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No. 8 T ry the Hum e P rin t Shop F ira t T W E N T Y -815V E N T I I Y E A R . THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS FISSI TALKIE SHOW 13740350 ‘‘The Psopls's Papar** LIVE NEW SPAPER IN A L IV F TOWN SP R IN G F IE L D , LANK C O U N T Y . O R E G O N ‘Apologies’ Upset Hall Visits City; Creamery Opening Basketball Status Politics Simmer Date to Be Soon Inman Flying Seryice Will Manage Airport Springfield Boys Swamp Cot Marshfield Man in Springfield Rsfrigwrstion Rooms Nearing Says Things Look Good; Completion; Some Equip tage Grove With Large Experts Work Day and Night to Norhlad to Beat. WRIGHT PLACES SECOND ment Hers; Mors Coming Margin Here Friday. Assura Successful Opening; Lion Aircraft Factory to bw IN TEN MILE SKI RACE | Curtain and Screen Painted; Charles Hall, of Marshfield, caudle- A definite date for the opening ot Moved to Springfield and . . .. . I >*•"« week Hprlngfield high schools AT OBSIDIAN O U TIN G 1 Other Improvements Made at b oak.th.ll team . . . one place above dale for governor, waa a visitor In the new creamery In Hprlngfield will Buildings Will be Erected; Bell Theatre. the bottom In the comparative stand Hprlngfield last week-end to further probably he net within the next ten Eckerson Permit is Revoked Harry Wright, of Hprlngfield. and ing of teams In the clasa A high his candidacy. ‘Tilings are going good' days or two weeks, according to C. by Council. Ed Thurston, of Eugene, the two In Sunday evenln« will mark the re school league Hhe had won three aaya Mr. Hall, who believes he will ( Griffin and Emory Pyle, operators trepid sportsmen who a week ago last I _ opening or th» Bell Theatre aa games and lost five, tin Friday even carry Portland even against Harry of the local plant Sunday made the first crossing of „ , mana,[®,nent ot ,h« Spring- Corbett. He says the eaat side, where j Crews of Mprlngfteld'a (Iral and only fully Ing ahe met and defeated Cottage alrpor‘ « " ‘ “ ™ed over to th« moat of (he people live, are no. for ' r, . p . |rln, and h u bU" y the McKenzie p u s this year, came Grove's high school team, and then, M r r o rh e ., ________ __ ________ .... rpP *,r '»» and altering the building Into prominence again last Sunday at 1 equipped all talking theatre. Homo Inman n y '" S 8rho0* and th* Corvallis announced Mr. Corbett. However, he only given for several w eek. The w all, have all the Obsidian outing when they battled Pontract 01 th* Eckerson Flying ser> delay waa encountered In the ahlp- unexpectedly. himself . margin of 500 or «00 vote., been p u^.r^d ' that they had been playing a men on 1th a coat of fine their way through a mountain storm “ reTok« 1 a‘ • meeting of th« mi ni of the sound reproduction equip their team who waa 21 year« old. 1 which la not a big lead In a center cement In the Inside new windows to win first and second places In the city council Tuesday evening. Action where one third of the voting popula ment from the factory In the eaat. Without realising that they were via have been put In the front of the ten mile cross country ski race, which of the council waa taken on recom but a crew of Inatallatlon expert« latlng the rule« of the league. Need- j tion of the state reside. building. It has been celled, and a waa the major «port event of the day. mendation of the Joint airport com Observers of the political situation have been working night and day for lea« to say. they very humbly apolo very modern system of electric light- mittee which had notllfed Major O. ■ he past few days to make aure that gised to the team« they had played believe that M r Hall and Mr. Corbet. ,n< h„ been Thuraton covered the course In one H. Eckerson two weeks previous that everything la In readiness for the with and to the state association both have Governor Norblad to beat, ! r , t r Mcond’ tn un,e” he aa It looks now that he has the edge' _ F,na Plant presentation of a talking picture Io [ About the same time comes In forma win flrat place. W right followed him terms It would be terminated II la evident that the supporters of , ° f th“ flne8' refrigeration an audience In Springfield for the lion from th j University high school across the finish line Just « minutes To Build Airplanes Mr Hall arc Joined Io try to Interpret 1 p', n ” ,o * * found ln anX creamery flrat time. that they too had been playing In the relations of Mr. Norblad. as attor- ' tb* * lM ° f thl" OD* ba8 been ,n»ta>l- later. Under the direction of Mr. Inman, Workmen Installing the equipment eligible men and wanted to apologise Fifty automobiles were taken eight who is also head of the Lion Air- ney. with the commercial fishing In- ' Th*' lni" al,a,lon Includes the a ta t. that th . th.