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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
GIRL SCOUTS B EN EFIT
HARDY H IT S HIGHW AY
AFFAIR TO BE HELD ON
COMMISSION S Pl AN »
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
TO CLOSE 2ND S TR EET
SPRINGFIELD BEATS
COTTAGE GROVE HOOP
Q U IN T E T BY 18 ^O 17
b'inally Gets Medal
I
NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUM BER 2
HI’ ItIN G E IE IJ). IJKNE COUNTY, ORJ5OON, THURSDAY JANUARY If», I92H
TW E N TY -FIFTH YEAH
People's Papar"
BEPRE5EHTED HERE
GHAKBLR M
M VOTE
ON RAIL PROJECT
Playing the beat brand of ball till.»
All wqmen of Springfield have been
"The whole proposal Is a camouflage
year the Springfield High school*
I In which they propose to sacrifice the Invited to attend a Girl Scout benefit
basketball team defeated Cottage
town In order tc procure the contri party and entertainment, to be held at
Grove 1« to 17 in that city last night First 1928 Meeting Scheduled
Religion* Survey of Springfield bution and the writer ventures the as the chamber of commerce next 8al-i
Springfield led all the way but a rally i For January 27; Hamlin to
Completed by Local Church**; sertion that the highway cotfiSisslon urday afternoon from 2 to 6 o'clock.
by Cottage Grove near the end of the j Make Committee Appoint«
Needlework and cards will furnUh
Itself
has
never
contemplated
or
con
529 familie* canvassed; Me
game cut down the lead to one point. < menta at That Time; Park
sidered these aspects of the sltuetlnn diversions during the afternoon, and
thodists, Christians, Baptist* and the whole program Is the result a pleasant time Is promised by the
The game waa rough and bard fought.
I Plans to be Talked.
all through.
Lead.
of aealoua plane and schemes of the committee In charge.
The Girl Scouts ara arranging a
Sprlngfleld'a lineup was Roof,
counsel end hie essoeietee."
General committee organisation tot
Twenty-two denomination« are re
center; McMurray and Redding, for the coming year, consideration of th*
This 1« the manner In which Charles program of entertainment, and will
presented either by preference or A. Hardy cbaraterlses the effort on serve refreshments as well.
wards; E. Squires and Deed«, guards;
and Cox and F. Squires, substitutes. I Crane-Odell railroad extension pro
This Is the Aral time the Olrl Scout«
membership In the population of the part of the state highway corn
The next game Is Wednesday with I»“ 1-
P1“ ’ for ,ctlon wlth f*
Nprlngflold and West ttprlnsfleld. Il mission to bring about the closing of of Springfield have asked for any out-
| side financial aid. according to com
the
Hecond
street
crossing
In
Bpring
the
University
High
school
on
the
I
gard
to
Springfield's
proposed park,
la dladoeed In the results of the re
field and the gaining of financial a ll mittee members. Mrs S. K. Dlppel Is
local floor. It promises to be a good ' will be features of the first 192H meet»
ligious survey made by the protest- In building the new Hprlnsfleld high I chairman of the general committee
contese
Ing of the Springfield chamber of cos*»
ant churches The completed survey way bridge The paragraph Is a part l Incharge.
merce, to be held January 27.
was announced yoalerttay by Kev. pf the brief, written by Attorney
STAR AND LIFE SCOUT
The new president, F. B. Hamill,
Gabriel Sykes, rlialrman of the com llardy for the town and the property B A PTIST CHURCH CHOIR
AWARDS W ILL BE GIVEN la forming committee lists this week,
holders, which was filed this week
mittee.
ELEC T NEW OFFICERS
Interesting figures on the rell*lous with the slate public service rmnnil»-
Star scout and life scout badges will and will have them ready for annotu»
status of the [H-ople of tb>« community slon In opposition to the highway
The choir of the Springfield Baptist
be awarded to Earl Wheeler, veteran cement at the first meeting. The usual
were compiled following the canvas body's proposal.
* < burch met at the home of Mr. aD.I
1 Springfield Boy Scout, at ceremonies list of committees will be named ha
Charles F. Hopkins will the
The brief, signed by Mr. Hardy and Mrs. Fred Frese Tuesday evening
sing of 63* homes The results wilt
in connection with the court of honor gtated today, with men chosen accord-
Congressional Medal of Honor
Clly
Attorney
I.
M.
Peterson,
bases
be made the basis of future aggressive
January 17. Election of offlcera for
•**d a citation for distinguished
announced for next Tuesday evening ,ng tQ the,r
rtlcular lntere, t , „
activities of the Springfield churches. Its opposition on two points. One the coming year was held.
pllantry under fire during the
i at 7:30 o’clock at the basement of the
doubts the jurisdiction of the public
Civil
War
that
wax
awarded
Hop-
handle
the
work
of the chamber.
