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TOWN AND VICINITY
Paper Route, Gas Station Fill
Spare Time o f English Professor
Out of bed In time for the sunrise hours every day and measure* out
Howard* Vl»it—Mr. and Mr*. Roy
j. Perkin* He r* - A J Perkins
and away over lonesome country j gas or cleans spark plugs at the lias-
«*ni- down from Portland last FrWay. Howard of Cottage Grove were visi
roads where only the rabbtta and ; Oil Inn out tu east Eugene on the
tor* here Monday.
■e says he always votes at home.
pheasants are up to meet him—such ' Pacific highway. “During school, 1
Bosaerman I* Im p ro ved — L e *te r is part of the contemporary history of work at the station whenever I lia»e
Coe* to Corvalli* — Mi»s Clara
Wagner spent the weekleud at Cor- Bosserman who was reported quite ill Kenneth Shumaker. Instructor In the time, and whenever they need me. •
with lutluenaa last week Is said to he 1'nlverslty of Oregon, and now super- the Instructor said with a bit of
Tallis visiting her parent*.
greatly improved this week.
visor of English A. Distributing lire pardonable pride, "but during the sum
Visit in Grant* Pa*»— R H McNeil
gou Journals to the farmers every- ‘ uier I work from nine to seventeen
D
riv
e
to
Junction—Mr.
and
Mis.
and Mr Fairbanks left Saturday for
Enoch Stewart and children speui uiornlme- this Is only one of several hours a day."
Grants Pass to visit with friends.
In fact, there are few thliigs that
Sunday with relatives In Junctlou Jobs Mr. Shumaker performs on the
Keuueth
Shumaker does nut know
side,
as
a
very
efficient
way
of
addin*
Roy Cairne* Her*— Roy Calrnes of City.
bow to do. In the summer of *24. he
shekels to hl* income.
Reedsport was here over the past
Visit in Salem— Mr. and Mrs. C. O
Each morning his paper route leads was "chief cook and bottlewasher" at
week-end.
Wilson and sons spent last Sunday him away into the country through a soolary camp at Sunset Bay on the
Montgomery* to Mov*— Mr. and
Salem visiting with the former’s Seavey's hop yard», and motor route : Oregon coast; and between times he
Mrs. Fred Montgomery will move to mollu,r who lg j,, m a hospital there. B. on through Gastou, Pleasant HUI. has written u text book on the sub-
Corvallis within the next few days.
(
Trent, and Dexter, to Gustlna's mil*. ! Ject of English A. now ready for the
Return to California— Mr and Mrs.
Return* to Home—Mrs. Loyal Nor H. J Miller of Pasadena. California, All this before the student starts out publisher.
When off duly. Mr Shumaker la
ris who has been visiting at the returned to their home Monday after for his eight o’clock. On the home-
usually
found at his home on EmeraM
warti
stretch,
he
comes
through
Jas
Walter Lipes home returued to her visiting here with Mrs. C. 1 Gorrle,
j per. Natron, Springfield, by the Chase street, next to the tennis courts, per
home at Westfir last week-end.
Mrs. Miller's aunt.
Gardens. Coburg, around on the east haps talking over plays with his wife,
Oakridge Visitor Here Mrs. Loyal
Former Resident* Hero— Mr. and bank of the Willamette by the poor Florence Couch Shumaker, who. for
Morris of Oakridge was a guest o. Mrs. James Fox. former residents of farm and the County club, and then several years, has been popular In
With her. he
Mrs. Walter Lipes for. a few days last Springfield now making their home across Ferry street bridge, and home campus dramatics
in Raymond. Washington, «j-rh^d to Eugene—a total of nearly eighty- laughs over the little tricks fate has
week.
few day* nine miles Anu all this before the player! him since he first came from
Raymond People Here— Mr. and here last week to spend a
Iowa six years ago in a Ford, and
average person’s hmakfast.
visiting
with
friends.
Mrs. James Foster of Raymond. Wash
Besides being a paper carrier, Mr. ' suddenly found hlntself—a chemistry
ington. spent the week-end here visit
Mr*. Kafoury Here— Mrs. Allen Shumaker puts on his trusty brown major—teaching In the English de
ing relatives.
