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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TW ENTY-SIXTH YEAR
MEIHDDISTS HOLD
IJUARTERLi SESSION
Have Potluck Supper, Heur Re­
ports, Re-Elect Pastor, Hold
Annual Election of Officers,
Elect Conference Delegates,
and Discuss Work.
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON.
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
BRIGHTEN AS NINE
LETTERMEN TURN O UI
Nine letterm en back In uniform s
of the Springfield high school and an
im m ediate sta rt in the coaching ac­
tivities gives every indication of a
successful football season for the
local high school aggregation.
F ourteen men turned out In uni­
form to m eet their new coach and to
begin imm ediate practice on Tuesday
afternoon and the num ber is increas­
ing daily. Several of the boys are
working on fruit ranches and have
not registered for school a t this time.
It is size, more than quantity “ or
quality, as yet, th at im presses the
onlooker at the afternoon practice
periods.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1929
.COUNTY CHAMBER TO
C erem ony Opens S tu n t F lying by
HOLD NEXT MEETING
N ew S. P. R o a d
M ajor A ttr a c ts
HERE IN OCTOBER
"The People'« Paper"
A
LIVE NEWSPAPER
IN A LIVE TOWN
No. 36
SCHOOLS OF c m
S O O U W E IS E S
W. A. Taylor, W. K. Barnell, Fred
by Three Hundred Gather at the
W alker, and F. B. Hamlin all attend-
Airport Sunday; Field Im­
ed the regular m eeting of the Lane
provement Progresses
Registration Indicate«
county cham ber of com merce held at Early
the
Hotel
B
artell
In
Cottage
Grove
Final
Attendance
Will Greatly
The
Breaking of the L ast Bar-
Regular Sunday afternoon itu n t
last night.
Exceed All Previous Record«;
rler" a t H ackam ore Junction on the exhibitions and passenger flights
A lturas cutoff line of the Southern ' were inaugurated at the local air th Leonard
,, , R. Reid, representative of
Crops and Fruits Hold Stud*
Pacific company put Springfield and port last Sunday afternoon at 3:00 the United S tates cham ber of corn-
ents
From Classes.
principal speaker.
Alturas Cutoff Traveled
Local Men; Distance
200 Miles Shorter
other towns of Oregon 200 miles J oclock, before an audience estim ated merCe’ wa8 tile
The quarterly conference for the
Six hundred and. eighteen boys and
closer
to the east and will resu lt in at nearly three hundred. Major G. H. I He explained the activities of the
last quarter of the past church year
national cham ber of com merce and
lower
freight
rates
and
faster
train
;
Eckerson
put
on
an
exhibition
qt
girls
of this vicinity took th eir byoka
convened at the M ethodist church on
service. Four Springfield men were ; stu n ts and upside-down flying, and told of the facilities of th a t body, 1 and pencils and started off for
Tuesday evening at 8:00 p. m. in the
present a t the ceremony, Mayor C. : announced that this would be repeat- which were a t the disposal of the
church auditorium with Dr. M. A.
• an o th er year of school last Monday
O. W ilson, representing the cham- | ed every Sunday afternoon as long sm aller m em ber bodies.
Marcy, district superintendent, in
The other speakers were Melvin ' when th a t num ber presented them-
ber of commerce. H arry M. S tew art, ' as th e w eather perm itted. The ex-
charge of the meeting. A potluck
H ansen, chairm an of the beautifies | selves to th e ir teachers, many of
Lions Club, H. J. Cox, W illam ette hibitions are open to the public and
supper was served in the church a t
tion com m ittee of the Lane county ,
Valley
lumbermen,
and
H.
E.
Maxey,
no
adm
ission
Is
charged.
,
.
