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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
HI’KINGKIELI), LANE COUNTY. OREGON
TW ENTY-SIXTH YEAH
Up to Date Sheriff
OPENING IS M
The
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A LIVE NEWSPAPER
IN A LIVE TOWN
NUMBER 29
CIVIC CLUB PICNICS
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN
AT W. A. HEMENWAY FARM
TO CLOSE HOUSES FOR
NEAR COTTAGE GROVE
SUNSET TRAIL FRIDAY
T h e S p rin g field
W o m en 's C ivic
C lub held an all day picnic T huraday
In th e b eau tifu l fir g ro v e at the W.
A Ilem eu w ay farm , th re e mile» weal
of C o ttag e d ro v e Tip- ladle» brought
u biiNkut d in n e r and Mr». H em enw ay
serv ed th em w ith hot coffee and all
kind» of fruit»
First Showing of Sunset Trnil
nt Haywnrd Field Tonight at
8:15; Big Pioneer Parade To­
morrow at 10 o’clock; Air
Circus in Afternoon.
J ill HSOAY, JULY 25, 1929
"The People's Paper”
Heads O rder
pn- '
geant of the aettlln g of th e weal, .
which la to he p re«ented In E ugene
today, tom orrow and S a tu rd a y , will
hav e the co-operation of th e g re a te r!
[ p art of the luiHineaa m en of S pring i
field, who have agreed to close up i
tom orrow
F riday will probably be j
the hlggeat day of th e celeb ratio n . :
In th e aftern o o n Ml»» Aldine (Jar T h e principal feature» include th e ,
tin e n te rta in e d them w ith aev eral p ioneer p arad e tom orrow
m o rn ’ng.
vocal solos, a fte r w hich th e ladiea , th e N o rth w est a ir derby In th e after-
E dw ard W . L ibbey of W ash in g ­
w ent for a awlm In a lake on th e noon, and then th e aecond pre.ienta
ton, D. L , w as elected G rand Mon-
farm
l-a te r In th e aftern o o n Ice Hon of the pageant In th e evening
• rch of the M ystic O rn -r of Veiled
P rophet»
of the I E n. banted Realm
cream an d cak e waa serv ed . T h o s e , T » •s h v e ?
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¡EXPECT TO SETTLE
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County Court Makes Offer To-
day to Highway Commission
To Build 50 Feet More to
West Approach on Springfield
Structure.
O nce again th e t lo n eers of III»’
Final settlement of the Springfield
early tiny» of O regon co u n try a re with
bridge question which has been much
• h .
come Io »lew tit«’ «lev,-loped
discussed during the past four month«
W ayne H om ing, »hrriff ol S h aw ­
ro u n try for which th ey laid th e fount! [ nee < ■ unty. K an, is the hrat Sheriff
is in prospect at Portland today at tha
atom. conic to recall to ua th e O regon I in the I ' S t o have an airplane aa
regular meeting of the Oregon State
«•tilt h they knew , ant, to bid fa rew ell j part of In« regular equipm ent in enjoying Mr» Hemenway'» hoapltallty haVf. , hua far aKr,„.(1
, ,M,perat(. ^ ^ h e ^ th annual meeting at Rock, Highway Commission. At that t.ima
tu n n in g dow n law violators-
Io th e ir ih K -endunts of today C ap tain
Ju d g e C. P. Barnard of the Lana
were M esdam es C (). W ilson, C
by cloalng for the c e le b ratio n Fri- ,
Robert G ray 1» h ere, nml M eriw eth er |
county court will present to the com­
W heaton, I, K Page, W W W alker, , ()av
W hit, F ront G rocery, » w art» MOTHERS' CLUB FINDS
l.ewlH, anti W illiam C lark, and Sac» > ANNUAL CAMP MEETING
mission the court's proposal to pay
Ira P e te rso n , It. It S altam an , Paul and Son M arket, Sne, d'a G rocery, t
jaw ,-a, am i a boat of o th er» whoae I OF OREGON METHODISTS
for the disi uted 50 feet of open ap­
CARBAGE
TRUCK
EASY
Ural tain, Geo, P rochnow , L. G.
