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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
HPKINOHKbD. L a NE COUNTY. OREGON
Work /«
SCHOOL FINANCES S A ta irport
rted Thie Week
IMPROVE IH (EAR
B laze Consumes
New G ravel P lant
Expenditure of Flying Field
Funds for Development of
Gains Made in All Departments
Municipal Port Started.
Over Previoua Years Al­
The expenditure of the airport
though Receipts Less Due to
fund* recently voted by the taxpayer*
Non-Payment of Taxes; New of thia city Wit* started thl* week
Wood Bids Called.
with the construction of another
Marked
financial
have been ¡ X . V
ayatcnt
during
the
peat
year, ac
aaaollno compnny rcpreaentatlve I*
coming to the local airport on Mon
lr.' at prepared by W illia m <2. Hughe*, day to make finni plans for the ata-
tlon work, and II Is expected to be
retiring clerk, which w a i given Io
Mtartrd noon.
ro -d lu s Io the annual financial atale-
tbe mem ber* of the board
at
tho
m onthly meeting hold Monday night
It coal 344.693 66 to operate
the
M boola in th l* city during the past
nine m onth* T h l* doe* not tnko Into
(onalderntlon the bonded Indebted
noea of the district other than the
paym ent of Interest on said bond*.
T he operating expraaea for the year
ending June 30. 1930. are lower than
they have been for eith er of the two
preceding year*.
T he
expenditure*
More tile was being placed In the 1
low spot on the field to assure good ¡
drainage thia winter and plana are ,
being made now for the moving of (
the preaetit building* at the
port
back against the road.
The large yellow corner markers
have been completed and have been
An orgy of thievery and burglary
which began Sunday night with th«
cracking of the »feel safe In the
Rodenbough garage waa still exist-
The new plant had been almost
completed and 't had been expected
President Hoover is no tquirrtf
to start filling the bunkers this
but he ran climb This unusual snay
week The plant consisted of eight
shot shows him inspecting tha for
bunkers, a rock crusher, and all other
ward son turret of the cruiser Sal
Lake titty in Hampton Road*.
necessary machinery for a modern
plant Much of the machinery was
melted and warped out of shape by
Ihe flames which seemed to start on
the floor of one of the bunker* and
then crawled up the aides, eating
their way through the twelve Inch
' floor and the tlx Inch walls.
Ing in thia city yeaterday morning
when L. K. Page lost approximately
350 from his pocket* while he was
sleeping.
C raig M em orial
To Be D edicated
placed on the rorners of the field
A large number of barrel* palmed
yellow have been set between the
marker* on each end of the field and
R- W. Sawyer to Deliver Princi­
Cause of F ir* Unknown
for the year ending June 30. 1930, i I” or'’ w«1' be placed along the aides
pal Address at Gathering in
It la still a mystery how the fire
were f4K.ll.3ts and for the year end-I
Lerge road machine* have been se-
could have started only twenty mln-
teg June Sd, 1928. were 346.930 34
cured from the county and work of
Cascades on Sunday.
Budget Surplua Shown
| ‘4’T* " nB M d Brad,n< “ >• «*'<• * ' • '
ufea after the carpentSra had left the
Judge Robert W Sawyer, of Bend.
and
« »«ry taw minute*
atart next week
A surplua waa ahnwn on the report
•“ be the prladpal speaker at the mor*' wake a blaxlng mas* out of the
The
two
planet
owned
by
the
fly-
for the year over the amount which
dedication of the Craig memorial ,ar®* awount of very green lumber
had been budgeted. The turn of ln< school were k*pt at Florence from
Thursday until Monday noon. Pas n mr the summit of the McKenzie j u,ed ln «he construction.
f 44.800 OS waa budgeted for the year
■engar business waa good there, aaya 7 * * , ° n RuBda,r aftarnoon. whe0 mall
The loaa la estimated to be In the
and only 144.693 64 waa actually ex­
bee Inman, manager of the school
,7
u
T ,r l'’u" par«a of «he ' »•«’•»Ity of 312.000 and was aot cover
pended. leaving an unelpended bal­
Plana for the air lour scheduled to " * T <* ' h’‘r
«» dedicate a ed by Inatrraace.