.
them for the first tim e in their Urea
*7:00. Fifty were present for the
ber, who spoke on selling th e
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Four or five of the players now guest of the A lturas cham ber of
Work at the air-port is continuing cham
beauties of t h e e o u n tv
He
The PuPlls w«re not the only straug-
supper.
out on the field each day would be1 com merce and the) Southern Pacific ; every day. The extension of the of- beauties of the county. He urged
however, on th is day, as th*
A half hour of devotional was co n -; a Joy and inspiration to any coach.
th a t the farm ers, m erchants and
railroad.
fjce building has
een completed everylMjdy chould clean up their faculty of the local schools had u*>
ducted by Dr. Marcy before the busi­ A few of the boys revealed at once
It is 96 miles from K lam ath Falls and workmen are )usj p a n tin g *1 I prem j8e8 and m ake a8 good an out. dergone several changes since th*
ness session. At the business ses­ th a t they knew som ething of the
to A lturas, California, and Hacka- a nd applying a second coat of paint
last m eeting of the students and in­
sion of the conference annual reports game. The others all display an
more Junction where the golden to the hangars them selves. All of ward showing as was possible, be­ stru cto rs in June.
from all of the organizations in the eagerness and willingness to learn
spike was driven and the cerem ony ■ the buildings are being painted a cause tourists are im pressed by
Lower High School Enrollment
church were presented and accepted. th a t will not soon w ear off.
of breaking the last b arrier was , chrom e yellow. This color has been such things; County Judge Barnard,
One hundred and eighty pupils
All of the departm ents showed some
who
reported
on
the
road
and
bridge
Bill Baker, the coach, is well held, Is about half way. A special (ound by aviators to be the most
were enrolled In the high schpol.
gain either financially or in atten d ­
pleased with prospects for the fall train from Portland picked up two visible from the air and is therefore work in the county; J. B. Hall, who This is considerably less th an the
ance.
told
of
efforts
being
made
to
locate
athletic season. W ith such men as cars a t Eugene and carried repre- belng recommended fo r air-port
enrollm ent in th a t school a t th *
Pastor Re-Elected
a pickle factory In Eugene and the
E verett and Freem an Squires, half­ sentative people from nearly every ; buildings and town m arkers,
close of the last school year in June.
The pastor, Rev. C. J. Pike, was back and quarterback; Quentin T hur­ city in W estern Oregon. Special ;
possibility
of
locating
a
condensary
W |„ Tjle Runway,
The total enrollm ent in th e com­
unanimously invited, to retu rn for man, guard; Claire Thurm an, end; trains from K lam ath Falls and Cali- i
, and also an o th er fruit and vegetable bined schools in the city, however,
.
.
J
I The runways have been widened connery in the county.
ano ther year.
.
..
Gerald Morrison, tackle; Thayer Mc­ fornia swelled the crowd to nearly '
is only slightly less than th e enroll-
and lengthened now so th a t alm ost
George
Drake,
the
m illionaire
N ine trustees were named a t the M urray, halfback; Gaylord Morris, 3000 people. A fter the cerem ony at : I _.
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,
m ent at the close of the year In Ju n e
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an
y
type
of
plane
can
land
there.
A
bridge contractor of K ansas, was
m eeting for th e year.
They are j g u ard ; Eugene W alker, halfback r the
np h
r r ie r
r the
no
K
n n tn o rn
R a n ir ir » I
b a arrier,
Southern
Pacific
and indications are th a t the total re­
Law rence May, Charles Myers, L. K. Jesse Summer, tackle; as the found­ company served lunch on the hill fill has been made on the runway present and told of the success he
gistration in every building will be
im
m
ediately
in
front
of
the
hangars
was having w ith his big lum ber dry­
Page,
M argaret
M orris,
W. G. ation for a team and with plenty of side a t a big open air cafeteria. The
considerable g reater in a few weeks
to
insure
a
dry
field.
