Printing gela thing« done P h g w ie 2 1 HE SPRINGFIELD NEWS CALIFURNIA ÌRIP OF TEAM ASSURES Many Hurt By Accidents Here SCOUTS MAY GET HIKE TO BEAUTIFUL SCOTT’S LAKE IN HIGH REGION , 0ud-ßanvnw7g Babe Wtuit promts«* t<> lx* by fo r the best «hnwlng over m u le by a d rill team <>! the local I ih I k *' w ill bo mode ut th Pacific coast convention of Ihe N eigh ­ bors of W oodcraft ut Riverside. Cel. fornln by l-lne < Ircle teem of S|irlngllel(l It was d -rln lle h under, stood nt Inst n lxh t'« m eeting llm l Iho trip of th<> team. num bering eith er 12 nr IS. w ill b« mad«, leaving Eugene for Ixis Ansvls« on Septem ber 10 Iho W hllv It In possible a few cluing"» w !ll bo necessary d o* to inab ility of some to go, the follow ing nr» now practicing the d rill« by which Spring field hopes to aoora high In th« com petition M ra Ithixla Lloyd, captain, MP« Ite ia y <*ul^br. tw nndr b e a rrr; It la declared by many old tim ers , that they have never seen this section ' in aa good shape aa it is today fol­ low ing the o iling operations made por.- I Mblc through donations of local peo­ ple and the efforts o f S tre e t Com­ missioner George V alller. I Dupa, a« usi al claimed the moat vie If present plans ma tu ria I lie H. E. lim« Maxey Is In charge of the arrang i >u lu « «day. i W Thomson <-f for transportation, and ata' Thomson'« resort, broke a rib when that If enough «coûta are lined up th ,,n'i fell ou the furry which trip to the lake Is certain. carri«« traffic across the McKcnxle ' Clayton Berber, master of the Lion« riv e r to lu» resort. Mr. Thom -on « troop, ha« «et a tentativo date font Slipped into the hole out of »filch Aukum1 g He waul» ull scouts >»h) the ferrym an ball,« «rater and he • ,.|in make the trip to begin planning plung' d w ith hl , body a£»!sat the side I im m ediately, sad to let him know of the hole. Il,- came to Springfield ,,f t be|r intentions. T he event w ill be for treatm ent. the biggest feature on the summer In a fall trom a load of hay. George programs for the local boy scouts. Ilu akell of Goshen sustained a broken j ______________ ho slfjcped Favorable comment Is made on the ' condition of the stretch of road be- I tween the west side of the bridge and oo Gehrig. .^tlu^ging _ first ba*t- mas of tha leading New York Yankees, who has stood baseball TO •n ita head this season by bis sen- sstional «lugging, passing Babe GROCERY Ruth ia home rone and bidding lair to be one of tha biggest “bads’1 grocery and | of year». n„ k Th,- injuries n.- rly claimed his MeKINN0N READY life, but luiinodlalc treatm ent by a I local physician appears to be restoring OPEN NEW H e called at tbe local ' him Io health The new south »Me | office Tuesday, and appeared to be im lunch room of D. W M cKinnon w ill proving rapidly. M ra Audrey McPherson. Mra. Stella I be opened to the public on Saturday. I Bioyol« Accident Eaton, Mra June M c l’heraon. Mra Ann J July 30, I t was announced today. MISS DOROTHY ABBOTT Antone Tuhey. son of M r» Rachel Thatcher Mr«. Ixiulae T ro tte r. Tuhey. a u st.ln ed a broken arm whl.n , Staple .n d fresh groceries, fruits, v e g . ( MARRIED AT PORTLAND Mian Ida Cox. M m W in ifred Hannon. Ihe chain broke on his bicycle and the ---------- M ra Leota Rodenbaugh. M ra , Ida wheel lite ra lly "ra n aw ay" with him * nd * •< > « ■ - “ " d • » handled I Announcements have been received ran away Llpea. Mlaa Dorothy Moateraon, Mlaa here of the (onucom lng wedding of down Ihe road off Springfield heights by Hprtngfleld a new business. Moltm Mellon. Mra Nellie Hildebrand T he a ttrac tiv e quarter» have been j j | H< Dorothy Abbott to take place on Monday Unable to use the brake, he Arrangem ent« were made laat night week The house Saturday evening. August 13. a t St. was forcad the allow the bicycle to completed thia to furnish