W. H. Cook was chosen director;
Methodist Episcopal church. Percy
For S4 families. the reporters found service commission over Second street
Jrfnx sixty-two years ago but which
.
Mrs.
Norton
Pengra,
pianist;
Mrs.
Tyson, scout commissioner, announ-
President Hamlin and H. E. Maxey
has just reached him. The d;lay
no one at home, and Hl reported no and the other alleges that the c.loaUig
was due to the veteran's reluctance
ced plans for the event today.
attended the session of the Eugen*
church preference, other figures fol of the crossing woukl onus* such dam (•has Blow, assistant pianist; Myrtle
Harvey, president; Mrs. Norton Pen to apply personally for the honor
Carol Adams will be awarded a chamber of commerce early this w est
low:
age to the property In that end of the gra. secretary and treasurer.
star scout badge, and other awards at which members of the public ser»
town
that
the
action
would
be
unwar
71
' After the election a short rehearsal
Baptist ___________
to local scout will be made at that vice commission and their represent*»
110 ranted In view of the benefits to he was held, after which a social time SEMESTER ENDS T H IS
C h ristia n
time. The public Is Invited to th e , tives explained the proposed railroad
derived,
If
any.
4
waa enjoyed by all. Those present
Congregational
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W EEK AT SPRINGFIELD
ceremonies, over which Mayor G. G. to connect Crane, on the Union Pad-
The
brief
la
<
>
n
filed
at
the
office
of
1
, were. Mrs Chas. Blom. Mr» Roy Carl
Christian Science ...................
Ac’s Oregon Short Line, and Odell, oa
SCHOOLS; T E S T S ON Bushman will preside.
1 Clly Attorney Peterson.
ton, Naomi Carlton. Iowa Carlton,
Church of God .......„..™.
the Southern Pacific's Cascade lio*
Myrtle Harvey, Mrs. Norton Pengra,
Dunkanla _____—.
_
..
1
east of the divide.
Semester examination« are under ' STORE IN I. O. O. F. BLDG.
Stella Pengra. Mr and Mrs. Kenneth
Episcopal .....
• M ILL ACCIDENTS CAUSE
way at the Springfield high school,
It Is probable that the SprlnrflelA
W ILL OPEN N E X T WEEK
20
Four Square Mission
INJURIES TO 3 W ORKERS Tobáis. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Montgom l junior high school, and elementary
chamber of commerce will be asked
4
ery. Oscar Oladlsh, P. H Emery. W.
Free Methodist ...
school thia week, and Friday will be I The new J. F. Inman store In the to go on record in favor of this pro
1
G reek Catholic
Three persons reported at local U. Cook, Mrs. Schlewe, Paul Frese. the last day of the first period of the
Odd Fellows building will open next Ject. The public service commlssloa
In tern atio n al Bible Mission
1 physician's offices for treatment to Mr. and Mrs Fred Fres«' and children. ! school year.
week according to the plans of the has a complaint before the Interstate
« Injuries received Ute last week at Dorothea and Lloyd.
l.u lh e r a n
Sixteen young p»-ople at the Lincoln proprietor who Is opening stock and Commerce commission urging the coa»
Mi (hod 1st Kplshopal
146 mills.
junior high school face the most arranging fixtures. The store will struction, and a petition of Intervea»
M R Sooth
1
Wallace Btarkey. employed at he , L. N. BLOWERS SEEKING
!
severe
test, that of taking state ex carry men's furnishings, women's tlon from the local chamber would
Mi-nnonlles
1 Booth-Kslly plant here, was cranking
ELECTION AS DELEGATE aminations from the eighth grade. It wear and a full line of drygoods and support the move. Springfield, If th*
Presbyterian
... _ _ ....... .
ia a jitney when the handle flew off and
they are successful In the tesla, they notions.
road is built will be placed on a Iran*»
Roman Catholic
................. .
s hit him on the nose, causing severe
Lawrence N. Blowers, for two years will be graduated Into high school
All new goods are being placed on continental route, at this will provld*
Solvation Army
3 lacerations.
a resident of West Springfield with rusks and will form a new freshman the shelves this week Mr Inman sa y s' • »Haight connection for trains with
Seventh Day Adventist ....„.
7
J. R. Tucker, another Booth Kelly his eon. Paul Blowers, and former ten««
he plans to carry only high grade the Union Pacific's lines east.