Another
pre
ing plant n ear Cottage Grove. He
H ughes, F. B. Hamlin, Eugene Mc- willing men who only need a little trains then carried tth e crowd on to
afte r the hops and fru it crops have
Elhany, J. F. Bailey and W. H. experience, it is evident th a t Spring- Alturas, California, where the large caution which Is being taken to in­ told of the increase in the volume of
been harvested. The grade schools
sure the proper drainage of the field his business there
and
explained
the
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Pollard. They w ere all re-elected ! field has the m aterial for a team Pickering sawm ill is under con­
both show gains of over 30 pupils
Is
the
laying
of
500
feet
of
tile
about
process
he
is
using
of
forcing
cold
with the exception of Charles Myers, equal dr b etter than the best in the struction. Modoc and K lam ath In­
the runway, which is to be started air through the lum ber piles and per school over the last year’s total.
H e was chosen to fill the place left ' district.
dians and cowboys w ere out in war
T he enrollm ent at the high school
at
once, the tile now being on the thus drying it. His sister, who owns
v acant when R. W. S m ith moved to
and full regalia to greet the
No schedule has been drawn up as paint
.
stands now at seniors, 36; Juniors,
ground
for
the
work.
G
ravel
has
and operates one of the larg est “dirt
Marshfield.
yet, but it is expected th at contests i visitors.
been spread all about the hangars farm s” in K ansas, was another of the 39; sophomores, 48; and freshm en,
Ten Stewards Named
with Brownsville, Lebanon, Cottage j Local people who w ent on
49.
and the office building.
speakers. She com mented on the talk
O ther officials and chairm en of or- j Grove, U niversity high school. June- excursion were surprised a t —
At the Lincoln school there Is a
People were very reticen t about given earlier in the evening by O. 8.
ganizations were elected as follows: tion c l t X and probably H arrisburg m agnitude of the new territo ry open-
total enrollm ent of 231 students a s
“going
up"
for
rides
last
Sunday,
due
Fletcher, county agent, by stating
ste w a rd s; F ran k Bailey, W illis ; wil1 be included in the games of th e !ed UP by tbe new railroad and see
compared with 210 at the close of th e
much prospect for developm ent to the extrem ely smoky condition of th a t the m ethods of farm ing which school year. Of this num ber 36 are
B ertsch,
John
Vaugn,
Charles season.
the atm osphere, according to the he was now advocating were now and
----------------------------- I They also appreciate the fact th a t
Myers, F rank Bartholomew, W alter
in the first grade, 35 in the second.
had been in use on the large K ansas
! shortening the distance to eastern Major.
Gossler, W. H. Pollard, Mrs. H. L. MUNICIPAL BAND MEETS;
28
in the fourth B, and 24 in the
New students are enrolling at the I farm s for m any years with a great
FALL PLANS DISCUSSED ! ™ rkets*nd the reducing of freig h t
G illette, Mrs. Ida G antz and Mis.
fourth A. There are 108 enrolled in
local
school
every
week
and
some
deal
of
success.
i rates will mean much to Oregon
F ra n k Bailey.
the 7th and 8th, or Junior high
work Is being started, although the
The next m eeting of the Lane grades.
Pulpit supply: Mrs. Ida Gantz, W.
T he first fall rehearsal of the shippers and future development, work will n ot get under way until
county cham ber will be held in
G. Hughes, Lawrence May, Dr. W. H. Springfield municipal bapd was held both agricultural and industrial, In th e U niversity opens and regular
Largest Enrollment
Springfield on October 17, a t the
the W illam ette Valley.
Pollard and M argaret Morris.
a t the cham ber of com merce rooms
At
the
B rattain school there Is the
class
work
there
gets
under
way.
cham ber rooms. The in itial plans
Through train service from P ort­
Music: W. H. Pollard, Mrs. E. E. on Monday evening, under the direc­ land to Ogden Is being Inaugurated About 40 have indicated th e ir in­ . for the organization of this body largest enrollm ent Increase of any
F raederick, W illis Bertsch, Ju le tion of Ted L enhart, director. Ten
tention of en terin g the school a t the were made a t a meeting here and school in the city. The total this
m em bers were present, and it was on the new line.