the team with an a ttrac tiv e take Ita own speed down the hill. aland« at the corner of South Second Stephen's p ro cathed ral In Portland, banner T he flag w ill be of red aatln. When aa autom obile reached the In­ and D afreet a. and ia a ttrac tiv e In Oscar E rv ln g M cK inney, who Is em- w ith letter« la 'w h ite and a green ployed In a Portland banking house, tersection at tbe foot of the h ill, the every particular. fringe. It w ill bear the Inalgna of the M r. M cK innon haa Invited all Spring- w ln take M1|g Abbon a , blB brWe boy was forced to go Into tbe ditch to local circle a pine tree, and the fol­ to call and Inapect the new business M l»s Abbott was teacher In English avert a colllaalon. low ing word«: Neighbor« of Wood, C a rl Hoaaerman reported to police ’ ,,B ,b r opening day. In the Springfield high school the past c ra ft. lin e tree circle. No. 46, Spring ¡ year, and was exceedingly popolar that a boy named Harks who Uvea field, Oregon. ; among her students. She has a host nn Fourth street Teas Injured to a MANY IN ATTENDANCE In competition, the women w ill wear collision of a coaler wagon w ith the AT BOY SCOUT CAMP of friends here. uniform« of cream-colored serxe trim — ' The coming year, she plans to teach Boaserman automobile July 11. The med In red furnlahed the team a Camp Lncky Boy on Blue riv e r is i near Vancouver, W ashington, while accident occurred at F o u r... and Main abort tim e ago at an expense of over The boy was coasting w ith I proving more popular then ever this her husband continues his w ork at streets (200 hts head fum ed to (he rear, and the ' year according to officials In c h a rg e .; Portlend. •°f the Springfield high aehnol. In order to acquaint the members w ith d rills of thia kind th a t they may be at th eir heat when the d rill« are held on the lawn at the new Neighbors of Wood­ craft home at Riverside. It w ill he at the dedication of thl« home on Sep­ tem ber 17 that the com petition be­ tw een teams w ill be conducted. OLD TIMERS ENTHUSED AT IMPROVEMENT MADE BY OILING OF STREETS O iling as a method of Im proving un­ pared streets la receiving much favor­ able comment by Springfield people who for some 25 yeas have been nego­ tiatin g the section of local streets which have connected M ain street w ith the Pacific highw ay in W est Springfield. Bprlngfluld boy scouts a re promised Mishaps of Various Kinds Claim a wonderful trip to the mountain« Victims; Man Breaks Neck shortly. If enough of them arrange to But Lives ntuke the Journey worth while, a c c o rd -, Woodcraft Croup to Co to Los Ing to announcement by local acout Angeles by Special Train on A variety of accidents, some of pecu leaders thl« week. September 10; E x c e l l e n t lia r circumstances, occurred In this Scott's lake, not fa r from the lava („ the M cKenzie push country. Showing in Competition is section during the pa»t week, some j causing ««rlou* Injury. Industriai mis- w ill be the arene of the «coût outing Promised. the paved highway. This part of the road has been the te rro r of travelers ' from tim e Im m em orial, It ia rem arked, and even In la te r years when modern method» were Introduced a rugged base has kept the surface rough and ; unsatisfactory L lV ff N IW S P A F ff R IN A L I V I T O W N SUMMER STREET New Road Being Graded Today into Industrial Tract; Pole« on Main Felled; 850 feet of Sidewalk Go in During Past Week, T he annual Improvement prograOk on itprlngdeld streets is progressing well, and all phases of the work w ill probably be finished up by the open­ ing of the rain y season this fall, ac­ cording to inform ation obtained a t the city hall. 8 tre e t Commissioner George V a llle r Is rushing work today on grading the new street which w ill provide access to the c ity park and the Industrial tra c t H e