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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TW EN TY-FIFTH YEAR
E
SEASONftS CHAMPS
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1»28
Library Board
Presents Report
SPRING WILL SEE
BRIDGE RESUMED
Children to Sell
Christmas Seals
Expense* of Moving to New
Women Complete Canvas of
Quarter* Force Local
Downtown Districts; Prize*
Library into Debt
Highway Commission Will Take
Local* Beat Junction City. 32-0
Offered School*
In Turkey Day Battle; Eight
No Action Until Flood Danger
Presentation of the monthly library
i* Over Next Spring; Will
8pr,n' fl,'ld «<**>1 children have
Came* Won and On* Lo*t report and recommendation of two
c . ,
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,,
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now been given the U s k of selling
During Entire Season; Strong ladles for membership on the board
Study River Overflow Further Chrlatma,
ln the local ¥tclBlty
Statement in Minute*.
occupied the greater part of the meet
Team Loom* for 1929.
j The Springfield women on the drive
"Th« Ptople's Paper"
A
L I V I NCWSPAPCR
IN A L IV I TOWN
NUMBER 48
Giva» Baahata to Univaraity
FLU EPIDEMIC IN
INIS CITl SUBSIDES
No Death* Reported Here from
Flu; State Health Officer
Give* Advice in Treatment of
Di*ea*e; School Children Af­
fected.
Ing of the Springfield library board’s
I committee have completed their can-
That the approaches to the new vasslng of the business district In the I
Continuing to display their «narked Tuesday meeting. The board also
Gradual decline In the number at
superiority on the grluiron, the took up the routine matter of paying bridge will not be built until next Interests of the sales of the good
cases of Influenxa during the paat
spring Is a settled fact so far as the cheer stamps.
Sprli«fleld high school football team, op bills.
week Is reported evident In Spring-
weakened before the name by aeveral
The library was open nine days dur­ highway commission Is concerned. Ho
Held, which has ben affected by a r t f
As
an
Inducement
for
the
young
rases of "11*", walks«! off the Held it ing the month of November, the report i that there will be no mistake as to
Ing epidemic of the “flu."
seal salesmen, a prize Is being offered
Junctl<*> City last «nursday without a stated, and would have been open 1 ,be situation Roy Klein, state hlghws'.
to the school selling the largest num
Reports from several 8prlngfleld
><•! that
has caused the minutes of ber
**’ of Christmas seals this year. Chll
defeat on lie roll for the past season more except loathe
for me «
ract
that th..
tn« llhr-
llhr ' engineer,
•
doctors
Indicate that the disease le
In Ita league. The local lad» rail wild ary was moved during the early part ,h'’ b'«h* * y ' ”
?
meeting of drHB
hi. country are generally
dren alI
all ilVpr
over , the
subsiding In the local district with th*
over the Junction City luda to take the of the month. Now that the library October 30, 1028. to be sent to this
aslgned the duty of selling the stamps i
possibility that the ailment will sooa
Thanksgiving !»ay battle by the Is well settled In Its new home In the I newspaper. The part referring to the
In behalf of the campaign to fight j
pass out of the stage of being known*
Hprlngfleld
bridge
approaches
reads
as
mount In* »core of 4-0,
I building which the Firat National
i
tuberculosis.
as
an epidemic.
Valng the same football tactlea that formerly occuplnd. the local home of follows:
The women started their campaign
No
deaths resulting from cases of
"The
Engineer
recommended
that
i.iey have u»ed throughout the »ca»on. books will open during the regular
1 Immediately following the Thanks-1
the
disease
have been reported la
the
construction
of
the
embankment
hours
every
M«n«lay,
Wednesday
aud
the Springfield boy» easily shoved
Mrs. Anna Knox, Hprlngfleld real
approaches
to
the
Willamette
Rivei
giving
holidays,
and
while
reports
are
Springfield
as
yet. About 100 person*
over live touchdown» while their op­ Saturday.