Pollard, and Dorothy Bailey.
present time.
ano th er m eeting was also held here year is 207 as compared with 180
last year. The enrollm ent is divid­
Finance: Law rence May, Dr. Pol­ decided to send letters to the other METHODIST RALLY WEEK
The form al dedication of the field about a year ago.
m em bers who were attending the
lard and F rank Bailey.
will probably be taken up and dis­
The county cham ber is composed ed as follows: 36 In the sixth grade,
practice la st fall, but who did not
TO BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY cussed at the regular Friday noon of five local cham ber of commerce ! 20 in the five A, 34 in thte five B,
Religious education: H. L. Gillette,
turn out for the first practice.
fourth grade, 40 ,u
in iu«
the
m eeting of th e Lions Club, accord­ bodies, the grange and the farm ers ! 31 in the --------
Mrs. L. K. Page, Elizabeth Hughes,
H. L. G illette, superintendent of
New music was ordered for the
ing to Dr. W. C. Rebhan, chairm an cooperative organization. Each body ; ,lliflr Kra(ie> 18 in the second grade,
Mrs. Roy Palm er and Dorothy
boys and they are going to hold regu­ the M ethodist Sunday school, is busy of the aviation com m ittee of the has three regularly elected delegates - an,i 28 in the flr8t STade.
G irard.
lar practices every Monday evening. making plans for the big Rally Week club. The dedication will take place
who try to atten d the m eetings. Any
The enrollm ent in the th ird grade
No Change in Sunday School
They hope to find a suitable location of tbe church, which will begin next as soon as the im provem ents are m em ber of the affiliated groups, how I in this building has reached the
Sunday School: H. L. Gillette, w here they can present a concert at ' Sunday and will last a week, coming
completed.
superintendent;
Epw orth
ever, Is eligible to sit in on any of maximum, and it Is likely th a t some
League, some future date.
to a close with a special program on
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the meetings.
j other arrangem ents will have to be
Dorothy Bailey, president; D irector
Sunday morning, Septem ber 29.
| F 0 R E S T F I R E S IM P A IR
W. A. Taylor is chairm an of the ' made to take care of the children it
of the Junior Church, Mrs, W. H.
The superintendent is anxious th a t I
LOGGING RESUMED WED.
Pollard. W omen’s Foreign Mission-
POWER COMPANY LINES com m ittee in charge of arrange- •any more enroll. The directors of
every m em ber of the school be pre­
m enta for the m eeting here next the schools have anticipated an In­
aray Society, Mrs. Fred W alker;
BY BOOTH-KELLY MEN
sent next Sunday m orning to hear |
month.
W om en's Home M issionary society,
crease and have had the ex tra room
Charles
Boyd
and
Alvie
Jones,
re
­
Logging operations of the Booth- instructions and to assist in the .
Mrs. Ida Gantz.
in the B rattain school remodeled and
pairm en for the Mountain States
plans
for
the
final
program
a
week
|
Brotherhood; F rank Bartholom ew; Kelly Lum ber company were re ­
P.
T.
A.
TO
HOLD
FIRST
put
ln shape so th at it may be u s e i
Power
com
pany
w
ere
here
from
later. Special booster rally pins i
Ladies Aid: Mrs. M. M. Male, church sumed W ednesday, after being shut
if needed. If the enrollm ent ln th*
Albany the first of the week assist­
will
be
given
to
every
m
em
ber
pre-
j
MEETING
TOMORROW
trea su rer: W. G. H ughes; Financial down for a week due to the forest
second grade does not increase It I*
sent on Sunday.
I ing in keeping the com pany's power
secretary ; Virginia H anson; Record­ fires which have been raging in the
possible th at th a t teacher will g*
lines between here and points south
The
P
arent
-
T
eachers
Association
E very m em ber is expected to
ing stew ard: S. S. P o tter; D irector vicinity of th e com pany’s holdings,
open during the bad fires in the of Springfield will hold Its first given some of th e third grad*
according to A. C. Dixon, general boost th eir class during the week
of social life: Doris Myers.
tim ber through which the lines are m eeting of the new school year on students. The reason for the larg*
Flow er com m ittee: Mrs. Eugene m anager. He reports th a t the fire to tu rn out and help swell the a t­ carried.
