THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THUltHDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1928
Proposal Made
to Stop Floods
West Springfield People Present
Plan at County
Meeting
GOOD SOUP, GOOD SEKV1CL
WHAT IS A RICH MAN7
CAPTAIN OF TOUR SOUL
NO SOCRATIC METHODS.
U. of O. Enrolls 28
Local Students
PAGE FTV«
Scouts Delay S w im a t U. O .
TOWN AND VICINITY
Grocery Man III— J . C. McMurray,
Has Scarlet Fever—Klvs Bryan la
Lane County Registration Total
at home with a case of scarlet fever. proprietor of McMurray's grocery
it
851;
Eugene
has
Chiefs of many hotels competed
store on Fifth street, la 111 at bis home
In New Yoik to see which could
757 Students
Hers From Walton—Margaret Hal­ with the flu.
make the best soup. Six wise men,
including Clarence H Mackay's
French chef, Combes, allotted first
prize to E. Alliott.
That competition means more to
human welfare than the average
man realizes; more., for instance,
than any Olympic competition.
Rprlngfleld Boy Scouts will not go
the University of Oregon to swim un­
til after January 1, It was announced
thia week by C. L. Aldrich, scoab-
master of troop 11. The Rprlngfleld
Lions club has been cooperating wit*
the local boys In providing transpor­
tation for the lads every week to tho
university swimming pool. The uni.
verslty pool Is closed during the hod-
day vacation.
sey of Walton spent the week.end In
Twenty-eight students from Hpriug Rprlngjleld.
ASTORIA GIRL BRIDE
Held are registered In the University
To Albany— W. C. Me lagan of the
of Oregon foi the past fall term. It
OF SPRINGFIELD MAN
was laerned Wednesday after an local plant of the Mountain Rtates
Power
company
went
to
Albany
Tues­
nouncoueiit bad been made by K a il
A wedding of the Christmas season
M. I’allett, university reglstra", that day on business.
that proved to be of much Interest to .
Soups contain vitamines and more than 28 per cent of the student i
Maud Gorrle Haro—Miss Maud Oor- Rprlngfleld folks was that of Miss |
other valuable nourishment and bod- v s from lane county.
rle of Portland was a week-end visitor ' Grace Hall of Eugene was named I
stimulate the flow of digestive
The nlatlstTal study of the geogra here at the borne of her mother, M r s ence Paterson of Astoria, to William '
fluids. To manufacture good soup
and sell a great deal of it is to | phicnl distribution of students of the C. I. Gorrle.
Wallace Halsey, son of Mr. and Guy l
render public service.
unlvi rally Indicated thnt Lane county
Halsey of Rprlngfleld. The ceremony J
Moves Into" New Home—C. F Bar took place at the borne of the bride's ,
Income tax returns show 2H.I j was second only to Multnomah C 'l i n i y
Americans with net incomes of 1 In the rumher registered Lane coun. her and family moved Wednesday In mother In Astoria on Saturday even- j
$1,(XX),000 a year or more. The, | ty has 851 students registered while Io their new borne on Tenth and A j Ing, December 15. Rev. E. W. Hughes ,
number has increased by fifty-two
o fthe Grace Episcopal church In As- ,
in two years. Citizens reporting Multnomsb county has 95#, a total of streets.
incomes of 15.000,000 or more num­ #32 of them being from Portland.
Leaving for Portland—Mr and Mrs torla, presided.
ber only TEN There were four­
Of the 28 Rprlngfleld students. 17 George Htewart will leave Sunday for
Miss Elizabeth Paterson attended
teen of them in 1926.
are girls and 11 are men. Eugene Portland where they will spend the the bride and John Halsey, brother of
Once a man with a million was alone Is represented by a total of 767 holidays with relatives.
the bridegroom, acted as best man.
considered rich. To be REALLY students.
Mrs. Edna Edwards played the wed­
Y O U R N E W Y E A R ’S P L U M B IN G
“rich" now you need $1,000,000 a
P o rtla n d Folks Coming—Mr. aw!
ding march.
The total registration of the unlver
Z»*'
_____
We stand by with our little gasoline
alty for the fall term la 3008, the larg Mrs. R. Connan of Portland will ar­
Members of the immediate families
rive Sunday to enjoy the Christmas
torch and kit ready to respond at a
There are several billionaires in eat ever.
holiday with Mrs. Cannon's cousin, and a few friends were present at the moment's notice to your call for any
eaiatCnce that modestly refrain
wedding. A reception was held after plumbing repair Job you want done.
Listed below are the 28 University
from talking about it.
Mrs. Bert Doane.