hopes to have this work completed to day. So far. It has beeu Impossible to drive machines into the park satisfactorily. • T h e new bridge across the rail! W h ile not In aa good condition as race on M ill steet is completed, and South Second and South D streets, Is a notable Im provem ent to th a t this section is a t present In excellent thoroughfare. It is said. I f the Second shape. East M ala street is a fa r bet- street closing goes through. M ill street | ter street since the o ilin g operations. la promised fu th e r im provem ent by 8 ta te highw ay workmen have been the count conrt. busy thia week im proving th e K street seas graveled during the shoulders on the paving In W est laat week. Springfield on the Pacific Highw ay. Sidew alk w ork being done under contract by P lrrie and «on Is progre» WORD OF ACTION BY alng aatlafactortly. Laat week about COMMISSION WAITED 850 feet were laid by the contractors. Today, they are w orking S ixth and W ord of action by the state high­ Seventh streets on F. w ay or public service commission on the proposed abandonment o f the Second street crossing Is being a w a it­ ed by those interested la Springfield. T he first report. It Is expected, w ill be of the petition of the highw ay body to close the crossing: I f a protest is filed fom here, a hearing by the pub­ lic service body w ill be conducted. M eanw hile, plans for the bridge are collision was unavoidable,' he re- Sunday the first period gnded and the i The bride Is the daughter of M r. ported. I second began. Many parents visited "nd Mrs. Chester Abbott of Portland. alm ost at a standstill. U n til the m at­ te r can be cleared up. the w ork w ill 8. H Daniels of Donna sustained a j the camp to bring out th e ir sons a n d i __________ progress slowly. serious cut on his rlstit arm when take in others. Carol Adams of MYERS PARK IS BOUGHT an axe slipped w hile he was cutting Springfield entered the second came BY J. B. BLAIR, Eugene Petersons E ntertain— M r. and Mrs wood Monday. Several stitches were ' Sunday, The w eather has been Ideal at the 1 Announcement was made this week f I. M. Peterson entertained a t their necessary to close up the wound T he one-year old child of M r. and camp. T here Is more w ater this year that the Myers park, located on the home here Sunday. Visitors Included Mrs Low ell Bykea was brought to a In Ihe large sw im m ing hole and the M cKenzie, developed by Russell M yers members of Mrs. Peterson’s fam ily — Io, at physician’s office Monday fo r , boys have enjoyed It on the hot days, aflit W. P. Tyson, has been sold to J. M r. and Mrs. A Bendler, son. H . A. A ttra c tio n of a particle w hich became ' A ll the tim e In the camp Is devoted B. B lair of Eugene. A house belong- Bendler and oe.nghter, Eleanor, a ll of lodge'l In the child's nose wnlle plav Io Instruction. One long over night [ Ing to B la ir figures In the transaction. Hillsboro, and M r. Peterson’s sister, hike was taken to Castle .Rock d u rin g ' Extensive Improvements are plan ' Miss Pearle Peterson, now teaching ng In the yard. J M Plumley o f Oakridge fractured ‘ the first period both feet when he fell from a dock , 1 while loading ties tor the Mountain F ir Lum ber company. He fell for a distance of 12 feet, landing nn his feet. Exhibition d rills w ill be given by Clarence R. Robertson sustained the team every night of meeting until Injuries to his toes when n sledge the trip to Loa Angelea by special ham m er glanced and atruck his foot. tra in . He Is employed by the Fischer Lum ­ Sessions of the convention proper ber company a t Mercóle. arl 11 be held at Ixis Angelea Seplem Another accident at that place was her 13, 18 and 14. that In which W llllm M cK ay wrench­ On (he banner com m ittee are Mrs. ed his hack w hile putting boards CHAPTER I. Nina