-atrs ha. vary ax- j Now 8prltl<flHd miles above the Obsidian cabins on craft company of Eugene, an expan terests. We may have fish served to <on8tructlon ° f 'hree refrigeration Sunday morning for the ontlng. Those sion program will be carried out nt c lie n t sound qualities and that only wondering Ju„ wherr th„y ua quite freely In this campaign ! roon’* ’ two of ,bem » f*«» hy 12 feet. present reported that It snowed an the Springfield port a minimum amount of deadening felt , h. ,.„mp«r. tlre . , . „ dlng. Plans of Mr. 11 feet We have However. Mr Hall come, from Coo. I ‘ nd ° na ° f lhem 11 day on the pass and that almost a Inman are to build two new hangar«. waa required It wa found necessary played nine games. We larKe8' roon’ wl" for have lost Bay where there are commercial ' to close off the ventilators In the foot of new snow had fallen In the enlarge the office building and erect five and won four of them We play fishermen, and It la said that he has Btora<e nf » • * > « • products of the mountain.. front of the theatre. They have bean Corvallis tomorrow night and It re (heir support . Urge Uctory building for the co>. pIant H w ll> b* k«Pt a t a termepa- - S •[ padded with fell on the back aid. «traction ot airplanes. He will also mains to be seen Just what added The local political .pot tight so far I ,‘ " re of 3< de«ree8 One of the smal and their appearance ha. not been ' , trBn<th lh. OU„ R<, p|>y. r tnatall a complete machine shop for has been turned on the three places * F rooln8 wUI hou,e the lc»‘<'ream MAN’S RIBS BROKEN changed, to xrea.lv but t m o It L has - ^ h been e « " . nacesaaray .^ ’ 7 7 . 7 ' ha” bU‘ ,,U,# d'f f '’ for «Preaentatlve, the "le^sUt’ure” ' a f,M 11 haa W n " » “ u f .c f r e d T h l. repairing planes, which will be th« WHEN TRAMWAY FAILS only like service between Portland 7 ,.7 7 ‘7 7 7 7 L , ? Í 7 . d^ aB"« the local t « m here Emmet, Howard, the only Incum-• T “ kept “ a t - p e r a t u r e W ITH LOAD OF LUMBER and Medford. Illation, which la now controlled by on their own floor thl« winter. But. bent, who expresses a desire to re- of 15 degrees below xero at all times. a forced air method. Have 28 Students eaya Principal Buell, the Springfield turn. Is In the race and certain ele The third room will be the Ice room, C. B Warner and W illiam Taylor Projection Room Quieted high high school school had had two playera on It ments In Eugena are preparing to where Ice for parking and other uses The new management, which ha« both narrowly escaped serious Injury been operating on a private field west The projection room haa been re- whose eligibility was doubtful, and "take his plats of, the table.“ It Is will be kept. The temperature will Satnrday when the tramway at the of Eugene, haa been the most success- bulk and padded with sound prooi who were not permitted to play and be Juet below freexlng point said. C. A. KcCornack, Eugena bank Warner lumber mill near Fall Creek materials to prevent any nolsas from thus Jeopardise the result tq any er, Is • candidate who Is regarded to ful of any which has attempted to put Work Take« Time collapsed with a truck load ot lum- distorting the reproduction of the games played. over flying as a buainees in this sec The tedious work which la neces- hare strength. Karl H ill. Cushman I ---- ---------- ,, ber carrying the two men with i t sound. The machlnea have all been tion. They have not only bnilt four Several ot W arner’s riba Speculate on Outcome merchant, haa announced himself, »« j eary to make perfect refrigeration were planes and have two more under con gone over very caFefully and many also bas Charles Emery, Eugene In-1 wl,hoot * F * ’ l waste Is responsible broken and he rerived othe Of course nothing can be done less struction, but have 28 students at th« of tho worn parts have been replaced agent. John Evans, Eugene for ,he aPP»r»n, slowness with which serious Inturles h .a — i ■ ----------------------- about the games played with the two surance realtor, and Elbert Bede. Cottage , «»• work at the creamery Is progress- J ^ . s o ^ h e rX e b r u L e V ^ A new allvar screen has been pur apologising schools, hut It la Inter- chased and this together with the One muat know something ot the fall. A local Dhvslclan treat h t eqn P“ ““ 1 and «tudenU ar« j eating to speculate a little as to Just Orove editor, are also flirting with ,B’ careful repairing nt the machine as j the building ot these rooms to fully both of the men short] rt th * l° tb* Spr,n<f’el<* what the outcome of the .erlea thia the notion of running. ap p rw l.te the time Involved. The . « X / t . * the port for operation there, sures the people of thia city the best Service man ot the county are also winter would have been under other reproduction possible walla ot the rooms are all lined with _____ ,l!e Springfield airport commltte« circumstances. Old Hprlngfield lose In the mood to hack a candidate to The drop curtain tn tba theatre haa 1 cork. T h l. cork comes In slabs three schoq , R n V f i lA/ll l ¿ A s r e * " * ” <,erta'‘e lmP"” «"” »t <* t h . take the place of Lynn McCready, three games because playera who been completely repainted. A new . thick .nA n r.