Many a young person has of Oregon students from Rprlngfleld |
the ceremony.
To save time and expense tell us the
apoutcu:
Agatha
Reals,
Horn
Beaman,
Iowa
•It matters not how strait the gate
Out of town guests were Mr. and nature of the work and we will bring
Adrian Improving—Henry Adrian
How charged with punishment Carlton, Naomi Carlton. Audrey Dan­ of the Springfield Is reported to be Mrs. Guy Halsey and Mr. and Mrs. the needed materials. Or if it be a
the scroll.
ner, Helen Eyler, Virginia Franx, Ella gradually Improving from his case of John C. Halsey, all of Springfield. The regular installation task we are ready
I am the master of my fate,
Ollklnson. Chesta Hayden. Helen E pneumonia. He is not expected to newly married couple are both gradu­ to do it any day of the year.
1 am the captain of my août
Hughes, Rsdle Lambert, Dorene Iari- return to work for about three weeks ates of the Oregon Agricultural col-1
The Reverend E. H. Emmett. mer, Rernlre Neher, Thelma Sweeney,
lege. They will make their home In
Congregational!»!, says those wh<l , Mury Whitney, Mary Wilburn, Chart­ y e t
Portland where Mr. Halsey is em­
talk about being “captain of my I res» Willis, Willard N Case, John H 1
527 M A IN S T .
soul" are only "whistling loudly in
Returns to Idaho—Beulah Hall, ployed by the Bell Telephone com-
the dark," making "an outward Cox, Kenneth nillnrd, Nolan Hallo­ sister of James O'Connell, who passed i pany.
noise to cover up an inward feal ! well, Evan B. Hughes. Howard
away here Wednesday morning, Dec­
and disquiet.”
Hughes, Clarence A Kester. LeRoy
ember 12, left Monday to return to
LOCAL FOLKS GOING TO
It is hard to be sure that you sV Nice, Dale O Phetteplac-e, William T. her home In Emmett, Idaho.
captain of your soul in these mo<J Pollard, and John Wilson.
COUNTY C. C. MEETING
ernist times. Scientists say yoi
Visits at Waltervllle—Miss Lucy |
haven’t any soul, anyhow, and yef DRUG STORES SELLING
don't know where your soul is g<J
8chwering of Portland passed through , Several members of the Springfield
ln|t later, if anywhere, or wher
CHRISTMAS SEALS NOW Springfield last week on her way to chamber of commerce will Journey to
this earth itself is going, with the
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. : Eugene tonight to attend the meeting From Now Till Christmas We are
sun dragging it along.
Christmas seals are now being sola Bchwerlng at WlaltervlIIe.
of the Lane county chamber of com­
However, a man CAN be calm
Giving a Big Christmas Turkey To
merce to be held at the Eugene cham­
in an emergency, and that’s what at Ketels’ drug store and Flanery’s
Each Purchaser of One of Our De­
the poet meant.
drug store, and the sale at the vari­
Student Arrives Here Miss Mar­ ber of commerce hall at 5:30 p. m.
pendable Used Cars.
Special music has been arranged
William McAndrew, who wa«, ous schools here has been discontln garet Mortensen, who has been at­
ued.
It
was
announced
this
morning
for
the
affair
and
dinner
will
be
served
superintendent of Chicago schools!
tending St. Helen's hall In Portland, ,
Every Car In Our Large Stock ia
Waves for Athens to spend a year by Mrs. L. K. Page, member of the returned to Springfield Wednesday to by the Boys -nd Girls clubs.
Priced Down to the Last Dime and
studying Socrates'» methods of i local committee In charge of the sale
The three official delegates from
spend the Christmas holidays with
leaching
Hia plan, may heaven, of the small Christmas stamps.
Every Car Tagged Plainly with It»
the local chamber are: W. C. Wright
thwart It, it to revive the Socrates
her father. Dr. R. P. Mortensen.
Price.
About
$50
was
realized
from
the
nacthod in modera schools.
W. A. Taylor and J. A. Seavey. All
seal sales conducted at the Bri-.ttaln
Expected Here — Mr. and Mrs. members of the local chamber are pri­
and Lincoln schools. It was repot» d Theron 9ausser of Portland are ex­ vileged to attend the county meetings, All We Ask is That You See These
Socrates, tf lAsto JwcdVei Ms
Cars Before You Buy. Then Yoe
to Mrs Page, who states that not ail pected In Springfield this week-end to but only the three officially designa­
method accurately, touched a sew
It was well Indicated at the meeting
peak hi boredom. Instead of say­
Will Agree That We Have the Big­
the money has been turned In as vet, remain as holidays guests at the home ted men are entitled to the right of
that something would be done In the
ing what he had Io say, ha went
gest Bargains in Lane County.
thereby making the report lneotnp- ! of H. M Stewart.
way of preventing the river from over­ around Robia Hood’s barn with
vote at such sessions.
flowing In' the West Rprlngfleld dis­ guest ion» and answers tiresome bo- i lete.
yon d measure.