dent, wbo has donated here collection
bridge at Hprlngfleld be deferred unlil not X«1 b“ndy for publication,
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Indlca-
here were afflicted by the ailment
ponent* were forced to lx- content
A tola, of 572 bonks was let out In
tions are that the local drive is bound of aboul 200 Indian baskets to the prev]oug to tjje Thanksgiving holiday*
without a »core to their credit In .hat November and 25 new readers cards spring due to the lateness of the sea
Cnlverstty of Oregon. The relics will
PeopIe and doctorg haT(j
.
son and the possibility of washout to ,o be a complete success.
game.
were lasued by Miss Mary Roberts
be placed In the Oregon Museum of of themgelve8 and respectPd t„e
unprotected fresh nils. This would | With the transfer of the gales work
Fine Art. In the Women s building on
of the djseage
g
Junction City was unable to put a librarian. This is said to be a good
give further opportunity to study flood | to the school children a more lively
the university campus.
halt to th« onruahlng Hprlngfleld drive record considering the number of da«'»
tent that the anticipated spread of th*
conditions In West Hprlngfleld In the Interest In the drive Is expected to be
throughout the first half, the local« the place was open during the past
Mr*.
wh° donated the col-' epidemic has been checked wonderf^p
event of high water this winter. The I taken by all concerned. The students
easily working Ihelr pa»»«» and lino month.
engineer recommended that the certl- , were seen more than ever on the IecUon becauge "be waa fa,lln« ln ber j ly well, according to Dr. W. C. Rebhaa,
plays to advantage as they kept th«’ | (,n„ hundred four books were repair- fled check of the low bidder, A. C. downtown streeta the past week In an health' gathered up the several «peel- IO<-MJ physician, who has handled mor*
ball In their opponents' territory
during the month while 140 were Mathews, whose bid was submitted at endeavor to dispose of the greatest men8 whlle Mbe llTed at Independence,, than 30 cases of the flu himself,
throughout th* first half.
1 rebound to make them more suitable the September 26, 1*28, meeting, oe 1 number of seals so as to enable their Ore*on' and also from Indians In Can-
The epidemic is coast-wide In char-
ad a.
The second half saw the Junction for circulation. The coat of raving the returned unless he deJred tn have h's i school to win the coveted prize.
acter, the trouble having originated in
lads bolster up aiel hold the visitors volumes rebound was 88.15. An ex i bid held pending further action of the ;
Southern California where several
The proceeds from the pale of the
to one lone touchdown The Junction pert mended 104 books and the total c(,n,miMa|on Thi^ aPtlon approved by stamps is to be used to help reduce SPRINGFIELD BAND TO
: deaths have resulted from the spread
lads finally forced the pigskin down cost for the mending was 836. A con the rommlHblon."
! of the disease.
the number of tuberculosis cases In
PLAY IN CONCERT AT
tn the 7-yard line, but the local team slderable expense was Incurred by the 'I
People are still urged by doctorg to
I-ane county, the minimum number for
BELL THEATRE DEC. 19 take eTery precaution against dev­
regained Its defensive strength to hold library when the snelves of reading CHILDERS TO PREACH ON
1927 being estimated at 147. with 21
the opposing eleven for downs.
matter were moved to the new loca-
c u n io T
eloping small colds into cases nt th*
Uon
C r ln lo T ; C H O IR T O S IN G deaths.
•
December 19 has been set as the
The turkey day battle last 'week
“flu”. Persons affected by influenza
By purchasing the seals, the county date for the second benefit concert to
the
with
was the last one of the season, and
....... - all .........