Mol'herson. Mr«. W a lte r la x to n through an eilger. He called at a A Fatal Smashup and Mra. B ert Doane. local office for treatm ent Bunday. “ Another little d rink won't do us any h a rm !” MACHINERY FROM HERE MANY LOCAL PEOPLE T h e tw o young men in the small GOES TO HARRISBURG ATTEND CAMP SERVICE car sang It together, a reedy tenor and a pleasing baritone. T hey were T ak in g a small saw m ill from this Services were dispensed w ith at the on the riv e r road, coming south, from d is tric t where It has been In use, the Springfield Methodist church Sunday Burley to th e ir home town. Scottdale. K eith Lum ber company 'Will start saw ­ morning and nearly 50 local people The hour was 10 o'clock of a mild ing on the Jones ranch, better known attended the Oregon camp meeting spring evening. A moon whose rays as the Ditem an place. 10 mJles east of now under way at Cottag’e Orove. were filtered by thin clouds Illum ined H arrisburg, according to reports from T h e y reported a successful meeting. the road running though well-tim bered H arrisbu rg W o rk Is expected to begin Among tnose w ho went from here bluff lands. Below and at the right, w ith in 90 days, employing eight men. were Dr. and Mrs. W . H. Pollard. M r. the riv e r shone w ith a subdued light. and tu rn in g out 20.000 feet of lumber and Mrs. P. A. W ooley, It W Sm ith. It could he heard splashing about the a day. Mra. Bernice Van Valxah. M r. and Mrs. rocks In the rapids. T he company, which Is operated by W. O. Hughes. M r. and Mrs John The d river of the little car brought J. E and C. C. Keith, has contracts Rossman. P. H. Em ery. M r. and M rs . ’ It to a atop in the road. He bad dark for lfl m illion feet o f tim b er and In­ W. H. Gantx, M r and Mrs. 8am B ar­ hair and eyes and regular features. tends securing more. It Is estimated tholomew, M r. and Mrs. F ra n k Bar- He was considered good looking, th a t 50 m illion tent can he taken 'o tholem ew, M r. and Mrs. J. P. Vaughn, though there-whs weakness In his eyes the m ill at Its first location, which M r. and M rs. U O. M cElhaney, M r. and about the loose set of his mouth would mean a continuous run of more and Mrs. Collingwood. M r. and Mrs. ’T o m e across w ith that bottle, Ed­ than five years. T here sre three m il­ F ran k Bailey, M r. and Mra. J. T. die," he commanded. He placed his lion feet on the Jones ranch, including Moore, Mias M argaret Morris, M r. and i hand against the side of the other's red fir w ith a sprinkling of cedar, and 18 million nn the Olddlngs place n ear­ Ms. H a rry O lllette. M r. and Mrs. A. head and pushed violently. H e was B. Vorls. Mrs. Jane Crusan, Mrs. Mo'.- boisterous and a little malicious. by. He Scott. Mrs. Mel Rice, and others. “Q uit It you n u t!” commanded Edi­ In addition, most of these people were son Forbes, knocking the other's hand OLD-TIME SCENE IS nccompanled to the meeting by th eir down sharply. H e produced a flask PRESENTED TO CITY children. from the lower, outside pocket of his No serricee w ill be held at the coat. It was a little over h alf full. T im e does not alwnys brings many M ethodiet church next 8unday m orn­ He passed It to the other, who took It changes. ing. eagerly, removed the cork, and tilted This Is shown quite conclusively the bottle. T he liquor gurgled down In an old photograph of a Springfield his throat. Texas Club W ill M eet scene presented to C ity Recorder I. M Forbes Jerked It aw ay. "H a y , w h at’s T he Texas club w ill hold Ita annual Peterson this week by C ity Engineer picnic at the Eugene municipal camp tha m a tter w ith y o u f ba asked, half Blmon Klovdahl. It Io a picture of the Southern Paci­ ground Sunday. M em bers are to bring laughing, half-vexed. " T ry in g to gat awny w ith tan dol­ fic crossing over M ill street, tnkeu In th e ir own baskets for the chicken lars' w orth of booxe In one swallow?" 