OREGON STATE NEWS High School Basketball
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Season Prospects Bright
Brief Resume of Happenings of
Local Basketeers Open Season
the Week Collected for
January 6; Three Players
Ineligible This Term
Our Readers.
With a complete schedule of l l
games, and two more yet jo he listed,
the Springfield high school basketball
team Is being drilled In prepar.it on j
for officially opening the season on
January 6. when the University high
school team will furnish competition
on the Eugene floor.
Springfield's chances for develop­
ing a successful team this year ap­
pear much better than last Several
letter men are back, and Interclass
basketball, which has Just been com
pleted. has demonstrated that the ex­
perienced material la showing Im­
provement and several green player?
have the possibilities of excellent
form.
Coach Leonard Mayfield will be
handicapped for the first part of the
season due to ineligibility of three
experienced
players.
MrPherson.
Cowart and Freeman tojulres.
If
these men live up to eligibility re­
quirements for the remainder of the
term, they will get Into the official
games during the latter part of the
season and will undoubtedly bolster
the team to a notable degree.
Mr» Clara Houston has been named
treasurer of Klamath county to fill dt<>
«orptreri term of Mrs. Vera Moser
A » 0 0 « fountain In the sunken gar-
t e n of the McMinnville city park will
he built this winter from the Fred L-
Soper memorial fund.
The Idaho Light A Power company,
operating in the eastern part of Baker
oounty, is establishing a line from
Richland to Robinette.
The valuation of personal property
tn Oregon ta »174*1560. according to
an inventory conducted at the request
of the state board of control.
During (he past week there were
Shipped out of Medford four cars of
canned pears billed to Chicago, while
another three cart were shipped to
A total of 71.500 persona used Des
chutes national forest during the past
summer. compared with «8.70« in 182«.
according to i t L. Fromme, forest su­
pervisor.
The Burke Canning company, which
has plants at Portland. Astoria and
Gold Beach, is seeking a location for
a fish cannery and storage point on
Coos bay.
Plans have been prepared by the
city engineer and the chamber of com-
ggerce committee for the first of sev-
ggai public landings for the Astoria
May Ba Advantage
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Mile a Minute"
INTEREST SHOWN IN
WEST COAST WOODS
lauigview, Wn . December 22 Mure
han »300 requests for inforniatlon on
West Coust woods were received liy
the West Coast Lumber Bureau dur­
ing the past month, il «aa announced
here today. The requeata came frenf
every state in the Unlou and from 17
foreign countries.
Sixteen hundred and five of these
requests for lumber facts came from
prospective builders who wanted to
get particulars about the heme de­
signs that iwon prises In the Bureau's
recent West Coast weed* architectural
competition. Almost all of the in
oulrles reauled from Bureau adver-
tisemeiita In various publications
Manv Inquirers stated that they
were planning to build a home at once.
Fnch a large number requested plans
of the design that won first prise
that the itureait arranged to have
working drawings and specifications
made These were offered to these
interested at a cost of 328 0« per set
and a number of sales were made at
once, som e by telegraph.
Requests for the designs have been
received even from such far distant
countries as Poland and Norway.
M a rr ia g e
racin g
boat,
w ifh
¿4 ab o ard
Licen see
lussed
During the past week marriage lic­
enses have been Issued by the county
clerk to the following: Lester Gates,
Bttgene. and Esther Viola Hapner.
Springfield; Kenneth Wllshtre. and
Ellen Mct'ullan. both of Eugene;
Louis Layng and Dorothy Miller, both
of Cottage Grove; John Chexem and
Grace Paalcy, both of Eugene; Harold
| Matton and Opal Clark, both of 9wlsa
’ home; Fred Goebel, Ashton, and
Kathryn Owen. Eugene; Claud Bias
com and Goldie Eicher, both of West
This, in a way. will prove an ad- j attain ed a »peed o l a mile a u»«e-
s«e. at N t * York last w eek— the
vantage to the team, however, as it
taste si e v r i reco rd ed, A new "fan
will make It possible for several less
tatl" propeller, in v e n te d by Jo-
experienced men* to play in official
hnan nrs P lu m — e x ceed in g even th e
games early in the season, gam es j wildest d rea m s o l th e b u ild e rs ,
from which they undoubtedly would i smites toe new »peed p o ssi ble
be crowded by the more experienced
McPherson. Squires and Cowart. Thus
Leaburg Youth In— Frank Aya of fir
the team will have several more ex­
perienced men for the end of this Leaburg came to Springfield yester­
season and the beginning of next than day for treatment of Injuries to his , CALL AND SEE Dr. N W. Emery
they would have If the three were ankle, received while playing
on prices on plates and other work, tf
eligible to play the whole seaaon.