G ray'» C ash and f u r r y . G ray 's Feed I
n am es loom large In th e hlatory of th e |
proach out of the county funds, thu«
OPENS AT GROVE TODAY term iin, am i I» O M aher.
THOUGH NO LIMOUSINE settling the controversy.
S to re, W right and Son« h a rd w a re j
weal, a» well a» th o se leaner her,»-» i
»tore, M ing« Plum bing »hop, Ger- '
who tilt! noth in g »pet ta c u la r. hut yet
Many Methodist» of th e S p rin g
At the last meeting of the highway
her'» B arber »hop. Nelson's »hoe ' ‘■Necessity is the mother of inven­
played a vltnl purl III th e hull ting of field v icinity a rc p lan n in g to a tte n d MRS. SHERMAN TO HEAD
tion,'
remarked
one
of
the
wise
men
commission
the West Springfield ob­
LEGION AUXILIARY Hh,,P- B ennett'« .Market, lndepend
tin- Weal
Hu* n in th a n n u a l cam p m eetin g of
of the world, long.long ago, “and jectors to the fill approach were of­
—
e
n
t
M
arket,
ideal
G
rocery,
A
nderson
T he occasion 1» th e Kunaet T rail th e Oregon C onference, w hich will la-
adaptation is her step-daughter'' added fered 100 additional feet of bridge by
Mr». J I, Sherman wa» elected and C lover B arb er »hop. H all'» Shoe
pageant w hich open» today at E u g e n e , held at C o ttag e G rove b eg in n in g to
six members of the Springfield the commission, but the offer wa«
»hop.
S
ervice
C
leaner»,
Chic'»
Feed
u n tl
will he preaetlted to n ig h t, to ­ day -mil laatln g until S unday, A ugust p re sid e n t o f th e S p rin g field A m erican
Mothers' Club enroute home from refused by the committee member«,
sto
re
.
T
u
rn
e
r’»
N
ovelty
»tore,
K
en­
Legion
au
x
iliary
at
th
e
re
g
u
la
r
m
eet
m orrow am i S a tu rd a y
It la a g reat 4 T h e re will he no p reach in g ut th e
their
regular meeting late, late Tues­ who stated that they would be willing
n
ett'»
.
S
pringfield
B
akery,
Commer­
epi, of th e hlato ry of th ia cou n try local M ethodist ch u rch c ith e r thi« Ing of th e o rg an izatio n in th e c h a m ­
to compromise on 150 feet, but none
day night.
cial
S
b
'te
Bank.
M
orris
B
arb
er
shop,
b
er
of
co
m
m
erce
room»
M
onday
night.
w ritte n by W. F G T h a tc h e r, prof,-«- S unday o r next on account of th e
less.
It
came
about
In
this
manner.
The
and
J.
C.
M
cM
urray.
eor of ahort atory In th e I'n lv e ra lty of cam p m eetin g , alth o u g h S unday school S h e succeed» Mr». M It Huntly to
With a view of satisfying both tha
mothers' Club met at the home of
th e post- Mr» I N E n d ico tt wa»
O regon, nml d ire c te d by Mr». Dorla will he held aa uaual.