1808, shortly a fte r the tre s tle was con­ dinner. He raised the bottle and looked at It structed. Few are the changes to be noted, save for the fact th a t a wagon Lam herty Leave«— Nicholas l-am- humorously, try in g to determ ine the and team are standing under the tres­ b e rtn who has bon here visiting his exact quantity against the moon tle, while an automobile would more mother. Mrs. N. A. Rowe, le ft last "Come home to your drunken old lik e ly be seen there today. night for Chehalis. W ash. He Is w ork­ fa th e r !” was hts address to the bottle. Reside the wagon, a man la standing ing as tra v e lin g agent. H e too tilted IL In a deep puddle of w ater. Im m ediate­ T h e liquor was Canadian whiskey, ly under the railroad. T he same pud­ MeLagan'a Back— M r. and Mrs. W . but a reproach to the name when dle might have been seen there during 1 C. M el oigan re back a fte r a vacation compared to th a t Imported before the the extrem e w et season last w inter. In eastern Oregon. passage of the Eighteenth Amend­ A NUMBER 21 HPIUNGOTBLD. I*ANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY JULY 28, 1927 TWENTY-FOURTH YEAH *Tne People s P a p a r Bids w ill be opened a t the next m eet­ ing of the city ooancll, to be held early la A u g u st fo r the Installation c ( a sevfer across block No. 88. which lies between E and F and N in th and T en th streets. T h e M ountain S ta te * power com­ pany Is busy rem oving poles from M ain street. In connection w ith a ap­ pearance-im provem ent program de­ cided on some tim e ago. A ll connec­ tions have been changed to the alley lines, and the poles at Jiain and T h ird streets were taken doom yesterday. CITY EMPLOYES HAVING THEIR ANNUAL VACATION A vacation schedule is now under w ay for Springfield c ity employes. Fred Hinson, night w atchm an, re­ turned last night to his duties a fte r ned by the Eugene mnn. I at Corvallis. a holiday of a fortn igh t. During hl4 absence. T raffic Office E lm er Sm ith served on the night watch beat. Police Chief Jess Smitson Is shalh ing plans for his annual vacation. The exact date fo r his giving up tem por­ a ry duties has not been set yeL • , C ity A tto rn ey 1. M. Peterson look k short holiday over the Fourth of July and is not certain w hether he w ill go again. H e expects to take quite an extended trip next summer if he doe« not take a regular vacation thia sum­ T he tru ck haJ mer. ment. F o r this had been m anufac­ were In the ditch. C ity Street Commissioner Georg* tured for an Illic it, eager, not too dis­ p artly telescoped IL T he massive crim in a tin g trade. I t had passed ! wheels and forw ard end rested on the V a llle r has yet to leave on hi« vaca­ tion. through several hands before Im porta­ urushedrin bonnet of the car. A ll this Forbes and h it companion tion. Each middleman had done some­ thin g to cheapen and degrade It before ' saw as they stopped th eir own car and CHAMBER WILL RESUME made a hasty survey. T he moon had passing it on. MEETS IN SEPTEMBER T he stuff was strong 'with the tem po rarily conquered the clouds and now shone b righ tly. They saw that strength of v itrio l and It lapped at the Meetings of the Springfield cham ber throat and stomach-lining like liquid 1 the d riv e r of the car. a woman, was of commerce w ill be resumed In Sep­ I dead. She had been crushed between fire. T he young men gasped and tem ber according to announcem ent by roughed, the barbaric stuff brought the back of the car and the steering- President H e rb e rt Cox. w ater to th e ir eyes, and a ll but choked wheel. She still sat upright, the nose M r. Cox has hopes that the cham­ them. T h e re was an Instant and sav­ of the tru ck against her body. ber can e n te r on a progressive p r o T he