Unlike the situation at the begin­
ning of the football season. Mayfield
is not faced with the problem of k eep
Ing up the reputation of a former sea- '
son The local football team last year I
had aa exceptionally good record, i
with the result that its w eakness |
this year were magnified In the eyes j
of fans accustomed to victories. The j
basketball team last year was weak. '
Its seuccesses were faw. and it ad- j
mlttcdly had a poor season. Any
showing this year will look good in
comparison.
Mayfield Optimistic
And Mayfield * appears quite confi
dent that there will be at least a few
victories tied to the belts of the
local basketeers when they finish the
last game in March The men have
been persistently showing Improve­
ment under his tutelage, although he
has made practice to date chiefly a
drill on fundamentals. Several fresh­
men, especially Lynch, have shown
ability on the maple court.
Among the potential first stringers
now practicing are Redding. E.
Squires.
F.
Squires.
McPherson,
Deeds, Roof, Cowart and Lynch.
W a te rfro n t
Rabies in a dog. the first found In
Marshfield in many years, was declar-
ed by examiners to have been the
trouble with a fox terrier killed by Its
owner last week
A levy of approximately 10 28 mills.
{» yield a total of » » .T it 08 on the
basis of the last valuation, will be col­
lected from Forest Grove property
owners for 182».
The total assessm ent roll of Marioo
county for the year 1827 is »41.J34.20«
M against »J8.T71.80« in the year 192«.
according to figures compiled by the
county assessors
Designation of The Dulles-Can tom m
highway between Terrebonne and
Bend as one of the state's arterial, or
through routes, was aanounced ia
Bend recently by C. W Warner, state
highway division engineer.
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Tear gas. used effectively In the
world war sad since then adopted m
many places to the task of quelling
mobs, will be added to the defensive
equipment in the hands of guards at
the Oregon state penitentiary.
The Pacific Power A Light company
has purchased the distributive system
of the Fossil light plant and will ex
tend its high power system from Con­
don to F< sail. a distance of 20 miles.
Fossil will then have a 24-hour light
service.
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Saturday was a red letter day for
the Owyhee community, hen visitors
from sii parts of Malheur county came
for the county council meeting of the
_Earcat-Teechcr association and for the
dedication of Owyhee's fine new school
bui'.oit.g.
Total taxable property in Union
county exclusive of public utilities is
given as 819.738.140 this yesr, a de­
crease of »120.270 over last year. The
ooses-m ent rolls show the total num­
ber t f seres of land under cultivation
in the county as less than last year
This year’s figure is 164,475 acres and
last year the count was 169.288.
THURSDAY DFX’EMBKR 22. I«27
THE SPRING FIELD NEW'S
PACK EIGHT
77U " J »•rag»’* M m
WALKER SELLS Olli
(Conilnued from Page l l
Lebanon to Huah and Sons of Kuftem.
and they In turn transferred It Io
Harry llow e of totiani, who Is operat­
ing the place at present.
th e big deal has been u n d e r way
fo r some tim e , b ill filia l co n su u ia tto n
<>f the
tra n s a c tio n s
b etw een
M r.
W a lk e r and the llu n h fa m ily nt E u ­
gene were not co m p le te d fo r a n ­
nouncem ent u n t il today
Methodiet Church
oy L. Gray. Ft Madison
has been termed America s
uge" chiten The American
asm e, after careful »urvey,
M0 title to Gray becs es* he
an average incom e, conduct» s one-
snan tailor »bop and clothing »tor*
In tbe average »moll »tied town;
belongs to church—but doein't a l­
tead regularly: ha» am average ed­
ucation, r >id nit prinni -I interests
•re in bit family of wile sad tw o
childre n nod lika
Christmas day services Include:
Sunday » h o o l at 9:4» a. in . when
children will receive annual Christmas
treat. Public worship at 11 a nt and 7
p m Pastor's morning topic, ‘‘Gentle-
ncss as an Element of G reatness"
Evening. *'A Hebrew snd a Greek
Story ef Christmas ' ’•••»Pvl'ty "
Epworth Iwagiio, 6 30 p. in
Baptist Church
Sunday
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p ro g ra m
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Schedule Given
The basketball schedule, as ar
ranged by Huck Harper, manager, 's
g"'ven herewith. Harper Is now dick­
ering with Woodburn high school for
6wo more games to add to the follow­
ing list:
January 6. University high school,
there.