ance amounting to Sfl.*06.34. The
bring fifty airplane* of the latest , " 7 . 7
. , P,* red ‘n « " • » « » of j “We did not even have
•Bly Item* which
ahowetl
a greater
expenditure
than the
budgeted
ap
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1
on » " declared K R.
p ro b a tio n waa ..U rle a . text hooka. '
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a
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miscellaneous In connection with In
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° n*
° f ,h"
‘•mrcoke. P a, n t
N atom i R ä t« Poetan
of her
No dues have been discovered aa
yet concerning the bold yeggs who
blew off the door of the safe In the
Rodenbough garage at 8:35 Sunday
mornlng. nslng two charges of ex-
plosives after the first one had failed
to open the door. The only things the
officers have to work on la that the
tool* used la the safe cracking jab.
which netted the robber* 330 in ewr-
rency and about 370 |„ checks, were
taken from the tool box helnngteg so
the 8onthem Pacific railroad, ft la
supposed that the burglar*
with gloves, as no signs of finger­
prints conld be found by either the
sheriff or his deputy, who Investigat­
ed the safe Job a few minute* after
It had occurred.
Automobile la Stolon
One Interesting thing In connection
with the safe cracking la that the
'» ^ rp o ra to r. of
.
® ,h* ,lrp o rt « •» » !« « •« tu communication r™>.„.
. * l’eau a r , the Inter-City Sand and Oravel com-
communication route* were estab-
be held aoon.
pany. "Gravel bunkers are not con-
atrurtlon. and building and repair*
llahed
These Item* totaled to >731.18. The I
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Th.
,
aldered a very great fire hatard even
exercise, at the summit are —
after —
they have a
been
built, >e<
let aione
alone
saving* In the other Itema of expen M c ,' E N Z I t U N IQ U E R O A D
h The
.
rgrg-n mini,
L I V I NEW SPA FgR
IN A LIVS TOW N
Rodenbough Garage Safe is
Blasted; Automobile Stolen
From Garage; Hiway Stand«
Looted; Hotel Man’s Clothes
Rifled Wednesday Morning.
One of the moat stubborn fire* In
thia vicinity and perhapa the hardeat
to handle entirely destroyed the new
bunker*, aome of the machinery and
all of the electric wiring and swlichea
for the recently organized Inter-City
Hand and Oravel company, about
three-quarter* of a mile west of thl*
city on Saturday evening at 6:00
o’clock.
iT I
A
ACTIVE
D H A M S L WEEK
Perfect Éotdwr,
Inter-City Plant is Deatroyed by
Firs of Unknown Origin
Early Saturday Evening
niffiiway io ihe field for (he nervfre
wade In the Springfield public school service elation to l»c constructed A
“The Feeptae Paper”
FOUR GENERATIONS OF
MRS
K I N f t ’S R i u i i v
W,,H’ Kn|sht automobile belougteg
*° **r' ,n d M r* ’ Erne«t Meyera. of
California, who bad been vl.iU ng at
MRS. KING S FAMILY
HOLD LARGE REUNION the h°«»«
of Mr. and Mrs
w . H.
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Adrian, waa stolen from the Adrian’«
° f ' h* * " before they had been completed when
Four generation* of descendants of private garage some time on Sunday
a rd created the unexpended
“ “ C,a,'°» ,h*
" •'«""«« wet. ’
Mrs Susan King, of Springfield, to- night. It was not missed until lfon-
Thia or-
Naw Firm Incorporated
The warranted Indebtednaaa la now
gether with their tam ille*. gathered day afternoon when they went tar
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, Fanlzatlon authorised the purchase of
The incorporators of the new firm nt Yachats Saturday, July fth . for the »heir car. The automobile was re-
f 2,411*0 W arranta totaling 141K KO
’ The M cKansle highw ay I*
the »he marker and the placing ot _
'«
are Mr. Chase. Sig Moe. and Clarence
but
not presented i * * 1 un«doe highway In America" de «ha highway during th* convention
first reunion of the family lu 27 year* covered near Lebanon later that
. h aw been called
.
