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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
RUNAWAY TEAM PROVIDES
THRILL FOR POPULACE
Springfield Choir Organises
Under the leadership of Mrs. Arah
Hoyt Rae a choir of 36 voices was or
ganised at the Methodist church Wed
nesday evening.
Officers elected
were: Mrs. S. S. Potter, president;
Mrs C, J. Ptke, secretary; Mrs. K. K
Praedrick. treasurer; Sam Bartholo
mew, librarian
Rehearsals will be
held each Wednesday evening and
any singer interested is invited to
Join the choir.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18. Î928
the habitual criminal act, Junies
THREE LANE PRISONERS
Ward. 20 and Floyd H Minnick, 27
SAW WAY FROM BASTILLE
The O nly T ret of Ih KinJ
Springfield s Main street saw some
thing Tuesday that it has not seen
for some time. It was a good, old
fashioned
runaway,
right down
through the middle of town.
The team belonging to Nathaniel
Gay, local teamster, bolted from the
Southern Pacific depot and ran to
Main street where they swung west
and ran to Mill street where a tele
phone pole stopped their performance.
The only damage resulting was a FOR RA LE— Carbon paper in larg<
broken king holt and tug and a few
sheets. 26x39 inches, suitable toi
splinters scraped off the pole.
m aking tracings. The News Office
Sawlug their way through a window
which hus been a means of escape
for three sets of prisoners tills year,
three I .ane county prisoners escaped
from the county Jail Monday night.
The three eicapeti men »ere: George
Peel. 64, facing life sentence under
Discovery of the esca|M> was not
made until Tuesday morning al id
O'clock when the Jailer was sent to
i get the prisoners to lake tlielii to the
jcourt room.
A reward for the apprehension of
i each of ihe prisoners was immediately
. pouted, but (hey are reported "till at
large.
Nationwide Straw Vote Closes
With Hoover 36,783 in Lead
cent.
His percentage has been flu<
FINAL RESULTS ARE 612.440
lusting between alxty-elght and a
FOR HOOVER AND 575.657
little over fifty-one per cent of the
total vote.
FOR SMITH
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Front these figures It Is Impossible
The Nationwide Presidential Poll to venture the assertion that the rurnt
conducted by this newspaper In con districts of America are definitely
Junction with 2.000 others the country aligned In favor of Hoover. His lead
Is not sufficient to allow any definite
over has come to a close.
The Nationwide Straw
The last ballots have been counted conclusions
The Voice of Rural America has Pol! has demonstrated, we believe,
spoken very decisively as the voting that the returns in the election this
has been very close right from the year will be dose It has ulso shown
u strong sentiment to "switch" vites
start.
» <• w —-
on
the parts of both Republicans and
Hoover retained the lead he gained
early in ihe voting, but his lead has Democrats.
The liearst Newspapers Nationwide
been quite slight during the niajor
Po!. shows a majority for Hoover, as
part of the Poll.
follows:
Several times It seemed as if Smith
Hoover—615,596.
were going to upset Hoover's lead
Smith—417.060.
but never did the New Yoiker quite
In the Literary Digest Poll. Smith
make it. His ballot kept fluctuating reduces Hoover's percentage from 68
near Hoover's mark dangerously, but
to 63 as the first mujor returns are
never got above it.
reported from the South and several
The final results of the entire straw larger cities In the fourth week's re
poll are as follows:
turns of the Literary Digest's ITesl-
Hoover—612.440.
dential Poll.
Smith—575,657.
This Poll has the following returns:
Former Democrats
voting
for
Hoover—1,201,869.
Hoover—110,814.
Smith—688.829.
Former Republicans voting f o r
In the Literary Digest Poll. Smith
Smith—72.416.
Jeads in Chicago. Philadelphia and
These figures give Hoover a lead of New York. 167.386 voters the country
36.783.
over "switch” from Democrat to Re 1
His percentage of the total vote is publican, while 269.913 "switch" from
approximately fifty-one and a half per Republican to Democrat.
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At the High School A u d ito riu m , M onday O ctober 22, 8 P. M
A ll Seats Reserved— A dults 50c, H. 8 35c, G rade Students, 25c
HUMOROUS. NOVEL. ARTISTIC— FEATURING
PLANTATION MELODIES
’IS.
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Bi!' - v'W,
Food Men Folks
Enjoy
For
District Attorney
Lane County
D E M O C R A T IC C A N D ID A T E
Am Personally Dry
Believe in impartial enforcement of
prohibition law.