____ «K 'H O O L B O Y S W IL L MAKE runways on the field within the next were not eligible were permitted to who says he does nut choose to ran Inches thick and about fifteen Inches land scape design forma the center ‘ SURVEY FOR LEADER ■few weak’ A standard 3500-foot ran- again. Hprlngfield. so far. la about wide and three feet long. A tar and and names of Hprlngfield business W| ------- waF w*ll ba laid out and graveled and vnuld the result o, the games have the only community In the county asphalt combination Is used to glue , -..-..u houses arranged In an artistic man- ' The eighth grade boys at the L tn -, some be,ter drainage will be Installed that has no candidate for any office tk» stabs togathar and to aaal all the been unchstngnd? ner are painted around thia. coin school win begin a house to house *“ part Ole nrtd wJ,h tile, and before filing time closes there openings. One thing, at least, la certain, aaya New advertising frames have been All Pilots to Have Prlvile survey ot the area included In school may be someone from here. Fred The walls ot the Ice-cream room built on both sides of the outer lobby W. E. Buell, and that la the Spring- W ith the turning over o, the field Walker, local mortician. Is being are lined with eight Inches ot this district 19 this afternoon, to secure field team is going to make a deter and are finished with s gilt border. metlnoned for a legislative berth, but cork. The celling has a coat ot far Information which has been request to the Inman Flying school a near mined effort to defeat Corvallis on More Improvements Planned ed by Arnold D. Colleir, Lane county p',‘ ,cy W,B he In force at the’ Spring- so far haa made no announcement. paper and three Inches ot the cork Mure alteration work. Including thelr own floor Friday evening, and field airport, which is consistent with boys and girls club leader. nailed to It. On top o, all the rooms the reflnlshlng o, the Interior and the thus show the world that the final the practice In other parts of th« The blanks which each family will there Is ten Inches of ground cork to FORMER RESIDENTS HERE construction of an entirely new front atandlnlg may have been different. be asked to fill out request, the fol- N° aVlat° " ' b* snb8‘’ TO VISIT W ITH DAUGHTER serve as an Insulator. The walls o, are Included In the plans for the Bell Defeat Cottage Grove to operate here but all will pay the other rooms which do not have lowing Information: name and ad- ' theatre. If the public patronage war- for the privilege. Mr Inman will pay The local boya shot baskets Friday Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rlvett, of I ,0 be 88 <'00' are 8lx inches dress ot head of house; number of wants, the operation of a talking night In the game with Cottage Orove IB per cent ot his passenger carrying Lincoln. Nebraska, arrived In Spring- ,h,ck- ln ad<lltlon to the paper and children; number In school; occupa houae In Hprlngfield. revenue to the city, which will ln until they were worn out and still the ! tion; and whether or not the family field on Friday for an Indefinite visit 1 boarda- The equipment Is being Installed timekeeper’s whistle did not bark ou, turn use the money to develop the has a radio, piano, organ, telephone, Machinery Ready and will be used for a test period the end of the fray. The locals had at the home of thelr daughter. Mrs. airport. The exclusive flying school Mr. and Mrs. Rlvett A portion o, the machinery has al and if radio stations KORE and without being paid for. and If the a total o, 49 points to their opponents i W. P. Tyson and service rights on the field ar« KOAC can both be received. public Is not satisfied with the man 9 when the game finally came to an | came to Springfield from Oakland. ready been moved Into the building. granted to him. but any pilot may where they had been The other pieces have been ordered | Laurence Moffitt, principal at the carry passengers from the Held on ner In which they reproduce the end. This was the largest score tha, California, sound films, then the theatre will no, had been registered In any game visiting a son. Jim