.
w .'i™
-r*.
u
k_
tar payment, th u . leaving the actual ¡dared M r*. W. L. Lawton, field agent ’ hlch waa held In Eugene l.a t vear I ,
’ "
They have already started when all of the children were pre- evening after It had been abandoned,
warrant Indebtedness ff.M7.40. The for the American
Nature association,
association ! Th
«caring down the charred remain* of sent Several people repreeenXIug I Although It I . possible that tha
merlcan Nature
warranted Indebtednaaa amounted
the road
amounted to
to I | who
who completed
completed Inspection
Inspection of
of the
road even
event f l* >e
i • rr*
. n«®d
a .v * ”■ »he ” »• original plant and have announc- each generation attended the outing, safe crackers trtole the automobileMt
ed that they will begin work at once
111 A H 01 on July 1. l i f t . Of th l. R.tnrday under the direction of th e
u
w a
Those present were Mrs. Susan does not coincide with the fact that
Only the King, --------- -
earn >2 481 11 had been called on war- state committee for the protection „1
H lg h w .y .-M o d e rn and H I. ■ rebuilding the bunker*.
- Bert
- - - Hodson.
-
- Lu«n Anderson
— -
Springfield;
found the tracks of
presented,
road
aide
beauty.
Nowhere
else,
so
'
X
E
^
rlv
’
naT1*
8,
*
“
“4drem.
foundation
,
nd
the
holding
the
,
Springfield;
Mr
rant* but k*d not been
and
Mr*.
Frank
«he
car
and ascertained that the
arrants fa r a . , h . h e . . . . m » ... ______
"" & ,rly
’ "«creoorae between bunkers can be used again. It
thu* leaving
outstanding w
warrants
far aa she knew, said Mrs. Lawton. , Esstern
.
„u. . . . — .
.
will j Hodson, Portland; Mr. and M r*. P. machine had gone south across the
and Western Oregon. by «.ke about „ days to complete
totaling fk.MZ 6*
the , O. Fleming. Portland; Mr. and M m bridge. Tracks left oTThe X m e ^
can you find the long stretch of lava
Frank Jenkins, Eugene; a short talk work
W a rra n t Indabtadnaa* Reduced
and the many snow clad mountain
.Cal Barnes and daughter.
Bernice. Indicated the kind of tires on the
on Service, by D. E. Yoran, poatmas
J u *t
W arrant* laaued during the year peaks In crossing a great divide.
hat effect the burning
of the Springfield; Mr. and Mrs.
A d rU - an’ ornobHe and the approximate wear
c e L c r . i 7 r 'p7r.o,n a'rll‘K n“wtad7elno’f h ^ th ls ^ v M *« ? 7" ' he h” hway »«rk Thomas and sons. Elton and Eugene, which each had ^-eTvTd.’
amounted to 340,046 28,
Warrants
Oregon has many beautiful high
called for payment during the year ways, and In general the roadsides
.
C’n’ ' ’r h* * n,’, b‘‘en deter- Yachata; Mr. and Mrs. Loys Thorns*
O a l< , by Carey Thompson.
Safe Crackers Seen
'mined.
amounted
to >49.452 A*, mus
thus riMiuc
redite
u ,u
cleaner thaD In moat atates, she I
»
-------- The gravel company had | and daughter, Shirley. Bend; Mr. and
Three n co n le h , . r d A ’
, ,
tng the outstanding Indebtedness by I pointed out. However.
she finds
Th* «narker will be unvleled by hul1« «he new Ptant because they had Mrs. Robert Martin, Portland; Miss which m ined th
* explosion
2* 406 41
The outstanding Indebted «"any objectionable bill boards on M r" O eorK* N. McLean, a pioneer ron«r»cts *o furnish more gravel than Aletha Hodson. Portland; Mr. and and Mrs H M
* araR'> safe
Mr.
d It are took
care of these
SAYS LANDSCAPE EXPERT nual
. 7 * P" rt
balance.;
ARTEC M p I
t A ,
of iu T .I
,,
r
7 " '
’ .
