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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
T W E N T Y -S IX T H Y E A R
CITY BUDGET BOARD
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SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY, OREGON.
BLACKSMITH SHOP
W ILL BE REBUILT
DECLARES OWNER
The A1 Senseney blacksm ith shop
which burned to the ground in a bad
night fire last W ednesday, while the
Five Freeholders to Meet With owner was in California, will be re-
Council on October 22 to ( Luilt on the same site, according to
Frame
Estimates;
S.
P Mr. Senseney, who arrived in Spring-
field the day afte r the fire. Actual
Wants Bus Franchise Chang work of rebuilding will be started
ed Over Bridge.
as soon as the debris can be cleared
away.
The budget com mittee to make up i
About three thousand dollars, most
the 1930 expense estim ate for the '
. „
¡of which represented tools, was the
town of Springfield
was selected “ at ‘ estim ate which , Mr.
,,
H 6
Senseney placed
a meeting of the council Monday
upon his loss this week. He carried
evening. Each councilman and the no insurance on the building or the
m ayor chose a freeholder to assist equipment.
the council in the work. They are
W orkmen were busy the first of
George Perkins, C. E. W heaton, Roy the week repairing tbe bui;dings be.
W Carlton, William Donaldson and ■ longing to Dr w H. Pollard which
George Vallier. The first m e e tin g , were pa,.tly burned „y ,he f(re
will be held Tuesday evening, Octo
The fire was one of the most
ber 22 and 7:30 o’clock.
stubborn ones which the local fire
Fog No Problem
a t A irp o rt S u n day
THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1929
"T h e People's Paper”
A
L IV E
NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
No. 40
C1A/ARTG CAIMII V IQ F ootball Team to
FULDP10 REOPEN
^ ^ I d rfllV IlLl Id M
UHS H
IN AUTO ACCIDENT . . - ....
. . . . . NEW STORE IN CUT
Sunday Program Draws Large ¡
Crowd; Waco Plane
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Home Field Tomorrow
Repainted
Springfield People Have Ribs,
At 3:15 P. M.
Lease Two Rooms in Stevens-
Collarbone, Broken in High
Perkins Building on Main
Another of the advantages of the
The first home game for the
way
Accident
Near
Albany;
Street
and Prepares to Take
Springfield municipal airport over
Springfield higu school football team
Auto is Burned; Passengers will be played tomorrow afternoon
many of tile others in the W illamette
Possession
November
1st
valley was dem onstrated here last
Taken to Hospital.
when the U niversity high school
After Remodeling.
Sunday when Major Eckerson took
his ships from the hangars and went
into the sky for four hours before
the fog had lifted sufficiently over
Eugene to perm it complete visibility
of the city, and before ships were
able to leave the ground there with
any certainty of finding the field
when they desired to land. The
major was hauling passengers here
at the one cent per pound rate many
hours before the ships a t the E u
gene port left tile ground.
About one hundred and fifty more
1 people took their first rides at the
local field Sunday, and several
thousand more drove out and w atch
ed from time to time during the day.
It was very evident last Sunday
that Springfield nas one of the fore
most fliers in the country stationed
at her port here In the person of
Major
H- Eckerson. This was
indicated by the m anner in which
team is booked to cross the river
Five Springfield people were badly and try to turn the tide which has
A new drygoods and furnishing«
shaken up and three of them received
until the present time carried the store will be open in Springfield
severe injuries yesterday afternoon local boys to two successive vic
about November 1 by Julius Fulop,
at 3:30, when the automobile being tories.
for many years a m erchant here, who
driven by C. E. Swarts turned over
It is expected that the entire ag
W ednesday
leased
the
Stevens-
on the highway about half way be
gregation of players will be out and
tw een Albany and Jefferson. The
Perkins
building
on
Main
street,
be
•n uniform for the game tomorrow,
automobile caught fire immediately
which the boys confidently expect tween Third and Fourth streets.
and was completely demolished by
to win. There is not very much
W orkmen were busy early this
the flames. It was necessary to cut
available inform ation as to the rela m orning removing the bales of hop«
out the rear end o. the auto to re
tive strength of the two teams. The which have been Btored in the build
lease the passengers, who were im
University high men have not had ing and in tearing out the old p arti
prisoned within the flaming machine.
M c K lin N ow Councilm an
force had to contend w i.a for some
the
benefit of two previous m atches. tions preparatory to the remodeling
M. J. McKlin was elected to fill tim e
The passengers were C. E. Swarts,
ch arred lum ber continued to
The
game will be ca-led a t 3:1b of the building, which is expected to
the vacancy of W. P. Tyson, who has ! smoider over the w eekend and fire
driver, Mrs. C. E. Swarts, Miss Edna
be complete by the first week of
been elected mayor. Mr. McKlin has officials made another run to the
Sw arts, Mrs. Mary Kessey, and Mrs. on the field adjoining the B rattain
November.
school.