Rlvett and his and are ready to be shipped Just as Lincoln school, asks that the people payment of fees. He will also be th« retain thia particular equipment, but this season In which the Springfield family. .After leaving Springfield, soon as the men are ready to Install cooperate with the boys In giving city agent on the field and will mak« they plan to go to Salem, to see thelr ,L I ,h«“t this information, as It is needed rules for the conduct of all planes w ill purchase another kind. team was one of the participants. son. Frank P. Rlvett, and to Seattle ■ , — ,, . I by Mr. Collier in his club work and with the supervision of the council. The musical Instrument which has The starting lineup and the scores to see another son. Floyd H. Rlvett. STUDENT GETS LETTER In planning the programs which are been furnishing music from records Under the rules of the field any They expect to be back at thelr home for the past several years .has been made by each player follows: FROM GIRL IN GERMANY i fre<iuently broadca8‘ ln thelr behalf. pilot may land and take off there anti Squires, 0 ....... 8 In Nebraska by May 1. disposed ot In purchasing the new W right. F........... 9 will be granted space to build han M r and Mrs. Rlvett are former re Bnell, F................. 8 Morrison, O.....7 outfit, and will not be used further. Miss Dorothy Frese is the proud CAR GOES INTO DITCH; gars. Planes In transit may take on sidents of Springfield, and visited Only the best productions of the Ernstlng. C. ....... 14 possessor ot a letter from a girl In TWO WOMEN ARE INURED dl“ ’barkP P lo n g e ra , and all prlvl- here last In 1926. Substitutes— Prnchnow, 4. lending ,11m companies have been the eighth grade In one of the schools leges will be allowed every pilot with purchased for showings here, and the near Berlin, Germany. Dorothy Lawrence, ot 83, Larkin the exception of training student«. ANNIVERSARY DATE IS management will welcome any aug- BOY BREAKS HIS ARM About five weeks ago the student- court, Portland, and a woman com- It Is felt that by this method that la gestlona as to the likes of their pat- OBSERVED HERE SUNDAY In the eighth grade at the Lincoln panlon were both treated at a local practice Springfield airport will be TRYING ’CHUTE JUMP rona at any time. j school wrote letters to students In doctor's office on Monday afternoon more nearly a municipal undertaking LaVerne McPheraon, aon of Mr. and 1 The forty-sixth wedding annlver- various parts of the world, telling for minor Injuries which they re- and will begin to pay its own way. Mrs. Bud McPherson, has a broken sary.of Mt. and Mrs. John Ketels waa them of the climate, scenery and geo-, reived when the automobile which While the Hprlngfield airport com NATIVE ORGONIAN DIES a tin, and has to carry It around In a the Inspiration for a fam 14« dinner graphv of this part of Oregon, and re- ' they were driving left the road and mittee have great regard for Major AT JASPER HOME FRIDAY | sltng while his comrades all smile to given at thelr home on Sunday after queuing that the person receiving , went Into the ditch near Mammy's Eckerson as a flyer, It was felt that not infrequently noon. The son and daughter of Mr. the letter answer, telling the same Cabin at Judkins Point. he could not properly manage the James M. Sebring died on Friday themselves and port here with Medford demanding evening at the home ot his brother, openly when they pass him on the and Mrs. Ketela and thelr families things about the place where he or An examination revealed that the practically all his time to fulfil hi« M. L. Sebring, at Jasper, after a short street. It all happened Tuesday In Mr. and Mrs. D. R. W infrey and Mar she lives. Injuries were not serious and after ian and Carl, o, Eugene, and Mr. and contract ln that city. Just a few minutes when IatVerne Illness of pneumonia. He was 71 The letters were sent to every con took a burlap sack and climbed to the Mrs. John F. Ketela, Jr., and Barbara tinent. and the letter received by a short rest the women started again years of age. top of the windmill at his home. Jane and John Llndaey were present Dorothy Frese Is the first response on thelr way to Portland. Mr. Sebring was a native Oregon THREE ATTEND MEETING ian, having been born In Polk county Jumped off, aa he had seen several for the dinner. reported at the school. Others are AT GROVE CITY MONDAY SUNDAY SCHOOL TO HAVE on October 2«, 1868. and having re other parachute Jumpers do. The expected. sided In either Iatne or Polk counties sack proved to be a poor air 'chute CENSUS BLANKS READY SPECIAL MUSIC PROGRAM ' Three Springfield people were pre- The letter from Germany wae w rit since that