January 13, St. Mary's high school.
here.
January 18,
Cottage Grove high.
there.
Janrary 25. University high. here.
, February 1. Coburg high school.
here.
February 8. St. Mary's high, there
! February 14. Cottage Grove, here.
! February 17, Lebanon, here.
■ February 29. Coburg, there.
March 2, Shedd, here.
March 9. Lebanon, there.
By Christmas day the second major
railroad construction project in th-
Klamath basin during the past four
year will be completed Kenne-b Hou­
ser, contractor, announced that the
Bend-Cfcemult extension of the Great
Northern railroad would be finished
Inside of 30 days and that probably
1» days later locomotives would be
steaming over the line.
A Canada lynx waa killed by Alfred
OeDtry. government hunter, in Grant
•ountv in October, in addition to two
he killed in September, Stanley Jew­
ett, in charge of predatory animal con i-
trol work, aald In hla October report,
issued recently. There were 371 pred­
atory animals bagged by the predatory
animal hunters In Oregon in the
month. Moat of them were coyotea.
Seventy-four of the »0« prisoners in
the Oregon iU t< penitentiary are serv­
ing life sentences, according to a com­
pilation prepared by F. C. Halley, dep­
uty warden. Of the total number of
convicts, 184 are serving time for lar­
ceny, 7» tor statutory offenses, 74 for
murder, 4« for forgery, 40 for operah
la g a still, 16 for msnslaughter and
1# tor ebtalning money under fslse
pretenses
Gross receipts from motor vshlcls
fuel tax under all existing laws im­
posed since the year 191» up to Octo
her 1 of this year were »17,384,729.1«,
according to a statement leaned by the
secretary of state The motor vehicle
(asl tax returned to the state during
tbs first nine months of 1927 a total
of »,9(9.812.92 against »2,680.034 »»
for the corresponding period in 1924.
The Increase waa 8273.787.97
CARE SHOULD BE USED
WITH CHRISTMAS TREES
Chief J ess Smltson today Issues I
the usaul annual warning to be care-1
ful with lighted Christmas trees less I
house fires result. He warns against
the use of Inflamable materials for
decorations or placing the tree too
close to walls or window curtains.
Among his list of don't are: avoid
candles, look for cross circuits In tree
electric wiring; use of celiuliod ma-j
terials.
In case of fire call the fire depart­
ment then do what you can to put
out the blase are his Instructions.
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WE WILL BE OPEN THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND
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N O T IC E TO S P R IN G F IE L D P U B L IC
Springfield Dog Ordinance requires
all dogs to be licensed. Licenses
»2 00 per year for male dogs and »5.00 [
per year for female dogs. When dogs
placed In pound for want of license,
additional charge for release from
pound Is »5.00 and 50c per day for
keep. For dog licensed, but not wear­
ing license tag, »1.00 charge for re­
lease from pound. Beginning Janu­
ary 1st, 1928, Dog Ordinance will be
strictly enforced.
J E S S E SM ITSO N, C hief of Police.
USE
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to n ig h t,
7:30 o'clock
Recitation and singing
by the primary department, and page­
ant. 'T he Nativity," by young people.
Sunday services 'will be in keepln,t
with the scripture teaching of Christ­
mas The girls quartet will sing at
the morning services, and there will
be a duet
Morning aertnnn topic,
TYSON NAMED OFFICER
"What Mean Ye by This Service.'*
COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL
T h e e v e n in g w ill be la rg e ly devoted
to a musical program, with anthems
W. P. Tyson, veteran Hoy Scout
by th e c h o ir, solos and c o n g re g a tio n a l
worker of Springfield, was elected
singing.
one of the vice presidents of the Lane
County Boy Scout council at tbe an
F o il SALE- Carbon paper In large
uual meeting at the Osburn hotel
sheets, 26 x 39 Inches, suitable fur
Monday n igh t Mr Tyson twill serve
making tracings The News Office.
s s tint vice president for Springfield
for the coming year.
Blank Promissory aotss and re­
Among Springfield people attend- ceipts printed and la stock at toa
Ing the annual m eeting were Mr News office.
Tyson, Clayton Barber. C. L. Aldrich,
and Mr anil Mrs H. E Maxey Miss
If your radio doesn't work wsll. let
Wlnlfrld Tyson played piano numbers us fix IL Fix It Shop, South Fifth
( t u r ln if 111« d ln r ia r
Phone 171.
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