The
classes
of
the
high
served several term s on the council site of the fire Tuesday morning to
Alice Johnson. Mrs. Sw arts has
Mr. Fulup Btated when here ye»-
before. He will fill the com m ittees sprinkle w ater on a pile of wood
three broken ribs, Mrs. Johnson has school are conducting a contest in
in which Mr. Tyson was a member. which threatened to burst into
a broken collarbone, and Miss Swarts the sale of season tickets which are terday th at he wanted to move into
the new location Just as soon a«
8 . P. W a n ts Franchise
has several cuts about h er legs, the good for all tue home contests.
fram es again.
Two gam es and two victories is the remodeling could be completed. Ho
A request for a franchise to oper
result of flying glass. The others
ate over the new Springfield bridge COUNTY CHAMBER TO
wer9 badly bruised and shocked. record made thus far by the Spring- left la st night for Portland, where
and to change the routing in the
They were taken to Albany for field high school football team. The he will purchase stock and fixture«.
r ( r T T C i M i r u T ikl c i t v .
MEET
TONIGHT
IN
CITY;
the
large
crowds
of
people>
gatbered
local men went to Lebanon on Octo
town was made by T. L. Billingsley,
treatm en t in the hospital.
The m erchant, who is returning to
ber
3, and had very little difficulty Springfield, form erly operated the
m anager of the Southern Pacific com
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
A.
Sw
arts
did
not
INTERESTING PROGRAM I at the field at three o’clock to watch
pany m otor buses. He requests a
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! the Sunday afternoon stunting carni- hear of the accident until six o’clock in defeating the high school team of F arm ers’ Exchange store at Fifth
franchise to operate from Second on
More than fifty people are ex-1 vaji wnich has become a fixed part last night, when his father called him th a t city. L ast Friday the boys, and Main streets. He disposed of
Main Btreet to the new bridge and pected to attend the banquet and of every Sunday’s flying with the and gave out the particulars. They together with a large num ber of his stock to Kafoury Brothers and
possible to run over the new bridge m eeting of the county cham ber ot major.
w ent to Albany immediately and students and townspeople, w ent to has lately been conducting a store
Sixth to Fourth stree ts and down commerce, which is to be held here
Four hundred and fifty passengers finding th a t the patients were Junction City, where they handed a t Monroe. He is well acquainted
this evening a t the cham ber of com have been hauled a t the local port all resting easily, they returned th eir opponents the short end of a with the m rchandising problems of
F o u rth to Main street.
merce rooms.
Mrs. Kessey accompanied 19 to 0 score.
20 Minute Service
the Northwest. H e is a brother of
last week, and several of the stud home.
Judge C. P. Barnard will address ents have been taking daily lessons them. The others were still at the
A petition signed by about 160 re
Despite the fact th at two of the the Fulops who have the store in
sidents has been sent to the com the gathering on the road oiling pro In the Arrow sport plane, which Is hospital this morning.
regular tackles, Jess Sum ner and Eugene and who also own and oper
pany requesting th a t the bus service gram for Lane county. Edward Bail I eqUipped witb dual controls for in-
Another m otorist following behind Gerald Morrison, were out of the ate several other stores in Oregon
be extended to G street. Mr. B illing-, ey, Junction City, state representative | stl.uctlon parpOses. In this ship the the Sw arts car said th a t he watched lineup on F riday due to illness, the ! and W ashington.
sley said that there was not sufficient I from Lane county, will talk on “Taxa-1 pdot and instructor rides in the the Sw arts machine begin to swerve local boys played their best footbau I
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tim e to grant this request but th a t tion,” and Thomas Nelson, also ot : same seat with toe student and is and skid ju st before it turned over. of the season. The game was very SPRINGFIELD RESIDENTS
a t some later date, when it was Junction City, will discuss the new ■ able to watcb the m anner in which It happened so fast th at he was un- i different from the one at Lebanon,
ATTEND N. O. W. MEET
possible to ran over the new bridge calendar which has been proposed ! lbe student handles the controls of able to tell ju st how many tim es it [ where the playing was very loose
AT COTTAGE GROVE
at a greater speed that the buses by the United States Chamber of the plane.