Mrs. Clarence Chase at Chase Gar­ highway commission and the West
ch o sen vice-p resid en t of th e o rg a n ­ FOUR COUPLES HOSTS
S m ith of P o rtlan d
More th a n 1500
T h e cam p m eetin g ground» a re
dens, some five miles out of Spring- Springfield citizens, the Lane county
a. tor» will p a rtic ip a te In th e a ffa ir. located In a grove fo u r block« eaat ization. and Mra II (). D lbhlee »ecre-
ANNIVERSARY PICNIC field. After an evening of discussion, court offered last week, following an
Which will he liehl at H ayw ard Meld i of th e Pacific highw ay at C ottag e ta ry -tre a a u re r. T he e x e cu tiv e com­
investigation of conditions at tha
m ittee ch o sen for th e com ing year
on the I ’nlv eralty rntnpua. T h e pa Grove
Four Springfield couples, Mr and the meeting adjourned and the mem­
T h e m eeting» a re held In un
constat» of Mra. 11. E. M axey, Mr«. Mrs. Jack Henderer, Mr. and Mrs. bers started for home at 12 o'clock, west end ot the bridge, to pay for
g ra n t la arra n g e d Into eight episode» i open-air i»»vlllon. w hile th e re
1»
or thereabouts. Mrs. Lawrence Mof­ the additional 50 feet of approach
p o rtra y in g the hlato ry of th e O regon p len ty of au rro u n d in g apace for • A It Van V alzah and Mra. I. M. P e te r­ Paul S. Basford, Mr. and Mr». Dallas
son. A n u m b er of ap p o ln ta tlv e offi­ Murphy, and Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Reb- fitt was driving one of the cars, and rather than see the dispute carried
ro u n try from th e day» of th e Maya cam ping
Rev. M A. M arcy of Eu
Into the Supreme court and the bridge
civ ilizatio n . up th ro u g h th e day» of gene, d is tric t su p e rin te n d e n t o f th e cer« will be selected by Mr». S herm nn han, whose wedding anniversaries all riding with her were Mrs. Carl
i
stand
Mie for many months more.
Phetteplace,
Mrs.
Clifford
Wilson,
later.
In d ian a, and th e pioneer», to th e pre S o u th ern O regon co n feren ce, will |>re-
fall on or around July 23, were host»
Mrs. Clayton Barber, Mrs. Sidney Today the offer will be made before
No
n
o
m
in
atio
n
s
h
av
e
aa
y
et
been
pent, cloning with a vlalon of th e fu ­ | aide at th e m eeting»
at
a
picnic
In
observance
of
the
occa­
A mong th e
, the highway commission, and should
tu re
M arahall lia n a , m an ag in g ed ito r ! p rin cip al sp eak er» will be Rev. I,. M d efin itely m ad e fo r th e officer» of sion Tuesday night at Swimmers’ De­ Ward, and Mrs. Walter Gossler.
All went well until the party was it be accepted, the contract can ba
of th e O regon Jo u rn a l, will play th e G riggahv, p a«tor of th e F irst M etho th e A rem tcan Ix-glnn for th e com ing light, near Goshen. The evening was
let within a short time, and the
lead in g p art In th e p ag ean t aa th e dial E p isco p al ch u rch of T aco m a, y ear, alth o u g h a n o m in atin g co m m it­ spent In swlmmling and dancing, after about three and one-half miles from
bridge can possibly be completed this
which
refreshments
were
served.
The
Springfield,
when
things
began
to
tee
haa
been
ap
p
o
ltn
ed
by
M
J.
pioneer.
W ashington, anil Rev. Dean C. Ih itto n ,
season.
The cost of the additional
Hut th e pag ean t la not th e only a t ­ n a tio n ally know n M ethodist evangel. Larson, commander, to make recoin- remarrying of the couples in a mock happen. As Mrs. Moffitt rounded a
, ceremony was one of the big features [ corner, one of the tires of the car 50 feet of bridge above that of a fill
tra c tio n at E ugene th ia w eek-end 1st. Rev and Mrs. Ira Dunina will he mendatlons.
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j of the evening. This Is an annual collapsed, and was found to be a total will be approximately $3825.
