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Dedication Ceremony Marks Historic Period For Springfield
THE
T ry the H o m e
P r in t S hop F ir s t
NGFIELD NEWS
TW ENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SP7.INCÌSELI)
HAY RACK RIDE PLEASES
YOUNG FOLKS ON FRIDAY
M iss A gatlia B eals w as h o stess on
F rid a y evening a t a v ery d elightful
p a rty w hich began a t h e r hom e in
S pringfield and cam e to an end at
th e C. D. Sm ith farm n ear here. The
g u e sts w ere ask ed to assem ble a t the
B e a ls’ hom e w here th ey w ere e n te r
ta in e d w ith p arlo r gam es and served
re fre s h m e n ts , th ey they w ere tak en
to th e S m ith hom e, w here th ey en-
Joyd a ride on an old-fashioned hay
ra c k . T he evening w as bro u g h t to
a close w ith a g en eral g ath erin g
ab out a large bonfire.
T hose who w er invited to a tten d
■were A udry D anner, C h artres« W illis,
V irg in ia F ranz, Je sse B eals, W in ifrid
T yson, B eth M ontgom ery, A gatha
B eals, W illiam
P ollard,
H ow ard
H u g h e s, W illiam Cox, Ted M ontgom
ery , J a c k D anner, L aw rence Roof,
P au l P o tter, Paul F rese, F ran k L om
b ard , Cecil E m m ons, and Mr. and
M rs. H arold R o b erts of E ugene, who
flcted as chauerones.
LANE COUNTY, OREGON-
Mr. S im ons’ e a r received the g re a t
e s t in ju ry . It w as torn alm o st com
p letely off in th e accid en t. ' H e was
ta k e n to th e P acific C hristian h ospi
ta l by a S pringfield p hysician who
a tte n d e d him .
T h e injured m an lives ab o u t four
m iles e a s t of S pring field on the Mc
K enzie highw ay.
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^PROGRAM
12:00.—B anquet at O sburn Hotel.— Mr. F ran k Jenkins, T oastm aster. •*'
Song.— America.
Vocal Solo.—Arab Iloyt Rae.
Address of W elcome — S enator Edw ard F. Bailey, Chairm an Lane County C ham ber
of Com m erce Roads and Highway Com m ittee,
Vocal Solo.— Mrs. W. K. Barnell.
'falk s by Members of the S tate IR .b w a y Commission, County Court, E ngineers of
Hie S tate Highway D epartm ent anti Federal B ureau of Public Roads, and Good
Road Boosters.
Address.— Governor I. L. P atterson.
1 the end of th e year.
F our y ears of com m unity e ffo rt
will end in a grand clim ax S atu rd ay ,
when th e new S pringfield bridge will
he dedicated by a fittin g cerem ony.
T he new s tru c tu re is one of th e
fin est on the O regon highw ay system ,
and co stin g n early $200,000.
opiii.-D edicaJion^ Cm c,,mny gt New Springfield B r id g e - M a y o r W. P. Tyson of Spring-
Address.— M ayor TT. E. Wilder,
I r Dnqc,a tnrp<rOf B« d ee i'?.r J Ise
the pp°ple of O regon— C hairm an IL B. Van
D usti. Oregon S tate Highway Commission.
M usic— Eugene 1. O. O. F. Band.
A cceptance of New Bridge for th e People of Oregon.— G overnor I. L. P atterson.
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Committee in Charge o f Dedication
CHAIRMAN— H. E. Maxey, S pringfield C h am b er of Com m erce.
SECRETARY O. S. F letch er, L ane C ounty F a rm e rs’ Union.
PROGRAM COM M ITTEE:
BANQUET COM M ITTEE:
P. B. H am lin, S p ringfield C ham ber of Com m erce.
J. R. McKy, E ugene Lions Club.
M artin A nderson. C ottage Grove C ham ber of
M elvin H ansen, E ugene C ham ber of C om m erce,
H a rry M. S tew art, S pringfield L ions Club.
Com m erce.
S P E A K E R S C O M M ITTEE;
J. W. M cA rthur, E ugene R o tary Club.
F. C. W alters, E ugene K iw anis Club.
N. L. M ichels, E ugene A ctive Club.
E d w ard F. Bailey, 'J u n c tio n City L ions Club.
J. FI. M iller, Ju n ctio n C ity C ham ber of C om m erce. j|
W. F. W alker, S pringfield L ions Club.
Electrical
No. 48
, Dedication
Saturday
Marks
Four Years of Community
Work Since 1926; Structure
One of Finest; 1090 Feet Long
and Cost Nearly $200.000.
Saturday, ^December 7th, 1929
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L IV E N EW SPA PER
IN A L IV E TO W N
Bridge Ends Four
Years United Effort
MAN'S EAR LACERATED
G eorge Sim ons suffered bad cu ts
and b ru ises abou t his head and
sh o u ld ers la st Sunday w hen th e
fro n t w heels on th e Ford tru ck which
b e w as d riving locked ju s t as he was
c ro s sin g th e ra ilro a d tra c k s about
tw o m jles e a st of S pringfield. T he
tru c k tu rn ed o ver and w as dam aged
■considerably.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 5th, 1929
DEDICATION
IN ACCIDENT SUNDAY
“ The People's Paper"
Idaho Man S tops—Jo h n B reilan of
N am pa, Idaho, w as re g iste re d a t th e
E lite h otel on S atu rd ay .