The high school took out 10C0 seals
trict and causing damage.
Home from Hospital—John C. Park­ Salesman—"Now how would yon like
Whether or not Socrates was
and »old all of them, It was announced er, who has been in the Eugene hospi­ trousers like these? They’re worn a
rniilty, as alleged, of filliag young
today. The prep stddents conducted tal for about two months, was brought
LOCAL MAN PRESENT AT
Greeks with disrespect fur the
good deal."
n sale of seals on Saturday. De :eoibc r to his home in Springfield Wednes­
Eugene, Ora.
gods, and in spite of the usarreE
Customer—"That, sir, is perfectly Buick Dealers
SCOUT COUNCIL MEETING ousfy heroic hemlock drinking epÉ 8, at the Gray’s Cash and Carry store
day, and is reported to be getting evident."
♦ode, yon can hardly blame the
here.
along well.
C. L. Aldrich, scoutmaster of troop
Atheniaas for getting rid of him.
The proceeds from the sale of the
What modem education needs is
no. II of the Rprlngfleld Roy Remits,
little Christmas stamps are used In a
moving pictures, with condensed
and If. E. Maxey, rhalrmnn, are the
verbal elucidation, not Socxatic di­
campaign to fight tuberculosis. Sup­
Rprlngfleld men who went to Eugene alogue».
ervision
of patients and contact» free
Monday evening to nttend the annunl
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chest examinations, corrective work
meeting of the Lane county Roy Rcont COMMISSION RECEIVES
for pre-school and school children as
council held at the Osburn hotel.
APPLICATION FOR JOB a preventative measure, epunty wide
Or W. R Moxlev, president of the
health contests for school children
council, reported at the meeting thnt
The Civil Service commission nt and community health programs and
the number of scouts In lane countv
Slip-over styles In fine
Washington, D. C., has announced meetings—all are carried on by the
for the pnst year Is 407. There are
Lovely crepe de chine
woolens—
that until December 31 it will receive la n e county public health assoda. '
619 merit badges out. 210 flrst class
gowns, pajamas, shorties,
applications for positions of store­ tlon through the sale of the Christmas '
$2.95 Quality, now $2.39
scouts and 102 second class members
dansetts. chemise — I n,
keeper-gauger under the Riireau of seals.
$4 95 Quality, now $3.98
A total of 100 new members were
peach, nile pink. All mod
Prohibition In the slate or Oregon.
$6.75 Quality, now $5.35 «Z
tnken In during the pnst year. One
erately priced.
Coat styles in big assort-j»\.J
The entrance salary will be be­ M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL
hundred more will be sought for mem­
ment styles and colors.
Pure silk Milanese (gloae
bership during the coming year. It w-ns tween $2.000 nnd $2.500 n year. High
TO GIVE XMAS PROGRAM
silk)
guaranteed n o n
er-snlarled
positions
are
fllled
through
|
decided nt the meeting.
A long and varied Christmas pro
shrinkable—
Officers elected at the meeting of promotion.
The duties nre at Industrial alcohol gram has been arranged for eresentn-
the council are:
Vesta $1.50, Slips $5.95
plants, denaturing plants, bonded tlon hv the Rundav school classes of
Or W R Moxlev, president: O R warehouses, distilleries, etc.
the Springfield Methodist church to
Bandeaus, $1.50
Rtnfford, vlce-nresldent; Powell plnnt,
Applicants must show thnt within be given nt the church Christmas Eve
Panties A Bloom ers $2.95
treasurer; nnd Wallace Wlntler, scout the Inst ten yenrs they have had nt , Monday, December 24, at 7:30 o’clock
commissioner.
least one year's experience In a cheml ' Each class In the school, the num
H undreds of H ig h e s t
cal or physical laboratory, or In a , her of them being about 20, will pres­
Grade
Rayon Undies Pajamas in big range com-
chemical
plnnt,
or
In
pharmaceutical
j
ent
some
form
of
entertainment
on
"Their chauffeur seems a sober,
WXJ*
bination colors $2.95, $3.50
work, or an gunger or storekeeper- the evening’s program. Pantomimes,
careful fellow."
gunger,
or
as
Government
Inspector
of
plays,
readings,
and
short
sketches
In
gift
boxes.