Second only In In tereat will be th e 1 In c h arg e of th e m usic.
eveni
j loss after a stop for examination was
Another matter of general county
p io n eer p arad e, w hich will he held at
LOS ANGELES FLYER
Interest to come before the state
10 30 o ’clock tom orrow m o rn in g Mora
• Present at the picnic besides the j
600,000 TROUT TO
STOPS _____
AT LOCAL FIELD hosts and their families were Mr. and
The six members of the Mothers highway commission is that of tha
th a n 130 e n trle a p o rtra y in g tth e em l
BE RELASED HERE
g ratlo n of th e pioneer» to O regon will
. A Loa Angeles aviator, the district Mrs. Carl Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Harry [ Club alighted from the car and after j Siuslaw highway. The court will also
ta k e p art. T he g ran d m arah al of th e
BY GAME COMMISSION „g.-nt forth,- Arrow airplane company, i Whitney, Mr and Mrs. C. E. Kenyon, j» consultation started to walk the discuss this matter with the bureau
three and one-half
p a ra d e will he C a p ta in O liver Apple-
~
“ miles between of public roads while in Portland.
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[stopped at the Springfield airport for Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Dow and Mr. and ’
them and town, an undertaking which
g ate of K lam ath F alla, n oted In d ian
Six hundred thousand small rain [ a , hort t|nl„ Tues(jay to demonstrate I Mrs. J.C. McMurray
was soon found to be somewhat more BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
fig h te r amt a nephew of Jeaae Apple- how tro u t, ran g in g In alze from th re e (jne (>j f,|a A rrow sp o rt m odel planes, j
difficult than was at first thought.
g ate, noted wagon tr a in lead er. C ap ­ to five Inches, will he rele a se d In 1 Thfi p | an e w hlch hp waW fly in g is MISS FLORENCE COFFIN
PLANNED BY BOARD
tain A ptdegnte croaaed tth e plain» In th e M cK enzie and U p p er W illam ette [ slm l,a r
Wnen the ladies had all but given
thp o n e w hich M ajor 0 . H.
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HONORED
AT
PICNIC
hl" uncle'« p arty In IMS
up hopes of reaching Springfield be­
riv e rs w ithin th e next week hy th e ^ c k e rs o n In ten d s to p u rch ase for th e !
A number of improvements of the
An a ir circu s w hich 1« ex p ected to s ta te gam e cointnlKslon of w hich Ben
school of aviation he 1« to start here j
picnic In honor of Miss Florence fore morning, they suddenly sighted local school building were announced
a ttr a c t m any fiver« from all p art« of i D orris, local m an, 1« ch airm an .
within a few weeks.
|Coffin, of Portland, former Spring the lights of a car approaching. They by the school board following a tout
th e N o rth w est will he h eld at th e E u ­
planted themselves determinedly in of inspection Tuesday night.
The
M. It. H untly and J a c k H en d erer,
T h e m a jo r Is n e g o tia tin g for th e I Geld re sid e n t, w ho is v isitin g w ith
gene airp o rt F rid ay a ftern o o n nt 2 local sp o rtsm en . have I h - i - i i sp en d in g
the
middle of the road and waited.
most important of these will be the
p u rch ase of th e \rro w , hut has not frien d s here, w as held S u n d ay a t th e
o’ clock and S a tu rd a y nt m e nam e I th e pan, se v eral day» lo catin g places
The driver of the truck, for such it completion of the unfinished room at
yet d efin itely o rd ered It. Ju s t now j farm hom e of Mrs. C. I. G orrie. S r .
tim e.
along th e riv e r w here it will be pos­ he Is m ak in g plan« for th e N ational e a s t of tow n. T he (flcnlc w as held in was, was rather astounded at the re­ the Brattain school, so that It may
S a tu rd a y m o rnin g w ill be h eld th e sib le to dum p th e flah from th e
a ir ra ces from P o rtlan d to C leveland th e woods on th e b ank of m e mill quest of the women for a ride. His be used for school purposes next year
I n d it a I r In I p arad e, w hich la nlao a t­ tru c k s Into th e stre a m s.
car, he explained, was not intended if it Is deeded. The room was left un.