time. and a sudden contact with the ground ! FOR ABSENT CITIZENS ten In very good English by a German at the Camp Meeting commission resulted In a broken arm. Surviving him are his two brothers. Miss Barbara Barnoll will play a ( of the Methodist church at Cottage girl who had been studying the Eng M. L. Sebring, ot Jasper, and Q. W. It Is alao reported that the „ Ir. Those people who know they are go- llsh language for two years. group of xylophone solos at the Sun-1 Grove on Monday afternoon. They Sebring, ot Eugene. Ho also leaves minded youth tried a similar feat Ing to be away from thelr homes day school hour at the Methodist , were Rev. C. J. Pike, Dr. W. H. Pol- eight nephews and four nieces. laat fall from the farm barn, using an during the month of April when the church next Sunday morning. She lard, and Mrs. A. B. Van Valzah. The FORMER RESIDENT DIES federal cenaiig will be taken are re The funeral services were held umbrella aa a 'chute. will be accompanied by Florence May ' next meeting of the commission w ill quested to apply at the office of AT HOME IN CORVALLIS at the piano. The newly formed Sun- J be held at the local church on Monday from the Walker-Poole chapel Let them laugh, LaVerne we all Joseph Coke, district snpervlsor In at 11:00 o'clock. Rev. C. J. Pike, pas learn beat by experience. day school orchestra w ill also be March 10. A message received here Monday Eugene for censua blanks which may tor of the Springfield Methodist present and will play several numbers i - ■ be filled ou, before leaving. By thia by Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Egglmann told church, officiated and Interment was COSTUME PARTY PLANNED means a person mny be counted In of the death at Corvallis Bunday of under the direction of Ernest Me- FIRE DEPARMENT MAKES Kinney. made In the Wallnce cemetery. A Mr. Leary Mergy. His wife survives RUN TO SMALL FLUE FIRE FOR REBEKAH MEETING this city even though no, present. large number ot friends and relatives — —— I The census bureau haa opqned an him. The couple are former residents were In Springfield for the funeral. The local fire department truck Members of the Rebekahs decided office In the Hampton building at of this city, having come here from BOOTH-KELLY PLANTS Monday evening at the regular weekly Sixth and W illamette streets. Eugene. Montana In 1912. The funeral was CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS i an8Wered a cal1 Iast Saturday at STEEL SPLINTER TAKEN RARnlon to havw a coRturae party at j n _________ about 19:00 a. m. to extinguiah a flu« held Wednesday afternoon at Cor- FROM MARCOLA MAN'S EYE thelr next meeting on Monday, March VOTERS MUST REGISTER Tallis. The Booth-Kelly lumber mills at fire In a residence in the Stewart Hprlngfield and Wsndllng were both addition at the corner of 18th and Each member la expected to coma TO VOTE AT PRIMARY Otto Lydy. machine worker and re dressed In some costume other than closed down Saturday night due to Main streets. No damage was done Portland People Her»— Mrs. Barah the bad market conditions. The notice to the building, according to Jeese pair man at the Fisher lumber com what he or she usually wears In pub- . Registration of voters for the com- Cox and sons, Mr. and Mrs. John Cox, pany plant at Marcola, came to llc. Those who «11 to dress was posted at the local m ill and Hmltson, fire chief. up will , ,nK prlm(lry p,fict1on WRS RUrfn(i Springfield yesterday to have a steel have to pay a fine of 26 cents. A this city last week. Those who ex- and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Cox, of signed by O. H. Jarrett, superinten splinter removed from hla eye. The paper bag luncheon will be held dur- p^r t to vote In June must have re- Portland, spent the week end here at dent, stating that the mill would he «tael particle waa lodged In hla eye Ing the evening following a short lm- g „ tered at least .10 days before th . the home of Mr. and Mrs. H arl Mo- closed down until March 10. nnless Return« to Portland— Mr». Joe Lem mon returned to her home In Port when be was operating a grinder at promptu program a t which Urn. varl-1 eIw,llo0. N a M awora Pherson. Mrs. Sarah Cox will remain market conditions Improve. land on Sunday, after haring »pent lor an Indefinite period with her the repair shop. The eye waa not on» maaibars win he permitted A ll work In the several camps at a week with her parent« here, M r. aerlonsly injured. daughter, Mrs. McPherson. The other» entertain the other». whoae name |s not on the poll book. retained to thelr home» on Monday. Wend ling has been temporarily ■««- and Mrs. John Wlnaenreld, In this pend«d. • i u nw ,ny0B„ it the ough- ly we e you 4 ON