- vnrlous expenses
• " | Kev. 8. E. ChlWers of the Spring public health association is aided in be given by the Hprlngfleld band un­ should go to bed Immediately and re­
provide«! SprlngflcM with a wonderful mounting to a larger heighth In Nov- fl(>M chrjittlan <.hur(.,1
w)|! preach
main there until recovered is the ad­
its work of supervision of patients der the direction of H. K. Phillips,
record of 8 wins amt one defeat for ember than on the average, th at the Sunday morning services on and contacts; free chest examinations, band leader, it was announced this vice given by many physicians.
the entire season. In games with other Hprlngfleld library how stnnds in debt "ChrlHt nt Jacob's Well.” The church
School children are being affected
corrective work for pre-school chil-, week.
members of the league, who are: liar until such lime as money Is forlheom- orchestra will present special music
more and more by the trouble with th*
dren. as a preventative measure;
The musical organization of the city situation coming to the point-that th*
rlsburg. Brownsville. Junction City, Ing from taxes. It was pointed out nt • • A l^ y e 7 ” V w i u i n th ,’i r ' Wl11
T ? ‘ ‘T “ ’'
T
Pre“e,,t
M>~ “U
“ ^ " t e * list .7 the -cholastic lu s ^
and Lebanon. the local Aggregation the board meeting.
Tl...
hoard
ex.w.,1»
to
re«ei.«
»..me
"
y
er
bX Wilson.
children;
and
for
the
community
the
Be„
,
heatre
at
g
o'clock
in
the
tutiona here is grtrwlng in size.
won all the tills by wide margins
Th* boanl expe.ls
pres« nt some | A plnn ,„r Christian Union will be health programs and meetings.
! evening specified.
clearly Indicating Ihelr superiority on kind of entertainment within the very the subject or Rev. Childers at the
114 Cases Reported
____. .
E. O. Immel is president of the Lane
Several outside features are being . A total of 114 coses of the flu in
near future tn help pay off the debt evening service. Special music will
the gridiron.
Entering the game with a large In of the library. With the situation In be offered In the «-venlng by the male county health association and Mis* arranged for the evening’s entertain- Lane county for the week ending Dec-
Jury list, the Hprlngfleld lads lost their tb* library well settled now. matters quartet consisting of Laurence Mof­ Beth Konkel is executive secretary ment, according to the band leader.! ember 1 were reported to the’ state de-
only contest at the beginning of the
lake Ihelr regular course, accord fett, Dallas Murphy. I^wrence Sunk-1“”'1 chairman oi the Christmas seal x Filipino lad will probably be pres- partment of health, according to wor4
ented to play the sa-w. One of the received from Dr. Frederick D. StrcK-
season to Cottage Orove. a nnn msnr big to Mrs L. K. I age. one of the ler, and John Robertson, also a sopra­ drive.
local quartets in Springfield wiU ap- er of the Oregon State Board of
ber of the league, by the acore of 184) ¡ board members.
no solo by Mrs. Alice uages Farnum.
pear in special numbers.
Definite Health. Many case oi the disease ar*
The locals by no means preaenl«-d ; The names of Mrs. C. H. Blom and
The same quartet will sing Friday CASCADE ROAD MEETING
I * ». U
* l l * n i a i i «arili
i m a n t i t assi 1 to
1\ 1
Saltam**
will Iw»
be r presented
' VBnln<t 0Ter radlo
KORE of
IN PORTLAND DEC. 12 detai,s ot tbe program will
be an never reported to the county heal h
their Rtromrewt combination in that ,
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nounced at a later date, Mr. Phillips organization, and the figure given out
<e
tut. Part of the game waa played ,bc c'tJ y r council as candidates for mem-
Work of organizing the Cascade stated.