A F T E R MOUNTAIN TRIP ° r Rural *■*«««• Carrier*.
deficit*.
i wom"n- who
ncss for the prev‘ous year whs re | curves and near railroad crossings
will also read a poem ! ,h" ’r wer«* Able to supply from the Mrs. M. M. Hodson. Bend and Ralph the first hl*«t »7!t 7 * 7 “ Wakened by
dured by fR.834 70, according to the where the attention of the motorist w rl««*tt especially for the occasion.
P'*nt at Springfield.
¡Thomas. Portland
°oked from their
E ir e e n iia
'
nouse next to the A street service
report.
should be solely on the road
Bill
Fire
calls
were
answered
by
trucks
“
•fro m both
‘ ■•»” 1 The ,our Fenerations were repre- »tation without being able to discern
The revenue* for the year amount­ hoards, she aaid. were everyw here LODGE INSTALLATION IS
sented
Mrs.
King uvi
and
her daugh’
until uiini
after the second
' ’FH i f _____ngf eld and Eugene,
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uaunu
r i — — er anything *sR
ed to 351,308.38 aa compared with Increasing a* the traffic Increases,
HELD ON MONDAY NIG HT; *7 E,,Bene ,ruck mlre<* ln the sand Mrs. Fleming; Mrs. Adrian Thomas charjre had been set off. They then
and
the budget sum of 361.000.00
The and are hacoming n real menace to
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a not used in fighting the fire, and her son. Elton.
saw two men run
down the street
revenue Inst year was 353.860 82 The •, f * driving, beside* being In moat
Officers for both the Rebekah and " " kh J° " ,f an<’ •"«•»«»nta were sue- | Mrs. Fleming. Mrs. Cal Barnes, and and
'"«<> a
waiting automobile
I Odd EVIIow* lodge* were Installed rl7ei "and » 7 7 7 " ’,°" e *° ,be ; a * rt and Prank Hodson are all child- M d dr,Te awaT Prcd Frese. who wag
difference between the two Incomes I oa"M unsightly.
Mr*,
lotwtnn
and
Mr*. Jen*le at a Joint Installation program held
Is explained by the board member*
P mplng water from that ren of Mrs. King.
making bread In the bakery In the
*s being due to the fact that the tax Honeyman, chairman of the state I Monday evening In the lodge hall. aource.
Mrs.
M
artin
and
Althea
Hodson
hui,din< heard both explosion«,
receipts have been lest thia year i cotnmlttee of the Oregon Garden l Oeorge Findley waa Installed as the
are twin daughters of Bert Hodson hut the nols* of the «o'xlng machine
than previously, dun to many people 1 club* on rend*lde beauty, were In noble grand of the Odd Fellow*. STEALING FISH IN PONDS
and grandchildren of Mrs. King. preren«e<1 him from hearing much of
not paying (axes when they were Springfield Tuesday and met with a Their other officer* were Lee N.
LATEST ACTIVITY HERE ¡o th e r' grandchildren are Adrian. *h* flr"t «H o e io n . The second on*
committee
of
the
(Jon*
club.
They
due This money Is expected to be
Putnam, vice grand;
Karl Girard,
Loya, and Ralph Thomas, and Ber
T**7 ctear’ and ’ onn'«w« like •
paid Into the district at a later date also Inspected the ntrlp of McKenale treasurer, and Oswald Olson, secret-
9nm» people in this vicinity get
gasoline explosion, he stated. Several
nice Barnes.
highway
east
of
the
city
where
It
I*
and thus Increase the financial condi­
ary. The latter two office* are filled more enjoyment out of dipping fancy
others heard the automobile drive
There were three great
proposed to fllnnt tree* along the once a year and carried over. Hanry fish out of a private pond with a net
tion of the dlatrlcL
RTa«>d away after the explosion.
road. Aaalatanre on thl* project waa 8. McKIbbon. Coburg, district deputy than they do of catching them law­ children present They were Elton
Cash Balance Explained
How the thieves gained entrance
promised by them.
grand master, waa the Installing fully In the river, think* Mr*. Clara and Eugene Thoms* and Shirley
The cash account* ahow a -balance
, to the building la not known. The
Thomas.