O th er
g u ests re g iste re d a t th e h o tel d u rin g
th e p a st w eek-end w ere: E. A. M iller,
Signal, O regon; A. R. R uthven, J a s
p e r; Alvie Jo n e s and C harles Boyd,
A lbany; H, L. P ettib o n e, C ulver,
O regon; E. H. R odm an, R edm ond;
C. W. L lck ess and E a rle M urphy of
P ortland.
Goes to A lbany— Sam R ichm ond
w ent to A lbany S a tu rd a y n ig h t to
a tte n d th e d in n e r sponsored by th e
A lbany cam p of the V e te ra n s of th e
Spanish-A m erican w ar.
Approaches Cause
Trouble
D elay in se ttlin g th e type of a p
proach held up th e opening of th e
bridge d u rin g th is p a st sum m er, b t i f '
w ork was finally resu m ed , a „<1 now
we have the new bridge a fte r n e a r’ •
four y ears of com m unity effort.
T he plans for the brid g e called
firs t for a stru c tu re 850 feet lont£-a'
550 feet of ste e l w ith 150 foot con
c re te ap p ro ach es on each end. L a te r
90 fe e t of co n crete ap proach w a i
added to the S pringfield end to
cro ss a slough, and still la te r 150
feet w as added to th e w est end to
rep lace th e sam e am o u n t of e a rth e n
fill. T he new bridge is now 1090 fe e t
long, w ith a 27 feet d riv ew ay and
sidew alks on both sides.
L an e county voted $75,000 for th is
new brid g e in 1926, and has expended
abopt $15,000 m ore in rig h t of way
and added costs. F ederal B ureau ot
Public Ronds co n trib u ted $87,000, and
th e s ta te of O regon th e rem ain d er,
to build th is m agnificent s tru c tu re at
HIDDEN LAKE OBJECTIVE
the “G atew ay to th e M cK enzie.’’— th e ;
OF THANKSGIVING HIKE
ju n ctio n o f th is cross s ta te highw ay, •
♦
fed eral road No. 28, and the P acific
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L.
E.
Syagle,
M
axine
highw ay.
S n o d g rass and Riley S nodgrass sp en t
Lions S ta r t A gitation
th e ir T h an k sg iv in g day on a h ik e to
T he S pringfield L ions club in H idden lake, on th e south fork of the
Ja n u a ry ,
1926
sta rte d
the
ball M cK enzie riv er, in the C ascades.
rolling to secu re th e co n stru ctio n ol
I T he p arty left h ere a t th re e o'clock
th is new bridge to rep la c e th e old
, in th e m orning and drove to H ard y ’s
obsolete stru c tu re . T he proposition
| cabin, w here they left th e ir c a r and
w as tak en to the C ham ber of Com
proceeded to h ik e up th e ra n g e r
m erce, w here a bridge co m m ittee
tra il to th e lake, a d istan ce of fo u r
w as appointed to in terv iew th e h ig h ; m iles.
way com m ission. T his co m m ittee
T he w e a th e r w as nice and b rig h t,
co n sisted of E. E. M orrison, W elby
S tevens, A. J. P erk in s, M ayor G. G. hut a bit cold until the p a rty had
B ushm an, an d H. E. Maxey. T he J hiked fa r enough to w arm th em selv es.
firs t th re e m en p resen ted the m atfei T h e re w as no snow on th e tra il
to th e sta te highw ay com m ission at ! or around th e lake, th ey rep o rt. T he
the F e b ru a ry , 1926, m eeting, and w ere ! ground w as fro sty and the larg e logs
told th a t a study of th e bridge s itu acro ss the sm aller stre a m s and
atio n w ould be m ade an d rep o rted j creek s w ere coated w ith ice, w hich
m ade trav el over them very pre
on a t th e M arch m eeting.
carious.
Bonds Voted in 1926
At th e M arch m eetin g of th e h ig h
T hey saw m any ducks on the lake
w ay com m ission it w as voted to co before re tu rn in g to S pringfield ab o u t
o p e ra te w ith L ane county in build- I nine o'clock in th e evening.
ing th e new bridge. D uring th e ,
su m m er of 1926 a petition w as c ir
REBEKAH’S HAVE SOCIAL
cu lated callin g fo r a special election
MEETING MONDAY EVE,
to vote $75,000 in bonds a t the tim e
of th e g e n e ra l N ovem ber election.
T he re g u lar m eetin g of the R ebekah
T he election w as held and th e issue
lodge
w as held at the I.O.O.F. room s
passed by a larg e m ajority.
on M onday evening. G am es and v a ri
M any difficu lties p re sen ted th e m
ous o th e r am u sem en ts provided th e
selves even a fte r th e bridge w as
m eans of e n te rta in m e n t for th e g a th
financed, and it w as not until M arch,
erin g . R eg u lar business w as also
1928, th a t the co n tra c t w as let to tra n sa c te d .
L in d stro m and
F igenson. P o rtlan d
co n tra c to rs, to build th e stru c tu re .
V isit From S iste rs— B ert T ow ns
T he c o n tra c to rs w ent to w ork and
end and h is wife of S iste rs, O regon,
th e bridge w as com pleted a s let hv
w ere w eek-end v isito rs in th e city.
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E.C. Simmons Co.
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