Kafoury and infant daughter. Barbara, coveralls for a certain number of partment. —Oregon Emerald.
have arrived from Salem. The family
P o rtla n d
V is ito r H e re — Miss M a ry
Lyons of Portland is spending a few will reside at the corner of Ninth and
FIVE BOY SCOUTS GET
gays here visiting with her parents B streets. Mr Kafoury Is manager
Italy's Fistic Hero
MERIT BADGES BEFORE
of
the
local
store
bearing
his
name.
Mr. nad Mrs. A. P. Lyons.
Return from Portland—Mr. and Mrs.
John Winsenreid returned Monday
from Portland after visiting with thelt
daughter, Mrs. Joe Lemon, for the
past ten days.
T ill USD,W MAY 21.
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
P .CE FOUR
Will Visit Sneeds—.Mrs. Sadie Dye
and son. Jimmie, spent last week end
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Sneed. Mrs. Dye and Mrs. Sneed are
sisters. Mrs. Dye also visited relatives
in Cottage Grove.
LOCAL POSTAL CLERKS
SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER
MAKE GOOD AVERAGES
WILL MEET ON FRIDAY
Reports on the county chamber of
commerce meeting Io be held In Col
Inge Grove today will be heard nt a
meeting of the Springfield chamber
Erklay evening.
A report will also he made on whut
has been done about Installing lights
on the new Springfield bridge under
construction. At the lust meeting ol
tin- chamber. E R. Morrison was ap
pointed to gvt In touch with the state
highway commlaslon to find out what
could ho done about the mutter lie
wilt give this report Friday ,
No other special business Is on the
docket for the meeting, F II llamlln,
pfealdent. stated.
COURT; 3 ADVANCED
Five Boy Scouts went before the
court of honor last night to receive
advancement In rank and merit
badges.
Ralph Hughes was advanced to the
rank of star scout which means that
he has attained five merit badges A
badge for wood carving was also pres
ented him last night.
Robert McLagan was advanced
from the rank of tenderfoot to second
class scout. Earl Wheeler received a
merit badge for agriculture, Billie
Wheeler was advanced to first class
and received an agriculture merit
badge and George Mason was given
i merit badges for flremanship and
I wood carving.
The court was presided over by W.
i P. Tyson, scout commissioner, with
1 John Kctels, Dr W <’. Rcbhan,
Dwight Kessey and II. E Maxey as
sisting him.
Friday
and
Saturday
Specials
Oldham,
SchastM 's -
S te sn isu te ss
-[he
louea
ones
kaue
The three clerks of the W|>i lugllel I
postoffice made an average grade of
•is per cent In the “case examinations'’
conducted here this week by Chief
Examiner tltt of Seattle.
The clerk» were required Io pa«e
the examination by plat-lag curtle re-
presenledlng U3& poal office« In Hilt
»lute In the propel- cu»e which con
tains 60 separations. Two of the
clerks got all bul one of the letters lu
the right division and the other missed,
only 7.
The tesla «re given once a year.
CALL AND SW« Dr. N. W. Kmerv
ou price* on plate* and other work tf
25 Hats regular price up Io $5.50 at
$1.95 Friday and Saturday.
,
SO Huts, regular price up to $7.60. tt
$3.98 Friday and Saturday.
These are all new Spring Hals, large
and small head «lies. Narrow and flop
py brim
Now Line of Bilk Dresses Values to
$15.95, our price $9.96. Blses 14 to 42.
8 th A v e . H a t & D r e ie S h o p
4! Sth Ave West.
Eugene. Oregon
We give 8. A H. Or**n Stamp«
Florial tributes
for
Decoration
Day
Go To Lodge Meeting—Mrs. Sam
Club Picnic Set—Annual picnic of
Richmond and Mrs. Lee Putnam left
ld H o
Monday for Roseburg as delegates to the Needlecraft club will be held
Mower* Ri»etik the language
June
7.