Mrs. <«,»
laiwtnn
Ne |W ^ ork officer.
nl 8483.33 for the year aa compared
h*'. i*
Ô from *7
Fawver, who has had aix of her
side door left open by the thlevee
with 32.598 68 a y .a r ago The dlf '
r,,C,““ ’y b" n
prlae fish taken from the pond In
Officers
for
the
Rebekah
lodge
In­
(had
been heavily bolted from the In-
over 0000 miles of highway In Cali­
her yard at Second and F streets MAN’S LEG IS BROKEN
fersnee Ilea In the fact that the bal­
"Me. It la believed that the burglars
fornia and Isavss In a few days for stalled at the meeting were Amy within the past six weeks.
ance on July 1, 1838, amounted to al-
IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT either were In the building at tha
Love, noble graM I; Nellie Pyne, vice
Washington to make a survey of
The first and moat valued of her
moat 38.000 more than It did on July
grand;
Mrs.
Geneveve
Louk,
record
, _ .
.
««’" * '« wa" closed for the night or
roadside* In that state.
B. C. Gay of Goshen, la In the else they had a key for the fie a t
fish waa taken about six weeks ago.
I. 1880. Interest on warrants laaued
ng secretary, and Alice Lorah, trea­
They have been disappearing since Pacific Christian hospital
but not paid for lack of funds were
with
a door.
surer. Mrs. Clarlne Putnam w ill hold
$*#0 58 this year a* compared with LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED
Unaxplalnabla
her office as financial secretary for that time until now there are only broken leg as a result of a collision
ten of the original fish left In th* of an automobile driven by Robert
ON MONDAYS DURING
31.583.11 for tha previous year.
another term.
Mr. Page la unable to account for
pond.
Loomis with the road sweeper which his loss. *He declared t h a T t e aroM
TWO QUIETEST MONTHS
Ceunty Treasurer hat Surplua
Mrs. Fawver la convinced that i u e a d . y ^ ^ n g ' 6a",
he C‘ty ° D “ 6 00 ° 'C,OCk ,0 ’ * " * a
aad
UNION SERVICES TO BE •
Receipts In th* hand* of the county
The city library will be closed on
some people have taken the fish as
*'
! then went back to bed. When ha
treasurer for the Interest and sink­
Mondays during the months of July
AT METHODIST CHURCH she ha* returned to her home on
Mr. Loomis, who Is visiting in thia dressed he found that both of tha
ing fund amounted to 33.600.60 aa
several occasion* to see an automo­ city from California, says that he pocket books which he carries had
and August, It was announced this
compared wltji 83.838 54 last year.
Union church services next Sun­ bile drive away from her place about ran Into the sweeper without seeing been rifled. A tall slender man waa
wesk. It w ill remain open afternoons
Bond Interest thl* year amounted to
and evenings on Wednesday and Sat­ day will he held at the Methodist half a block ahead of her.
It. The Impact threw the seat of the seen to leave the hotel shortly after
38.796.80, and a surplus carried over
urday. The Uioalug of the library one church, with Rev. Veltle Pruitt occu­
sweeper forward over Mr. Gay’s leg. 3:00 o’clock.
from last year leaves a cash balance
day each week during the quiet sum­ pying the pulpit. He w ill also fill the TWO SAILORS SPENDING
*h 7 X ”K
m L° ° “ ? ,ppeared at thB tlnkwown
persons entered
tha
of 3303 26 now In the hands of the
mer months has been followed for pulpit at the Christian church the
t T l,“ ? 7
° Ut M BC‘
t,at,er raa,Cb# ’««"“«> locatad h *
FURLOUGHS
IN
CITY
county treasurer.
following Sunday evening.
several years.
voteeS i X
tataeH th
.a“ "“ 6’
•tWPe” EUkenP 8nd Sprl" * f lp' d *» S»«»’
F. B. Flanery and Clayton B arter
Rev. Ralph MulhoJIantl will take
Two tailors assigned to duty on X
no i n
‘ he accident over, day evening and took several c a rto u
ware sworn In as director and clerk
Hoarding Worthless Treasure as the the U. S. 8. Nevada arrived In Spring- but no announcement has teen made of cigarettes and other Items.