I'n lls rls n
1 employe, was struck on top of the
county Judge of Hood River county,
Honor rolls will be announced next staple meschandlse and believes that
United Brethren ...........______
1 head while feeding the hog at the mill.
i C E Kenyon. head of the park coal»
thia week announced his candidacy week, and various promotions also ..
Unlvera^lat ... ...........................
1
in
ty , mlttee'
hr,n* ”P the park proposb
J. B Gulley, helping to unload a as delegate from the state at large will be made public.*
will give him good patronage.
The Itapllet. Christian and Method truck at a mill at Jasper, allowed the
; tlon at the chamber session, he said
at
the
republican
national
convention.
ist churches and the Four-Square gos
today. What has been done In th*
crank which Is used In moving the
Mr. Blowers stated that he Is de
pel mission conducted the canvass,
SPRING FÎELD S T U D E N T
way of acquiring a site will be dt*»
body of the truck to fly up and hit finitely for enforcement of the pro ST. MARYS W INNER OF
and appreciation for cooperation was
p| i cussed, as well as plans for a po*»
T IL T W IT H SPRINGFIELD
him. He called for treatment Monday hibition amendment, favors giving the
PLEDGES
X
I
SIGMA
expressed yesterday by the commit
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I Bible rest room at Fourth and A
farmers a square deal, and la em
tee members An effort to determine
St. Marys high school of Eugene
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- street«.
phatlcally
opposed
to
profiteering,
,'t
GUARD
PROFICIENCY
IS
the exact religious statue of the com
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la his contention that It la ludicrous won a basketball game from Spring- vallla, January 13—Curtis Price of
munlty wee made, and much progress
RECOGNIZED BY STATE
field. 18 to 18, at the local gymnasium Springfield, has been pledged to XI
that
the
live«
of
young
men
are
given
In the work of the churches Is ex
last Friday evening The Eugene ou,- Blgma PI, national honorary frater ELKINS SPEAKS TO
A certificate of proficiency for de on the battle field while other men.
pected to result
flt took the lead early In the game, nity in forestry. Price la a senior In
FATHERS AND SONS
monstrated efficiency In mobilisation who risk nothing, get rich out of war.
but Springfield held the visitors to a forestry. His one of eleven pledges
of the field service under the unit
Mr. Blowers was the first mayor of »mall margin throughout The Spring- announced at a Forestry club dinner
Observations on the life of SoutherB
FORESTS MEAN MUCH
mobilisation teet call on November bumter, Oregon, In Baker county. He field team showed Improvement over
at the Peavey arboretum. 7 miles Europeans, and descriptions of th*
TO OREGON PAY-ROLL 8. 1927, waa received this week by served In the national guard as a Its previous games.
north of Corvallis. Selection of pled- mountains of Switzerland, were fe*»
Commander C. A Swarta of the Na lieutenant under Governor Sylvester
ges Is based on scholarship, character ,ure<* *n • talk by Rev. W. A. Elkina,
Slxty-llve per cent of Oregon'« pay tional Guard unit.
Pennoyer, and served In the U. S.
and leadership.
I Eugene, at the annual community
roll le from the foreet and Its pro
In two calls, the Springfield troop marshall's office In 1904-06. He was LORANE COMPANY NAMES
father-son banquet held at the Method»
ducta, according to W. V Fuller, has had virtually 100 per cent re mayor of Hood River and county
W HEATON AS PR ESID EN T
1st church Monday evening.
director of publicity for the state sponse.
PALM ER-STEVENSON
judge for two terms, being elected
Songs were led by Claude Neely,
board of forestry, who spoke at the
Clark Wheaton was named presi
for the second term without opposi
LEASE LOUD PLANT song director of the Christian church,
Springfield high school and the junior
tion He went to the legislature with dent of the Lorane Timber and Mill
and R. W’. Carlton, member of th*
• REV. EDGAR LUTHER
high school Wednesday
out opposition, and was one of the ing company at the annual meeting. , The Palmer-Stevenson Lumber com Baptist church, led in prayer. Saia
RETURNS TO OREGON organisers of the farm bloc, with Cir Lum Anderson was chosen vlce-presl-1 pany has leased the mill of the Loud
Mr. Fuller. In describing the Im
Bartholomew, president of the Method»
portance of the forests to Oregon,
cuit Jud*«- McMahan of Belem, Wil dent; Eugene Kester, treasurer; T. : Manufacturing company here, and Is 1st church Brotherhood, presided.
Word
has
been
received
here
that
declared that 1« 2-3 per cent of the
Parker, secretary, and H, A. Cox la operating the plant steadily.
liam Jackson of Sherman county.
A demonstration given by Boj»
taxes In the state at large come from Rev. Edgar Luther, former pantor of
the other director.