Friday afternoon, a t the Lincoln enrollm ent In th e third grade i*
McElhany, Mrs. W. A. Mabe and situation In and near the holdings tendance on the final Sunday.
Considerable trouble has been ex­ school, commencing a t 3:00 o’clock. th a t there Is no third grade In th *
A com plete program will be pub­
has improved greatly during the past
Mrs. N ettie Voris.
perienced by the power company this
T here has been no formal program Lincoln school. It Is barely possibl*
week.
,
lished
in the paper next week.
Delegates are Selected
year due to the unusually large num­ arranged for th is m eeting, but a th a t If the enrollm ent should in­
Dr. W. H. Pollard and W. A. Mabe
ber of bad fires, an d the continued large turnout Is expected to meet crease more than It Is now expected
Breaks Collarbone and Ribs
w ere elected lay delegates to attend YONCALLA MAN WILL
an o th er
teacher
will
b*
dryness. The local plant w hich Is the new teachers and to g reet the th a t
William Hucka, W altervllle, Is
the conference a t Portland next year.
operated by steam has been running others who have returned to their employed.
PREACH HERE SUNDAY
the Pacific C hristian hospital
The sessions there will be held at
a t full capacity for some tim e in posts afte r a sum m er vacation.
Hew Teachers
th e Centenary-W Ubur church with
T. M. W hite, pastor of the Chris Eugene recovering from a broken order to a ssist the plants in other
The new officers who will assume
The
new
teachers who are m ee*
Bishop T itus Lowe presiding. The tian church a t Yoncalla, will conduct collar bone and th ree broken ribs locations which are dependent upon the direction of the school organiza­
Ing th eir pupils for th e first tlm *
which
he
sustained
last
Monday
when
pastor will leave Springfield T ues­ the services at the Christian church
w ater power for the development of tion are: Mrs. R. P. Mortensen, this week are W. E. Buell, principal
day m orning to attend the m eetings here both m orning and evening next he fell head first from a large pear electricity.
president; Mrs. Lum Anderson, vice- of the high school, and Glen Wood,
which begin on th a t day and come Sunday. He Is exchanging pulpits tree which he wag picking at his
president; Mrs. L. K. Page, secret­ prinelpaT a t the B rattain school
to an end on the 29th.
with Rev. R. L. Dunn, pastor of the home. Mr. Hucka was standing on NO PURCHASERS YET
ary ;
and
Mrs.
John
Putman, building.
A nnouncem ent was made th a t Mrs. local church. The evening service the top of a tw enve foot ladder when
treasu rer.
The other new Instructors a t th*
FOR CITY REAL ESTATE
it slipped and he fell to the ground
Arah Hoyt Rae, Eugene, had retu rn ­ will commence a t 7:30.
high school a re E rn est McKinney,
He was treated by a local physi­
ed from California and would a s­
None of the lots ln Sprlngneia BIBLE SCENIC SPOTS
music and Spanish, Glen M artin,
cian who rep o rts th a t he will be able
sum e her position as director af the
Postpone Legion Meeting
which th e city had taken over to
BAPTIST CHURCH TOPIC manual » « 'n ln g . Mrs. Baker Eng-
The regular m eeting of the Am­ to leave for fais home In a few days.
ch o ir some tim e the first week in
satisfy im provem ent liens were sold
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j Hsh, and W illiam Baker, ath letic*
O ctober. T here are 40 prospective erican Legion will not be held this
during th e past week, according to
A large audience turned o ut to and coaching.
m em bers now available for a choir week, according to J. M. Larson, SCHOOL BOARD WILL
I. M. Peterson, city recorder.
greet Rev. Relph Mullholand, the new
New teachers In the Lincoln school
post commander.
th is season.