j by the state board is therefore not *
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with only ten men. Couch Leonard bershlp on the Hprlngfleld library •
highway
association
is
now
.under
The
chamber
of
commerce
hall
was
complete survey of the number suffer-
Mayfield finding hla bench without board, It was decided at the meeting. '
C h ild e rs to Speak a t M eeting
The board at present consists of ; Rev. 8. E. Childers, pastor of the way according to Gordon Taylor, of used for the first time Monday nigh» j ing from the ailment,
enough reaervea to substitute for the
The state health report also stated
Injured. Undaunted by their pre-sea­ Mrs N. W. Emery, president; Mrs. Springfield Christian church, was the Molalla, secretary of the association, for band practice, and, plans are being
son defeat, the mill city men 'went Fred Hinson. vIoe-preBldent; Mrs. L. chief speaker on expository Bible who was a visitor In Springfield Mon made to use the hall for regular prac- that there were seven cases of scarlet
fever during that week ln Lane count/
through the regular season undefeat K. Page, secretary; Mrs. Mary study nt the Tuesday session of the day. A meeting will be held Decem­ tlce sessions.
Roberta, librarian; ard Mrs. Vina Mc­ annual Northwest preachers' parit- ber 12 with the East Portland Cham
Proceeds from the concert this and also examples of typhoid fever
*d.
ment held In Eugene this week. More ! h*1
Commerce and the new route month will be used to help defray ex- and diphtheria.
Throughout the past schedules, the Clain.
i Advice as to the treatment of inflo-
than 60 ministers of the* Christian ! discussed. Representatives from the penses of the band.
locals not only showed up well on the
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enxa Is given to people of the state by
defense holding their opponents tn VACATION FOR SCHOOLS
church from Oregon, Washington, Ida­ various cities along the route will be
present at the meeting. A. J. Perkins
J.
M.
Larson
Return*
!
Dr.
Sticker in an Important announc*-
four touchdowns, but they prov«-d to
ho,
and
Montana,
are
in
attendance
BEGINS DECEMBER 21
J. M Larson, proprietor of the ser- ®cnt released this week. He advd-
be a real offensive combination -is
at the conference, which ends today. ’will represent Springfield, and will
speak on "The New Bridge and the vice station at Second and Main cates that the best way to keep a w if
they scored 39 touchdown» or an
School children In Springfield will j
South End of the Cascade Highway." streets, returned Tuesday evening fr°m taking influenza is to keep fro«
average of better than four touch­ start their annual Christmas vacation .
Q uarterly Mating Held
after a several weeks' stay at the | People having this highly contaglou*
downs each for nine games.
Immediately after their classes on Frl-1 The first quarterly conference of
To Hold Food Sale
Veterans' hospital in Tacoma. Mr. , disease.
Hprlngfleld presented a light team day, December 21, and will be allowed j the 'ear for the Methodist chuch was
How to Prevent Flu
the average per man being 142 ' to be absent from school ln order to ! held Tuesday evening ln Springfield,
The wllllnk workers of the Christian I^arson, who is commander of the i
Stocker’s statement of advle*
pounds, but this advantage was made ! make use of the many Yuletlde actl- Rev. S. J. Chaney of Eugene preside*! church will hold a bazaar and food Springfield Post of the American
up In the display of speed by May- vltleg till Wednesday morning, Janu- , at the meeting. Reports from all de- sale at Ketel's drug store on Satur- Legion, states that he is feeling better follows:
“When you feel an attack of Influ­
fleld'a proteges. However, they «lid ary 2, when local schools will re-open, I partments of the church were heard | day, December 8. Articles and food and most of all glad to be back In his
enza coming on. take a laxative and •
have great power on Ihe line for such It was decided at a meeting of the at the session Tuesday.
glass of hot lemonade and go to bed
weight, and their deceptive playa had I Springfield school board at Lincoln
early. I5at lightly, drink water freely
their opponents guessing all the time, , school Monday evening.