turned over, if it did so more than I and penalties very frequent. There
would possibly go out as far as E Commerce, and which is being con
Lloyd Keeny has had eighteen
was only one penalty attached to the
Many members and friends of the
street. Tw enty m inute service Will sidered by most of the civic bodies hours of solo flying a t the present
A light rain had been falling and J locals in the Friday game, The
Springfield
circle of the Neighbor»
in
the
country
ais
year.
tie used under the new schedule and
time, and it was expected th a t an the pavem ent was still w et when the i Junction City boys made only one
An added feature for the program inspector from the D epartm ent of accident occurred. The Sw aris auto ! first down and never seriously en- of W oodcraft w ent to Cottage Grove
new routing, according to Mr. Billing
Friday evening, where they were th e
sley. The council has the request this evening will be the showing q 1 Commerce office a t Portland would was completely destroyed, and was dangered the Springfield goal,
guests of the Cottage Grove chapter
for a change of franchise under ad the motion pictures taken at the Ob- be here this week to examine Mr not insured against fire. It was in-
The startin g lineup for the Junc- t a supper and entertainm ent. The
sidian cam p last sum m er by Dot Keeny for his private pilot license, sured for public liability, however, tion City game was as follows: Ralph | a occaslon
visem ent.
waR tbe tblrd anniversary
Mike Bainbridge has petitioned Dotson. The pictures depict t h e . but word reaching here W ednesday according to C. A. Swarts, son of the
( ole, L.E.; Claire Thurman, R. E.; of jbe (ound| ng Of the chapter in
th e council for the construction o! wild life and n atu ral beauties of the I ¡ndicated th a t the representative driver of the wrecked machine.
Dalton Thurm an, L. T .; Gaylord
68 feet of cem ent sidewalk in front mountain ranges in E astern Lane would be unable to visit the field
The party had been to Salem and Morse, L. T.; Harold Geiger, L. G.; th a t city.
Miss Ida Adams entertained th e
of his property on E ast Main street. county.
were returning home when the ac Quentin Thurm an. R. G .; John Lynch
until the first of the week.
m
eeting
with several readings. The
The women of the C hristian
H y d ra n t Flushing Change W an ted
cident
happened.
The red Waco sport ship wnich
C.; H ersey Tomseth, L. H.; l’at Mc-
local people presented the Grove
The council voted to turn the church are preparing the banquet Major Eckerson has been using in
Murry, It. H.; Freeman Squires, F .; chapter with a huge basket of yellow
flushing of hydrants over to the for the guests, who will include de his stunting work, and which has
Leave fo r Canadian T o u r
E verett Squires, Q.
chrysanthem um s In honor of the
Mountain -States Power company, legates from each cham ber body in proved so popular with passengers
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anderson ex
anniversary, and they in turn were
the
county,
the
grange,
specially
In
provided th a t the company was will
is receiving a new coat of paint this pect to leave Springfield sometime
OFFICERS ELECTED
each given ribbons of the color of
ing. The power company now pays vited speakers and the general week. It was announced a t the field today on an extended motor trip,
the
order.
public
AT
ANNUAL
MEETING
seven dollars a m onth for this ser
this m orning ...at the paint would be which will take them to Victoria and
Those attending from Springfield
The county cham ber of commerce dry and th a t the usual passenger other points In Canada before they
vice. Councilmen believe th a t the
OF BAPTIST PEOPLE
were Mrs. C. F. Eggimann, Mr. and
company would know better the con holds m eetings in various parts of j bauijng WOuld continue Sunday,
return.
dition of the hydrants if it did the the county each month, and each j i _ i . ■ w -
About eighty members of the local MrH- Noah H ilderbrandt, Mrs. Id*
IL
flushing, instead of the chief ot member of the organization has its
B aptist church gathered a t the Adams, Mrs. Wayne Clover, Mrs. Ike
officially elected delegates to attend.
police for the city.
church parlors on Friday, October Endicott, Mrs. H. McPherson, Mr.
The Baptist church was granted | All persons interested in these meet-
10, for a basket supper which pre- and Mrs. Kenneth Chase, Mrs. W. A.
perm ission to erect a sign on the j ing are invited to attend those held
ceded the annual meeting of the IT aylor’ Mrs Arn,e Nfilson’ Mr and
congregation.
I Mr8 Ike W ehb' MrR' ° F K iler- Mr’ ’
parking near the corner of Main and I in th eir home town.
I E rnest Bertsch, Mrs. W alter Laxton,
Second streets, if the property j W. A. Taylor is chairm an of the
The
work
of
the
past
year
and
the
Me.” Ladies quartet.
owners did not object.
I com mittee making the arrangem ents i E|aborate
Program Offered; Duet—“Jesu s Came to Me One plans for the new year were ' Mr. and Mrs. W alter Lipes, Mrs. W.