HOLD SPECIAL MEETING
These lots, many of which are lo­ Baptist m inister, when he delivered are Miss Thelm a Sweeney, English
T he next m eeting will b held on
cated In very choice p arts of the his first serm on In Springfield last and gram m ar, and Mrs. L. K. Pago,
Rebekahs Have Social
the first Friday ln October, when the
T here will be a special m eeting ol city and m ost of which have been Sunday morning.
first grade
Mrs. Page tau g h t hero
The Ju a n ita Rebekah lodge num­ new officers will be Installed and the local school board on Monday priced by the city eouncil a t a figure
He will take
‘Scenic Spots of the year before last but was n o t on
routine
business
will
be
transacted.
ber 85 of Springfield held their regu­
evening a t the high school, accord­ much lower than the im provem ent Sacred 8 crlp tu re" as his them e for
the faculty last year.
la r social meeting on Monday even­ The new officers to be installed are: ing to an announcem ent m ade yester­ assessm ents against them, are now his serm on topic on Sunday morning.
The new teachers at the R rattatn
F.
B.
H
am
lin,
post
com
m
ander;
Dr.
ing The regular program of events
day by W illiam O. Hughes, clerk. being offered by the city, which is The choir will sing "T hanks Be to
school, aside from th e principal, ar*
w as observed afte r which an Inform­ W. N. Dow, first vice-commander; Dr. The m eeting Is called for the purpose anxious to convert them into cash
God." The young people will m eet Miss W
___________
ilma Scott, _ . second, and Mis*
al period followed a t which time Mrs. Carl Phetteplace, second vice-com­ of m eeting th e principals of the ra th e r th an hold them.
In the church a t 6:0 to organize for , Mabel Olson, fourth
m
ander;
I.
M.
Peterson,
ad
ju
tan
t
and
M ary C. Magill presented a gift to
th ree schools and considering any
work during th e com ing year. The | Everything was working sm oothly
Mrs. Cora Hinson on behalf of the J. M. Larson, finance officer.
problems which may have arisen In
Raises Large Tomato
topic for the evening service at 7:30 during the opening days of the new
m em bers. Mrs. Hinson Is the finan­
connection with the opening of the
B. F. Hamlin, postm aster, has a will be "F aith ’s Inspiration and year, despite th e fact
th a t there
Gas Prices Tumbles Two Cents
cial secretary of the local order.
new school year on Monday.
tomato on exhibition a t the Commer­ Consummation." N. N. P engra will were more students and several new
The price of gasoline a t th e local
cial S tate bank which he raised in sing a solo at this service. The Sun­ teachers. T he new principals a rs
filling stations was reduced two cents
Road to City Dump Improved
Attend
Business School— Esther his back yard and which weighs one day school m eets a t 10:00.
very well pleased with th eir teaching
on W ednesday m orning in conformity McPherson and Maxine Snodgrass
pound and 12 ounces. It Is an un­
staffs and all rep o rt fine co-opera­
8 tre e t Commissioner Thurm an has with the drop which took place ln
began atten d in g night school a t the usually large specimen and is a t­
On Way to Home— Mr. and Mrs. tion and harmony.
Just announced th a t th e road leading Eugene on the same day. The reason
Eugene B usiness College
Monday tracting a considerable am ount of William Blwel 1 of W eiser, Idaho,
to the city dump grounds has been given by the Eugene organization evening.
The high school offers two new
attention.
stopped a t the home of C. E. Kenyon courses th is year, one In Spanish and
Improved so th a t any one can drive was th a t the price was unstable and
here th is m orning for a sh o rt visit. one in shorthand. Mr. McKinney
to it in a car. The stre e t which has th a t by cutting the price two cents
Leave for Pendleton— Mr. and Mrs.
Visits Here— Frank Lombard, a The party was enroute to th eir home will teach th e class In Spanish an«
been low and often under w ater has all the stations could sell a t the
William Rodenbaugh are attending cousin of Mrs. W alter Gossler, is after a vacation trip. They planned
also one In physics. Miss C lair*
been filled with gravel.
fixed price of 2 2 4 cents.
th e Round-up a t Pendleton.
vteitinr at the Goeaier home.
to g» by way of Pendleton.
W agner will teach a shorthand cl