It 1» n e ­ Ghlo, which he will e n te r th e la tte r [ stre a m .
Follow ing . e din n er.
tr a c tin g m any en trle a , am ong them ce ssa ry for th e tru ck » to conic w ithin
for hauling passengers. As a matter finished at the time the building waa
part of August. Tex Rankin, famous ! afternoon was spent visiting
th e S pringfield Mill and G rain co m ­ th irty feet of th e w ater, nnd such
of fact, it was intended for hauling built because of the shortage of fin­
Portland aviator, will also fly in the plnvlng games.
p any and the S p rin g field 4L.
but one thing—garbage. He was on ances. but it will now be floored and
lo catio n s a re ra th e r sc a rc e alo n g l h e ,ra(.e(t
|
Those
who
were
present
at
the
af-
N early everyone In S p rin g field will river. T h e heavy tru ck w ith th e ta n k j
I fair were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wheaton. his way home, well loaded, from plastered the same as the others.
be at E ugene for aom e p art o f th e c e le ­ of sm all fish cornea ns close to th e
Eugene.
Mill
Closing
For
Pageant
' Another Improvement will be the
b ra tio n
Moat of th e b u sin e ss h o u se s !
I ! Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Gorrie. Jr.. Mrs.
The Mothers' Club consulted to­ enclosing of the play shed at the
w ater a s possible, and th e tro u t a rc
will
,
I)
.C.
England.
Edna
Swarts.
Anne
'I
he
local
Booth-Kellv
mill
w ill doae F rid ay for th e P io n eer p nr | rele a se d th ro n g h a 30-foot ho»e six
gether again, deciding at length that Brattain school, giving the children
ihnt down for Friday and Saturday | Van Valzah. Margaret. Anne and
ad e an d o th e r featu re» , and th e B ooth
Inches In d iam eter.
Maude Gorrie. Jeannine Withers. LII-1 an>r form of transportation was pre- a warmer and dryer place to play IB
of
this
week,
according
to
an
an­
K elly m ill will he closed both F rid ay
About five truck loads of the rain­ nouncement posted by O. H. Jarrett, Ian England. James Gorrie. Marvin I Arable to walking. Two of them during the winter time. In addition
and S atu rd ay .
Gorrie. Elery Fav. David. Dan and 1 climbed into the cab with the driver.
bow« will he dumped into each of superintendent. The reason for the
the rivers by the game commission closing” Is to give the employees an Don England. Florence Coffin and
The work will begin ns soon as
A first class swimming test for enough sultnble Incntion« are found. opportunity to take In the Sunset Mrs. C. I. Gorrie, Sr.
Trail pageant which is being held at
the scouts of Troop 12 will he held
To Visit Parent»—Miss Era Dell
Eugene Thursday, Friday and Sat­
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock near the
Murphy of Great Falls. Montana, and
Families
Move—
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
E.
urday
of
this
week.
old bridge plera In the Willamette, It
Mrs. Glenn Arehart of Lebanon are
1» announced hy BIB (‘ox, assistant Muxey have moved from Fifth and
expected this week to visit at the
Eggimann’s
On
Outing—Mr.
and
A
streets
to
the
E.
It.
thinner
home
»«cut master. Those who wish to
home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
take the test will meet at the Cham at Ninth nnd A streets. Mr. and Mrs, Mrs. Egglmann spent Wedneesdav on
I. E. Murphy.
an
outing
tip
the
McKenzie
river.
Danner
have
moved
(o
Eugene
to
live.
her of Commerce. The test requires
a awlm of 50 yard». The Knuts of
both troops are making preparation»
Here They Come Across the Plains to Eugene, Oragon j
to attend the summer eamp which
will be held at Camp Lucky Boy In
the Cascades beginning August 5.
To Hold Swim m ing T est
Goodman's Back From Tour
Mr. and Mrs. William Goodman,
proprietor» of the Eagle Cafe, re­
turned Wednesday night from a 20
day trip through Western Canada.