»
and stay ln bed until all symptom*
With the loss of only four men via j Holding their regular meeting at
have disappeared. Isolate yourself.
the graduation route, prospects are I the school building was something un-
Do not kiss or even shake hands. Just
brlght f o r another championship usual for the school authorities, as
because some one has passed this dis­
eleven next year. The record shown they have been accustomed to meet
ease on to you is no excuse for youF
by Springfield team Is one that comes I In the office of the First National
being careless. This Is not a spectac­
close to equaling that of the best prep bank. The IJncoln school had Just
ular course of treatment nor will If
team in the slate, and considering th'» ' r«»cenlly had its lighting system, re
produce striking results, but It will
size of the locals, they performed ex -' paired,
cut
down greatly the chances for com­
Routine
matters
took
up
the
rest
of
ceptlnnally well on tho gridiron.
plications, such as pneumonia and
Springfield's record for the 1928 the time of the board.
other Infections.
season Is:
"The streptococcus hemolytlcus ifl
Cottage Grove 18 TWO HONORED AT PARTY
Hprlngfleld 0
;
usually
unable to Invade the healthy
Brownsvlllo
0
Hprlngfleld 21
GIVEN BY MISS HALSEY
body but gains entrance In person*
0
Hprlngfleld 19
Alumni
who are run down by Influenza. Step-
0
Lebanon
Hprlngfleld 26
Honoring Mrs. J. D. Campbell (Lois
tococcus pneumonia is a very serlott*
6 Spencer), a recent bride, end Myrtle
Harrisburg
Hprlngfleld, 27
complication
and the chances of pull­
I»l
Junction City
Hprlngflpld 38
Harvey on the occasion of her 'birth­
ing through after this Infection has in­
0 day anniversary, Margaret Halsey
Springfield 51
Brownsville
vaded the body are none too good.
0 entertained at her home Inst Satur­
Lebanon
Springfield 32
"The Importance of calling In *
Bpringfleld 32
0 day afternoon.
Junction City
physician early can not be too highly
Guests nt the affnlr were: Mrs.
emphasized. Many of the complca-
24 Campbell, Miss Harvey, Gladys Col­
Total
246
tions of hifluenza can be prevented by
lins, Gladys Walker, Iowa Cnrlton,
proper treatment. For the sake of
HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS
Elizabeth Hughes, Wilma Buttle* of
! others It Is well to remember that ln-
LAUGHTERESQUE FRIDAY Salem, and the hostess, Margaret Hal­
I fluenza Is a contagions disease and It
sey.
Is up to you to keep It to yoursslf.
Miss Ilalsev returned Sunday even­
Hilarity galore will be Ihe keynote
Use your handkerchief and prevent
nt the I-aughteresque to be presented ing Io Walton where she Is teaching
the spread of Influenza. Sneezing and
at the Springfield high school audi­ school.
coughing spray out droplets of mois­
torium Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
ture loaded with germs and any on*
Gives Party for Class
In this arrangement of entertain
nearby Is almost certain to get a good
Mrs. A. B. Van Vnlzah entertained
ment, each class puts on a stunt, the
dose of this. If you have Influenza, go
class putting on the best stunt will members of her Sunday school class
to bed and Isolate yourself.”
receive five points ln the Interclass at a party last week. Games were
rivalry contest; the second best pres­ played and other means of amusement
Former Springfield Man Dead
entation will he awarded three points, were indulged ln by the guests.
E. J. Casteel, former Springfield
Those present at the affair were:
and the third best act will bo given
resident, died November 36 at Aloha,
Wilma Buttles, Elizabeth Hughes,
one point.
Oregon, at the age of 75. He wa*
Spain, Scotland, Egypt, and several Edna Platt, Anne Gorrle, Thelma
formerly In the shoe and harness busi­
other points of Interest in the world Sweeney, Doris Brant, Dorothy Girard,
ness ln a shop located where the First
will be used as settings for the varl- Margaret Gorrle, Evan Hughes, Ed­
National Bank Is now located. H *
oui stunts. Humor will characterize gar I-ouk, Oswald Olson, Mrs. Van
was an uncle to Frank, Iley, and Virgil
the stunt* In general.
Valzah, and, Dr. G. Van Vatzah.
Casteel, all of 8pUngfl*l«L