N. O. W. ENTERTAINS FOR
respectively at the meeting Monday
theme for hla sermon Sunday morn­ Held during the past week end and X X
S‘ r “ eD “ the Sh erlfr8
ThS
d rlnk "tand ,n tb *
NEIGHBORING CIRCLES ing at the Baptist church.
evening, and It was announced that
are spending their furloughs with re­
.
same
neighborhood
was also looted
an future meetings of the board will
The regular quarterly business latives. They are Lewis Shipley, who Inv
The members of Pin,, Circle num­
.aU‘T Obl,e ” "°W
“ few dRy"
and M**w»rka and
be held at the office of Dr. W. H.
ber 4fl of the Neighbors of Woodcraft meeting of the Baptist congregation •» on a ten day leave, and Verne Ing repaired at a local garage. The ¡other things were taken
Pollard, senior member on the board
Berber, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. radiator and both fender* on It were 1
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entertained
Inst night for the mem I* to be held this evening.
and new chairman of the group.
Berber, who has a 16 day vacation broken as well as other damage
hers of the circle* at Coburg and
D O C BITES CHILD’S LIP
Several
young
people
from
Rev.
New Wood Bide to ba Called
W altervllle with a program and a Mnlholland’s church are planning to Lewis Is visiting with h l* grand
It was also decided to call for new chicken supper.
WHILE PLAYING IN YARD
Fo to McMinnville Saturday evening « „ 7 wUI “re, r V
” - ? C’ B»rker’ BARBER TRADES FARM
bids for 100 cords of slab wood for
attend th« w „ , u
w ru .
18 " w,lt rpJoln his ship at Belllng-
tho aohnot. T H
a
Following the regular business to
to attend the World Wide Guild
’ FOR NEHALEM PROPERTY
The five year old son of Mr. and
‘ 7 *7 '" ’
" ProFram consisting of House party to be held there Saturday ham. Gerber will meet hfx ship at
teen delivered by a local doaler,
, Mre. Cufsforth, of Sacramento, CaB-
Port Angeles on July 20.
talks by the Guardian Neighbors of evening and Sunday.
A deal was completed this week fonila, who are visiting nt the home
but who refused to accept th* deci-
the throe group«, two vocal duet* by
whereby A. A. Andereon trades his of her »later. Mrs. / . D. Horton, m
alon of the board. They have there
Safety Council Masts
the Maaes Edna nnd Elizabeth Paris,
7 7 7 P7 Pt r7 ,M ° <” hen t0 J ®- bitten on the Up Satnrday morning
City Council Meet* Monday
fore decided to call for new bids.
The regular monthly meeting of
and n one-act playlet. Thu Reader,
Ciuett. of Nehalem, for a confection- j while playing with a dog In the
The matter of adding new class
the Safety Council tor the southern
which was presented by the local
ery and service station at that city, ¡ton yard. The dog left a ted cut
The regular meeting of the city
room* at the Lincoln and Brattaln drill team.
division of the Mountain States
.
7 ’° ’° ld hls ba»‘be»‘ hnetness R was necessary to hare a local
council is to be held next Monday.
schools to care for the Increased en­
Ona hundred people attended the No special huslnes* Is expected to power company waa bald at tha In this city to Wayne Clover, who has 1 slclan clean ths wound and drnaa 1L
rollment woe dlacu-.eed, but no offi­
power plant Monday evening. A dis­ been working tar him tor noma time. Tha dog la believed to have
chicken supper which was served in
( be brought before the body, accord­
c ia l action waa taken.
cussion
of recant accident« occupied Mr. and Mr*. Andereon
th * dining room after the program.
ing to Mayor Tyaon.
to at the boy aoeMentally while
the evening.
move to Mehalen
vera piarla« alona hi thn
Ä