on Monday aftcr- stunts presented and the prises will
walked the tracka to Eugene. Among their Island safety-spots In the Mc­ Nalls "
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noon, when Prof. Hewitt will address go toward the Inter-class rivalry.
Sunday, P M.—"What Shall It Profit
these were a group of Unlveralty Kenzie district alao, Monday, al­
Mysterious rumblings for the bene- j the high school students In assembly.
professors, who found their way back though the most serious condition a Man If— "
Monday—“The «Journey of Life and 'fit of tlrt> ladles are on schedule for I He will he the principal speaker at
.
Bridge Inspected
to their classes Monday. Many mot­ existed in West Hprlngfleld.
My
Ford."
tonight's activities of the Springfield the afternoon gathering of the stu­
orists turned pedestrlun and walked
In Hprlngfleld the schools were
County Engineer P. M. Morse in­
Tuesday—“Reason and Religion."
Llorts club, who are to celebrate their dents. and will make a talk along
to Eugene.
closed Monday on account of the
spected
the approaches to the new
Inspirational
and
educational
lines.
Wednesday
—
"
T
h
e
Faith
t
h
a
t
annual
ladles’
night.
('alia for help from marooned West floods.
In the evening, Prof. Hewitt will Springfield bridge during high water
A dinner at the «namber of com­
Hprlngfleld residents were turned In
At Ils helghth, the W illam ette Haves."
Thursday — "The Freedom t h a t merce will start the event. Follow- appear before the Methodist church Monday. His purpose was to deter­
Police Chief Jess Hmltaon Sunday river reached a level of 17 feet, the
Ing the feast, the clubmen will escort brotherhtiod. which will meet for d’n- mine the effect of high water off
night and Monday morning. All highest since January 6, 1923, when Joans Gives."
Friday — "The World's Greatest thelr companions to the Bell theatre, ner at the church parlors at 8:30 various proposed rlghts-of-way for
avnllngle boats were launched Into the height of the river waa 1H feet.
Where a stunt program will be pres-, o'clock. Aspects of law enforcement the short roadways to be built to coff-
service, and city and county authori­ The flood damage thia year, however, Question."
Sunday, A. M.—“The Christian's ented. The Lions, however, have re- I will be discussed In detail by the O. nect the span with the Paclflc high­
ties cooperated In taking maronned was much greater than In 1923,
fam ilies from house and tree-tops, partly because the W est Hprlngfleld Hope." Sunday, P. M. "Two Sides of fused to divulge details of the latter | A. 0 . Faculty member before the way on the Eugene side and the Mc­
high ground, and sim ilar places. No district has been built up consider­ the Cross" or "How the Thief on the event, and the mysteries will not be «hurchmen Sam Bartholomew, presl- Kenzie highway on the Hprlngfleld
Cross was Saved.”
unravelled until the program starts, dent of the Brotherhood, will preside. side of the W illam ette river.
one was reported hurt, although ably since then.
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