It
was
announced
this
week.
the Rebekah assembly being held
This
will
be
the
final
social
meeting
of
the h eart- they are supreme-
there this week.
t f the season for the club. Place for
ly suitable for expressing the
Food Sale Held—Members of the the picnic has not been decided.
tender sentim ents of Decora
Progressive 2& drill team of the
To
Join
Husband—Mrs.
Waiter
tion
Hay.
Springfield Rebekah lodge conducted a
cooked fod sale in the building form Lipes and children have left for
erly occupied by the Newland store Harrisburg to Join her husband who is
A h a tribute to the brave
last Saturday. They reported many- engaged in construction work for the
lAyrocxT
soldier
dead, nothing I h more
Southern Pacific company. They will
gales.
U m b e rto I o rn a n i, h ea v y « eigh t
appropriate
than b e a u t i f u l
' live temporarily at the construction
cham pio n o f It a ly , whose b o u t*
Lodge Will Initiate — Springfield famp near Harrisburg.
have never gone ove.r five rounds,
flowers.
members will t’ ke part in tna »nitta
as he has disposed o f his opponents
Second House Under Way—Work
w ith in that lim it, has com e to tlic fe
tfen ceremony of the Knight of the
shores and w ill tra m in P h ila
The season ’s most beautiful
Great Forest to be held in Eugene was started last week on the second
d elp hia fo r his A m eric a n bouts.
floral
offerings are now avail
new
house
which
W.
A.
Taylor,
local
goon. Twenty candidates will be ini
able for your choice. Decora
tiated. with the Drain team putting merchant is building at the cornsr
tion Day I h an appropriate dav
of Sixth and A streets. The old resl- OILING OF HIGHWAY
on the work .
DELAYED; McKENZIE
to decorate the graves of your
HEALTH UNIT HOLDS
• dence has been remodeled and a new
beloved ones who have passed
PASS NOW OPENED
five-room house almost completed dur
FINAL MEETING OF TH IS
ing the past few weeks. The new
on. •
SEASON; REPORTS READ
Oiling of the McKenzie highway be
| house is to have four rooms.
tween Springfield and Waltervllle has
Shea Wins Prize— Harry Shea, been delayed. It was announced this
Reports summarizing the work of
former resident of Sprthgfield. and an morning at the office of Raymond ' the Springfield unit of the Lane conn-
i employe of the Mountain States Walsh, resident engineer for the state ty health association during the pnst
year were made at the final meeting
! Power company, won a $25 prixe of highway commission
fered by the company in a public | Machinery which Is to be used for for the season ehld at the chamber
speaking contest among its employes the work near here Is now in use on of commerce last Friday afternoon.
Miss Beth Konkel. exectlve secre
held at Albany recently. This was the Corvallis-Newport highway and
first prize. His speech was on the crews may not get to the Job here for tary for the lune county organiza
, topic, “Government in Business.” The a week or two yet. It was stated. Work tion. was a speaker. Next meeting of
j contest was preparatory to a state was to have begun two weeks ago. the local unit will be held on the
wide contest to be held in Portland but so far only patching of th* rough third Monday in September, It was
decided.
next month.
places has been done.
A large number of children of pre
To better our shop service and to meet the up-to-date
The McKenzie pass was opened
TOMATO HINTS GIVEN BY
requirements In modern motor car repairing we have in
Wednesday and the first car went school age. especially those who will
stalled a new K. R. Wilson combination machine to reface
VEGETABLE SPECIALISTS «»rou«to driven t»y w. R. Wmg of e-ter school next fall, were examined
and rebabbitt cylinders. We have also a new valve refaclng
Bend, formerly Springfield Ford deal- at a clinic held Friday morning Miss
Fresh manure is not recommended | er. This is the earliest date for open- Bess Williams, county health nurse,
machine.
for tomato plants, but If well rotted. ing of the pass since the highway was and Dr. Carl Phetteplace were In
charge at the clinic, with members
One of the several tints of
It is often of great value, says A. G. constructed. lu st year the first car
Our machinery and expert workmen can do the most
of the local group assisting.
went
through
on
June
20
Although
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Bouquet of the Oregon experinp-nt
precise job of repairing on any make of automobile. We
will blend with your com
station. Commercial fertilizers such i there was not definite means of check
guarantee our work.
plexion perfectly!
as a mixture of 300 to 400 pounds ec'd ing up on the situation, it Is under WRINGER BREAKS GIRL’S
phosphate and 200 pounds of sulfate stood that several motorists are brav
WE DO ACETYLENE WELDING
ARM; WORKMAN IS HURT
or muriate of potash, are often profit ing the pass from both sides of the
And the powder will stay
Open Evenings Until 10 o'clock and all day Sundays.
able. Regular cultivation of tomato j hill.