Imported
French
kid,
priced
at
Bloomers
98c,
$1.29,
$1.49Three
piece pajama loung
"Well, for the wages they pay they
wv
.
___ a».... to
s.~ ing
lexer set—black
out-- E ln r k w with
i t h rpd
chemical plants, distilleries, brewer­ nre slated for the evening.
Vests
and n Bandeaus
red or
or
can’t well expect anything else,"
$2.95, $3.50, $4.75
ies, wineries, or pharmacies.
The church room will he decorated
Match 75c, 89c
maize combination, $5.00
Full Information may be obtained with a Christmas tree and appropri­
Gowns In asosrted p a tte rn s
..............—■ $1-95, $2.95
"The bullet went through Jones and from the United Rtates Civil Rervlce ate decorations. Everyone Is welcome
Leather Driving Cloves
Commission,
Washington,
D.
C„
or
J
killed Smith. They arrested Jones."
to attend the affair. H. L. Gillette,
Big selection Bloom ers and S h orites 98c, 2 P r. $1.95
"Why?"
from the secretary of the United ' superintendent of the Sunday school, I
Nicely lined with fleecy wool, priced
D ansetts in Boxes .................................. $1.95 and $2 95
■'Well, It was through Jones that J States Civil Service board nt the post nnd Mrs. C. J. Pike compose the com
$2.95,
$4.G5
office or customhouse In any city. 1 mlttee In charge of te affair.
Rmlth was shot, wasn't It?”
PropiianlH fur control of probable
flooda «long the WII Iniiii-lle river
RprIngII•• l«l huil held meetings here and
■oath of Eugene were brought up for
itlN i'IlH lin n II I II H e e l i n g hl Id M n lid u y
night ut the county euurt house II I Eu
icene In conjunction with the session
of the l.ime County Engineer's aoclety.
For ninny week«, citizens of Went
KprltiKfleid lul l held raetlngs here unit
there to discuss ways mid means of
preventlnic the river front overflow
lug Into their dlutrlet. Petitions were
put out asking thnt some net Ion lie
tnken In the wuy of curbing such
floods A lurk« deleKiil Ion of Went
Kprlnicfleld people were In iittendunce
Ht the meeting held Mondny evening
The following resolution was adopt- I
ed at the meeting
"Bo lu resolved, that the Improvement '
of West Rprlngfleld by protecting It
from A i m i i I h la a matter of great Inter-
eat to the county at large and that the '
lan<> county court would he well Justi­
fied In Blanding the expense of the
necessary preliminary surveys for that
purpose."
Rlmon Klovdshl, engineer, showed ,
charts snd described various propos ,
«Is for control of the Willamette I
waters. Herwral plans were submit- j
ted at the meeting
Extension of the mlllrace to Mc­
Vey's point by use of the old slough
which now follows the west aide of
the Ilirlflc highway was suggested aS
a poslble remedy to the problem of
floods. It was explained that by ex­
tending the race through the chan­
nel from Judkins* point to McVey’»
point, the dam near Judkins point
could be taken out. Owners of the
mill race will be Interviewed on the
matter of this proposal.
That the reefs In the river bed be
blasted out In order to make a dear­
er rhannel was the text of a pro­
posed project presented at the meet­
ing
The advisability of erecting dikes,
between Judkins point and McVey’s
point was another suggestion offered
at the session Monday evening.
PLUMBING
W. N. LONG
A Christmas
Turkey Free
F. W. Pettyjohn Co.
Dainty ” ' _
SALE OF
SWEATERS
Women will Appreciate
GLOVES
I
HANDKERCHIEFS
Embroidered Fancy Work
Hand embroidered models or. sale—
Imported from Ireland and other European
countries—Priced
25c, 35c, 49c, 09c, 98c,
Pillow cases ........................................... $2.95
Boxed Kerchiefs 59c, 75c, 98c- $1.45
Lunch S e ts ................................. $6.75, $4.50
Card Table Covers ..................... 89c, $1.29 Lovely georgette kerchiefs, hand-tinted, lace
Aprons, Bags, etc. ........................ 49c to 98c trimmed in dainty folder—
,
98c each
Wishing You the Fullest Measure o f Happiness on
Christmas Day and a Very Happy Ne<uu Year—
Buy Her a New Coat
For a gift. Every coat in stock marked
down for clearance. One special group
$17.00
MR AND MRS. W. A. TAYLOR
White Front Grocery
The Q u a lity G rocery o f S p rin g fie ld
PHONE 9
ln.il
BEARD’S
Eugene
Oregon