Active practice of law In Lane
County, more than twenty years.
My official policy, if elected, will
be: Wholesome law enforcement
based on Justice an dequality.
Careful consideration of business
(Paid adv. by Alta King 794 Wil
lamette St., Eugene, Oregon.,
FINAL RESULTS
Nationwide Presidential Poll
Hoover ..._......... ................................................ ,........... 612,440
S m ith ...............................
876,667
Sw itches from D em ocrat to R epublican ....................
72,416
H oover’s Lead .......................................
Hoover’s Percentage of Total Vote
...................... 511 _
T his S traw Vote was tak e n from th e readers of 2000
daily and weekly new spapers th e co u n try over served by th e
P u b lish e r’,» A u to caster Service of New York.
T he resu lts m ay be tak e n as indicative of the sen tim en t
of ru ra l Am erica.
T he voting has been so close as to indicate a h ard tight
in Novem ber. T he vast n u m b er of sw itches and the general
closeness of the balloting m akes political j,rediction well-
nigh impossible.
It does not seem a s th o u g h ru ra l Am erica is to lean to
w ard any candidate in an y co ncerted m anner. Hoover has
been in th e lead since th e beginning of the poll, but his lead
has never beer, so large as to m ake it possible to d esig n ate
him as th e definite choice of th e ru ra l d istricts of A m erica.
If y our m en folks have been m incing a t th e ir food, eatin g
a little of this and a little of th a t, stim u late th eir appetites.
36,783
HOW? Ju st call us Into c o n su ltatio n . We have lots of su g
gestions th at will m ake any a n d every ap p etite rare right
up on Its hind legs.
We have in now— New Bulk Kraut, Bulk Mince Meat,
Fresh Huckle Berries, Grapes and Green and Red Peppers.
It is also tim e to finish up the green T om ato fa n n in g ..
We have som e nice ones in th is week but they wont last
long.
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Phone 9 for an y th in g In th e G rocery line.
2 Million Dollar
SALES EVENT
all over the west
IN EVERY BREIER STORE
THIS “$2,000,000 SALES EVENT"
Is the "Feature" of Breier’s Constructive Volume Cam
paign. It is the cardinal offering of that great sales pro
gram that has caused wide-spread interest for the last five
months.
TH IS IN TER EST has not been confined to th e consum er
alone, who h a s benefited so im m ensely, but h as been show n
by m any m a n u fa c tu re rs w hohave been eag er to m ake us
pric concessions for a quick tu rn on large orders.
But even Breler's tremendous buying power was stretched by such
huge purchases. Even Breier's big chain outlet is not sufficient to
turn these staggering quantities of goods unless unusual sales effort
is made.
Phone
9-WHITE FRONT GROCERY-9
HENRY ADRIAN'S CAR
Dollar Day
We have It.
Phone
iM W M H K g i
tempted to pass a stage. Both the
stage and the other care were ap
PLUNGES INTO CREEK;
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proaching them and Mr. Stewart was
■
STEWARTS IN MISHAP forced to turn Into the bridge. Euch
of the occupants of Mr. Stewart’s car
Henry Adrian, Springfield garag* received minor injuries and the ma
proprietor, escaped serious Injury chine Itself was badly damaged.
when his car left the road one and a
half miles east of Jasper on the Hills
Return* to Portland—Mrs. Ruel
Creek road Monday night and plunged Marsh of PoaMand, who has spent the
Into Hills Creek.. A lacerated finger past week visiting at the home of her
and a splinter of glass in his face were parents, Rev, nda Mrs. C. H. Blom,
the only injuries which Mr. Adrian returned to her home yesterday.
received.
Miaion Circle Meeta—The Mission
He was returning from delivering
radio equipment to a family In that Circle of the Springfield Baptist
district when his car suddenly struck church held its regular monthly meet
a fog bank, Mr. Adrian reported. This ing at the parsonage Tuesday evening.
was right on a curve and the machine Mrs. C. H. Blom and Mrs. W. Hawke
went over the bank, plunged over sev acted as hostesses.
eral large boulders and landed against
i. bank, with the body of the car In the , “Oh, my dear Madame, she fell in
creek.
to a cataleptic fit and woke up In the
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart and middle of the funeral. The noise >t
small son, returning from Portland the organ and the choir awakened
late Sunday night, were crowded Into j her."
a bridge railing three miles north of
"That settles It. There'll be no
Independence when another car at music at my mother-in-law’s funeral.”
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