The four-year-old daughter of Mr.
on until your want it off.
Going Is expected to be rather and Mrs. Herbert Moon received a
plants has shown increased yields and
Fragrant with the en
I better fruits over fields poorly culti rough for a time on account of the fractured arm when It became en
trancing Cara Nome per
snow and Ice frozen on the highway, tangled in a clothes wringer at the
vated.
fume.
Irrigation is usually a good practice but the road Is passable.
family home here Monday morning
on the light sandy soils. Lack of ,
She stuck her hand in the wringer
moisture often results in dry or bios- HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
while her mother was looking the
j som-end rot. It is preferable to apply i
WINS NATIONAL AWARD other way and the arm was broken
water when the fruit begins to In- I
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j beforwe the mother could reach her.
i crease in size and to continue irriga- I Earl Wheeler, a freshman at the
cbarl-s Hayden was brought here
tion through the early stages or ripen- ; high school, has won one of the five 1 Monday with a broken nose which re-
Authorized Ford Sales and Service
lng. Running water between the rows national prizes In an essay contest suited from a limb falling li. his face
Phone 49
Fifth and A. Streets
. . .
Is consIddVed a better practice than conducted by Current Science.
as he was .working In the woods near
f o c a l i Start
sprinkling. It is best to avoid irri
In a contest open to all schools of Waltervllle.
gating when the plant Is first su rf the country, Miss Frances Hodge, In
ing to produce flowers.
structor In general science, asked her
Cut worms are best controlled by pupils to write papers on prescribed
By J. F. Katala
SPRINGFIELD FOLKS
the application of a small handful of subjects. She selected the best Of
standard bran mash poison near each these and sent them in.
plant at the time of setting out. A
Returns show that Earl Wheeler,
standard arsenate of lead dust (sold who wrote on "Oregon Forests,’’ was
ready mixed under various trade one of the Ave prize winner*.
names! is applied to repel the small
The standard tests taken by the j
black flea beetles which eat holes in biology and general science classes
the leaves and often destroy the plant, conducted by Miss Hodge the follow
ing results were shown: Biology, 10
high, seven medium, five low; general
COUNTY CHAMBER WILL
CONVENE THIS EVENING science, 16 high, 37 medium and seven
low.
First meeting of the Lane county
Goes to Roseburg—F B. Hamlin,
chamber of commerce since Its or
D IN E C O N G E N IA L L Y
A refined atmosphere and congenial ganization several weeks ago will be Springfield postmaster, made a busi
companionship add much to enjoy held In Cottage Grove this evening ness trip to Roseburg on Wednesday,
Springfield delegates to the county returning here the same evening.
ment of even the simplest repast.
When you bring your guests to this organization are W. A. Taylor, W. C.
8ldwellt Have Gueet—Mrs Johnson
restaurant your Judgment is sure to Wright and J A. Seavey.
Walter Gossler, secretary of the of Prineville Is a guest, at. the home
be heartily approved. Our excellent
cuisine, prompt service and reason Springfield chamber, will go to the of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sldwell for a
Delicious sandwiches, pure milk, fine cofTee.
able prices will please the most fasti Grove this afternoon to attend a meet few days.
ing of secretaries from each of the
dious.
Foods of quality, appetizingly clean. Come to the
organizations represented in the coun ..Leaving for Oklahoma—Mr. and
ty body. The secretaries will draw up Mrs. Robert Cline will leave Monday
fountain of health for a luncheon you’ll enjoy.
a constitution and by lawB to be pres for Oklahoma where Mr. Cline has
ented tonight.
a teaching position.
TONY GRAVO8,
I
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Drug Store
77w
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a rt
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