They left Springfield July 5 and visit­
ed In Vancouver Island, Alberta and
Urt'lsh Columbia. They were ac-
companled bv their daughter, Miss
j on.,Ida Goodman,
nnd Mrs. Good-
m ans sl»ler, Mrs. I. A. Macdonald,
both of Nnnnlmo, British Columbia.
Miss Goodman and Mrs. Macdonald
will visit her, for some time.
Offer Closes This Week
The special sale of Holpolnt nnd
WeslinghotiHe rnngt-s now being con­
ducted by the Mountain Statea Power
Company will come to a close this
week. Many locul housewives have
taken advantage of this special offer
and are enjoying, according to W. K.
Bornell, local manager, more leisure
and cooler kitchens.
Mashes Finger—J. H. Thurman,
local carpenter, mashed one nf his
fingers quite badly while at work
Fatudray. Ho was given medical
treatment nt the office of n local
physician.
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A scene from the Siinnet. T r a il P ag ean t at Eugene thia w eek. Cal Young, head of the pio­
neer phase of the celebration with his ox team and Miss Mary G ierhart, queen of th e S unset
T rail.
two stood on the running board, and
the remaining two spread newspapers
over some of the more substantial
F»rbaFe and *at there on the back.
And so they returned home to
Springfield.
Scouts Go On Hike
! to these will be a number of minor
I repairs to the buildings, such as new
doors for the high school gymnasium
and the straightening of the chimney
| there.
REV. PIKE TO PREACH
AT UNION SERVICES
Five boy scouts of Troop 12, under
the leadership of Bill Cox, assistant
scout mastej. climbed to the top of
Castle Rock on the south fork of the
¿HcKenzie Sunday. The boys were
taken to McKenzie Bridge by Clifford
Wilson, scout master, and hiked to
the rock from there. Those who
made the trip were Paul Schantol,
Wilfert Swlndall, Lloyd Shipley, Mor­
gan Chandler, and Kenneth Cox. Ed.
Pinkley, who is serving in the United
States army and is in Springfield on
furlough, also made the trip with the
boys.
"Christ's Claim on His Church” 1«
to be the subject of Rev. Roy L. Dunn
at (he Springfeld Christian church oB
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Bible
school will be held in the church at
9:45 o'clock with R. G. Moshier a«
chairman.
Sunday evening at 7:30 Rev. C. J.
Pike, pastor of the local Methodist
church, will preach at the union ser­
vices, which will be held at the
Christian church. His subject has
not yet been announced. A union
service of the Christian Endeavor,
Epworth League, and Young People’»
Wins Costume Prize
Union will be held at the Christian
Nancy Ann Chase, the small daugh­ church at 6:30 o’clock.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. .Clarence Chase
of Chase Gardens, was awarded first
Breaks Arm
prize in the children's division of
Howard Park of West Springfield
the pioneer costume parade held in broke both bones In his right fore­
Eugene Wednesday night as the first arm Just above the wrist Sunday
event of the Sunset Trail celebration. morning at his home. He wag crank­
Several hundred persons participated ing a car, when the crank kicked
In the parade, with prize« awarded fat backward out of his hand, striking
the best set of whiskers, for the best him on the wrist. He was brought
real old costumes, and for the best to Springfield and the broken bone«
modern Sunset Trail costumes.
were set by a local physician.
Guard Suspends O lli
The Springfield National Guard has
suspended drill until August 22. ac­
cording to C. A. Shvarts, commander.
Many nf the members are out of town
at this tlmp of the year, making It
• eiy difficult for^drllllng The drills
which are raUttmd will be made up
before the chjT" of the year, Mr.
L» brts said.
Perkin« Building School
George Perkins, local contractor,
who was recently awarded the con­
tract for erecting the new concret«
grammar school building at Wendllng
has begun work there, tearing down
the old structure to make room for
the new. The cost of the building
will be approximately $20,000.