C. McLagan, Mrs. Edgar T ro tter,
Mayor Tyson directed the sewer for the m eeting here tonight.
Men w ill Provide Venison and Day.” Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Murphy. discussed.
Miss Melba Mellon, Mrs. Stell*
and stre e t com mittee to bring in re-
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Communion Service.
Many of the church officers were ! Lewlg> Mrg rht(U McPherson, Mr«,
Bear Meat fo r Dinner; Eu
com mendations at the next meeting. j FORMER CITY COUNSEL
Regular Offering.
re-elected for another term. The of- i<a <-hel T hatcher, Mrs. Mary E rnst,
gene Women Will Present
T raffic problems will be studied by
DIES IN C A LIF O R N IA
Members of the church and their fleers elected were Luther Stein- , Mrs. Mary Gibson, Mrs. Leota Roden-
him, he promised the council.
Pageant at Evening Program
friends will have a large basket hower, deacon; H arry Chase, super- bougb( Mrs. Roda Lloyd, Mrs. Nelli»
J. H. Bower, who was city attorney
dinner in tne social hall of the church Intendent of the Sunday school; Mrs. i C arr Mrs. Cowert, and Mrs. Fred
The
program
for
the
annual
rally
EUGENE CHAPTER INVITES of Springfield during the years ot
after
the
program, Ella Walker, deaconess; Mrs. Fran- i jtm H.
the world war, died early —.« week | d ay at the Christian church next immediately
EASTERN STAR LADIES while on a trip to California. He was ! Sunday has been carefully worked which will fill the usual morning cis Zachary, clerk of the church; I
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worship hour.
The men of the Fred Frese. treasu rer; Dale Horton, GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB
a
resident
of
Springfield
for
several
!
out
in
every
detail,
and
the
commit
A nnouncem ent was made a t the
church have promised to provide Elmo Chase and Clarence Chase,
reg u lar monthly dinner m eeting of years prior to his holding ofuce. The . tee is expecting the largest crowd roast venison for all present and an trustees for one year; Wllford Cook,
TRYOUTS COMPLETED;
family
later
moved
to
a
small
ranch
I
th
at
has
ever
neen
present
a
t
a
the ladies oi the E astern S tar held ------
.
choir leader; Mrs. W. Cook, super
added
offer
has
been
provided
by
DIRECTOR PLEASED
Tuesday evening, th a t the officers j on Motor Route B. where they lived | ¡’,mJJa r _ fa “5ol
Rev. Veltie P ruitt, who was success intendent of prim ary departm ent;
for
a
few
years
before
moving
to
I
is
Ht®
general
chairm
an
of
the
rally
an d members of the Evangeline
The tryouts for the girls glee club
Eugene.
I program arrangem ents. She is being ful in bagging a bear recently, and Mirs. Ada M cPherson, president of
chapter of E astern S tar at Eugene
the ,ue ladies aid; and Mrs. Ogilvie, at the high school were completed
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I assisted by several sub-committees. has donated a goodly portion
had extended an invitation to the
last week and regular practice is now
Thp ra!ly day Pro<ra®’ wh‘ca .*s bear m eat to the men, who will roast president of the m issionary society. being held every Monday and Wed*
m em bers of the chapters a t Spring- FOUR-L ELECTS MONDAY
The B. Y. P. U. elected Vernlce
scheduled to sta rt promptly at 9:45. it for Sunday dinner.
field, Creswell, and Junction City to
The m en’s Bible class Is assuming Hawke as president; Hazel Wilson nesday during the activity period.
IN IT IA T E S SAM E M E E T has 5een announced by Miss Travis
be th eir guests at an entertainm ent
the
responsibility for the meat. B. vice president; and Myrtle Harvey, T here were many students who tried
: as follows:
to be given by them on Friday even
out for the various parts and both
Election of officers will be the , 0-rchegtra Helec t t o n - ”Pride of the O. Smith is the chairm an of the com secretary treasurer.
ing. Several local people will attend principal item of business to come jqa v y ..
The congregation voted to re Mr. McKinney, the music Instructor,
mittee. He Is being assisted by
before the regular m eeting of t h e / „w |u Your Anchor Hold?’’-Q u in - Marion Adams, Dean Beals, and E. decorate the young people's room, an,l Principal Buell are very m ush
the gathering.