d river o f the truck was in his age k ir k In IL gram as soon as the meetings are ro " L ittle close harm ony now. o M kid." place. His arm s were on the steer­ sumed. T h re are many projects, he His head rested on his believes, th t the civic body can de­ suggested tha dark youth, thumping ing-wheel. Forbes on the shoulder. They swung arms. T he truck windshield had been vote attentio n to w ith resulting ad­ Into a fav o rite of the tralnlng-cam p broken. This was the only damage to vantages. the h eavier verlvle. i t loomed, a quarteta: "F a re w e ll, farew ell, m y own true shapeless bulk, under Its closely fas­ Going to Scout Camp tened tarpaulin. The body of the truck love. T h ree g irl scouts from Springfield was tilte d from the road a t a dan­ w ill attend sum mer camp a t Blue Farew ell, farew ell— ” A high-pitched scream o f m ortal te*- gerous angle. riv e r for tw o weeks beginning next Forbes' companion had been sobered Sunday. T h e y are Adallne Perkin«, ro r; another: and then a crash and a tin k lin g of glass, cut across the song. by the spectacle. H e stood by and Loudelle W illia m s and Evelyn H arrta. w rung his hands ineffectively. Forbes T he g irl sconta met last Tuesday T hey stopped Instantly. •'W h a t’s that? ” queried the tenor, climbed into the seat o f the truck ana In the Cham ber of Commerce room« raised the driver's head. T he man w ith 17 girls present. W a lte r Gosalef frig h t In his weak face. "Sounds like a smashup ahead," re­ opened his eyes. I t was apparent that gave them instructions In d rill. T he he was p a rtia lly daxed by the shock. culture contest has ended and the los­ plied Forbes, rapidly. “Let's go." T h e other was unnerved by the por­ B ut there was ra w liquor on his ing side la to entertain the w inning “ W ha's the m atter?" he side. ten t of tragedy. H e was trem bling. breath. H e made three attem pts to s ta rt the mumbled, stupidly. "1 thought so!” snarled Forbes. Ho Dlvoroa is Sought car before he succeeded. T he road B. S. Sankey. Springfield m ail routn a this point curved ra th e r sharply as It turned to his companion. " I t ’s Scoots followed the edge of the bluffs, so that Llbbey. I bought our boos« from him c a rrier, has filed suit in c irc u it court little was visible In fro n t but the tall a t Burley." R etain ing his g rip on the for divorce from his w ife H e charge« man'« collar he backed off the seat, deeertlon. I. M Peterson Is his at­ trsea. T h e y had proceeded hut a short dis­ dragging the bulky, feebly reeietnnt torney. tance when a turn brought them to Llbbey w ith him. "Y ou fo o l!” he said fiercely, when Nephew VleRe— M rs O W Hobeen the scene of the accident. A south­ bound tru ck was w ell on the wrong they had stumbled to the ground. has aa her gueet her nephew. G arth side of the road. I was In collision "R unning a boose-truck, and w ithout Knapp, nd his college friend, L ie u t T h e young men w ith a touring car which. In an effort sense enough to keep sober. See w hat Edgar J. M urphy. w ere fra te rn ity brothers a t A me«. to avoid the truck, had dropped Into a you’ve done?" H e Jerked the man roughly about Io w a both being members o f T en ditch which bisected the roadway. T he ditch was planked only across so th a t he could see the havoc his G am m a Nn fra tern ity . L ieu ten ant The M urphy haa been attending the Offi­ the narro w surface o f the built-up reokless driving had created: little car, p artly under the truck, and1 cers T ra in in g camp at Camp Lewi«. highw ay a t this p o in t M r. Knapp w ill spend the summer T h e truck had forced the car down­ looking as though It w ere being de- (Contlnued on Page 1) ward and back so th a t Ita re a r wheels Read this New Serial! Starts this issue. CEDAR SW AMP ----------------- By MICHAEL J. PHILLIPS