W. F. Palmer and E. R. Stevenson Scouts was a special feature of th*
the
Springfield
Baptist
church
and
the forests or the lumber Industry.
Herbert Cox is retiring from the are the new mill operator«. They ( banquet
The speaker Is on a tour of West- well-known here, will return to Ore LEGION MAY GIVE PLAY
will continue the same kind of mill ;
financial end of the organisation.
gon
following
an
extended
sojourn
In
ern Oregon, explaining to high school
, More than 136 people were present
ACAIN;
M
EET
FRIDAY
work as that done by the Loud com
students and others the Importance California.
and It waa pronounced the most sue»
pany.
Rev Luther has taken a pastorate
of Oregon's basic Industry.
cessful meeting of its kind ever held
•‘His Uncles Niece" may be given JUDGE SKIPW O RTH TO
st Dallas, Oregon. He preached at
In Springfield.
a second time by the American
ADDRESS LIONS CLUB
various points In California. It It ex
Moras Appeals Cass
CHURCH N IG H T PLANNED
Legion
Decision will be made by
pected that he will visit his friends
members of the cast when the I-eglon
Lions at their Friday noon luncheon
D. M. Morse, who was arrested here SAFETY PROGRAM TO
BY C H R IS TIA N S FRIDAY here when he returns to Oregon.
meets at the chamber of commerce will hear Circuit Judge G. F. Skip on December 31 charged with selling i
BE HELD ON MODAY
tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock.
worth. It was announced today. The liquor, was found guilty In Justice:
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Church night will be observed Fri
Such success greeted the first pres Eugene Jurist will select his own court and fined 9300 and two months
Here From Lebanon— Mrs. William
day evening at the Christian church,
A musical program directed by
according top lana announced ysater Curtis of Lebanon has been visiting entation of the play that It Is con topic. The luncheon will be held at In jail. He has appealed the case to Grace Potter, member of the Sprtn*»
day. The men’s class will have In Springfield this week at the homo sidered advisable to give It again if the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow the circuit court Morse Is a taxi field high school staff, will be featured
noon.
charge of the program, and other of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Poole. the cast Is willing.
driver here.
at a public meeting sponsored by the
classes will serve refreshments.
Booth-Kelly Safety council and the
Entertainment will Include read
Four-L on Monday evening at the high
ing« and musical numbers, and other
school auditorium. It was announced
features of church night programs.
today by Percy Tyson, chairman ,»<
The event will start at 7:80 o'clock.
; the council.
An Adventure— “ ON
E T H M E R GR IFFIS GOES
TO FORT BENNINQ, CA.
Ethmer Griffis, who was named
from the Sprngfleld National Guard
unit to go to Fort Rennlng, Oa., for
study In radio, telegTaph, telephono,
and other communication and expert
work, left Saturday night.
He will stop nt Mankato, Kansas,
to visit his grnndmother, and will re
port at Fort Bennlng on Febraury 1.
He will be them until May 28.
LIBRARY TO BE OPEN
SATURDAY, ANNOUNCED
The Springfield public library will
be open on Saturday of this week,
following repairs of damage done
when the water pipes broke some
time ngo and water flooded the place.
The library will resume regular
schedule In the old hntldlng beginning
Saturday. Most of the books have
been repaired and are ready for use.
TIPTOE”
story
its millions of sister worlds.
of pirate day* — with the
Follow and you shall see
pirating done on land,
it
brave adventuring and das
has as its leading charac
tardly plots, and a fool ex
ters the Buccaneer and his
alted and cast down as his
sinister
little affairs were swept in
A swashbuckling
Second in
Com
mand, the Fair Damsel in
to
Distress, the Bright Shin
flowing currents of Fate.
ing Hero and those great
So up-anchor and way on
Intelligences
by
whose
Steward
caprice — or
by
whose
great serial in The Spring-
ordered
fforld
Law — our
carries
on
tiny
among
the
mighty
Edward
onward-
White’s
Field News, beginning in the
issue of January 26.
This will be a community event,
and children and parents have beeB
Invited. George (Scotty) Aitken, field
representative of the national safety
council, will give a lecture and shoxr
motion pictures.
INVOICE IS UNDER WAY
A T FARMERS EXCHANGE
Invoicing of stock has been under
way this week at the Farmers Ex
change store, following Its sale by
Julius Fulop, well-known Springfield
business man, to Kafoury Brothers of
Salem and Portland. General read
justment of the business Is taking
place as the new owners take charge.
I The same policies of fair dealing
which have marked the ownership of
Mr, Fulop will be retained under th*
new management, It was stated st
the store today. Other statement*
with regard to the business are being
wltheld until the new management
has adjusted Itself to the local field.