Plans for a silver tea are being Four-L mem bers on next Monday
to buy a new rug and to secure some enthused over the prospects for a
tet. Lawrence Moffatt, Dallas Mur E. Morrison.
form ulated by m em bers of the group. evening, when th a t body m eets at
The coffee and cream for the din new pictures. The young people first class girls’ glee club this year,
phy, E. L. McKinney, W alter Nea-
T hey will have th e ir tea a t the the W. O. W. hall, according to
The successful contenders for th e
ner will be provided by members have been meeting upstairs now for
lon, Gerald Morrison.
home of Mrs. W. C. W right a t 660 Jam es King, secretary. The officers
of the Loyal Women's class. Flowers some time. The congregation also positions are: first soprano, Vernlce
Prayer.
will be elected for a six m onths' ) Rally Day Message by Professor and decorations will be provided by voted to purchase some new song Hawke, Eva Lottk, Ruth Bettis, Leola
E stre e t on October 24.
term of office and will be initiated ' Earl S. Childers of Eugene.
Gates and Junia May; second sop
mem bers of the Bible Study class. books.
the same evening.
rano, Doris Chase, Hazel Wilson,
TRIPLE AGREEMENT
O rcnestra — "F o rt
W ashington Dallas Murphy is in charge of special
Beulah Richardson, Daisy Tom seth,
M
r.
and
M
rs.
Pyne
H
e
re
musical
num
bers
for
the
program.
SUN. SERMON TOPIC
March.”
NEEDLECRAFT CLUB
Mrs. W. P. Tyson is the general
Tw enty m inute class period.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Pyne were In Betty Anderson and Jessie B eals;
Rev. Ralph Mullholand, pastor of
chairm an for the dinner arran g e Springfield calling on th eir friends alto, Lela Squires, Nellie W right,
O rchestra—“Vallonia.”
HAS MEETING TODAY
th e B aptist church, has chosen the
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i ’’Ready Our Captain to Obey.” m ents. Mr. S. G. Mosier will act as yesterday. Mr. I’yne was formerly Lela Maxwell and Evelyn Bncil.
Bernice Cline was selected as the
“T hree Fold Agreem ent" for his
chairm an for the day.
The regular m eeting of the Needle- i Male quintet,
connected with the mechanical de
serm on topic for Sunday morning at craft club will be held this afternoon ‘ Violin Solo—“Souvenir,” by E l
The Christian Endeavor m eets at partm ent of The News and has re pianist for the singers.
6:30 with Jessie Beal« as leader.
11:00 a. m.
T hree altern ates
were selected
at the home of Mrs. W. N. Long in dred Glespey.
cently been employed In a sim ilar
"A F ata l Mistake and how to this city. Mrs. lying will have as her
A special pageant, entitled “The capacity on a Crescent City, Cali and they m eet with the regular mem
“When the Roll is Called Up Yon
Make it” will be th e topic for the assisting hostess, Mrs. O. H. Ja ire tt. der,” Ladles q u a rte t Mrs. Charles Torch of Light,” will be presented fornia, newspaper.
bers of the glee club and practice
evening service, which will begin at
with them , so as to be In readiness to
Wilson, Mrs. Percy Tyson, Mrs. in the evening a t 7:30. This is to be
fill any vacancy th a t might occur.
7:30.
Cliff Abrams, and Miss Agatha given by Reveral ladles of the Eugene
Spends Sunday at Mapleton
Given Promotion
Sunday school m eets a t 10;00 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. T urner m otor Beals.
Christian church. T here will also
Private Neal Olllons has received They are : second soprano, Jew el
w ith classes for all ages. The young ed to Mapleton Sunday, w here they
Talk by Supt. S. O. Moshier, and be special m usical num bers for the nig promotion to the post of cor H ilteb ran d ; first soprano, Helen
people will m eet a t 6:30 and will enjoyed a dinner prepared over an Rally Day Offering.
evening hour.
poral In the local guard unit. Alfred M ersdorf; and alto, Pauline Meaktna.
study the book of the Ephesian«.
open cam pfire. They w ere accom
Steel G uitar solo by W alter Lee.
Invitations have been extended to Townsend, form er corporal, has been
The boy«’ glee club Is suffering
The pre-service question for Sun panied by Mrs. T urner's brother,
Vocal solo, by Miss Uldlne Oarten, everyone to be present a t any one or appointed staff se rg e a n t The regu for want of sufficient material They
day evening is “Do M arried Men L. B. W oodruff and the A. S. New of Eugene Bible University.
all of the activities at tbe church lar weekly drill will be held this are holding practice sessions, how-
Live Longer than Single Men?”
man family, all of Eugene.
"All the Way My Savior Leads next Bunday.
evening.
/ j f t S t t Ctfl
/l
VV t i l
Hold Rally Next Sunday
nt