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Try the Home Print Shop First 1 rnIF. SPRINGFIELD NEWS TWKNTY-HKVENTII YEAR IttWLET SAYS VOTE FOR PHIL MEISCHAN The luncheon here for Mr. Hawley waa Nerved by the wives of the pre cinct committeemen. Mr« C. R Wh«a ton. Mra. M II Huntly, Mrs. C. R, Kenyon and Mrs. H. R Maxey. A venison feed, the meat being contrib ution by R. B Hamlin, was enjoyed by those present H R. Maxey, republican congres sional committeeman for la n e county, accompanied Mr. Hawley on hla tour of the throe cities. FURTHER STEPS TAKEN TO PREVENT FLOODS IN WEST SPRINGFIELD The clearing off of all brush and «aiding trees on a large area of the ground along the eaat aide of the Willamette river Just north of the Springfield bridge la another step which la being taken this fall by the atate highway department In an effort to relieve the flood conditions which have frequently caused a large amount of damage In thia vicinity. According to Raymond Walah, resi dent state highway engineer, the clearing of the tract along thia aide of the river la expected to prevent any further rising of the gravel bar now there and may possibly gradually I n < partially waahed away. It Is cer tain, however, that the absence of the brush will prevent any retarda tion of the water flow and will aid In keeping the river within Its banks when the heavy rains begin. A large drainage ditch near Thurs ton was recently completed from the now portion of the McKenxIe high way to the McKenxIe river. This ditch will stop a large amount of water which usually flows down Into Hprlngfleld from the mountains and will divert It Into the McKInxIe river nnd will not roach the Willamette until the two river meet below A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A LIVE TOWN HPKIN GH KU), LA N E COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, O CTO BER 30, 1930 Eugene Cancels Bell Theatre To Springfield Game Open Again Soon No. 42 47 CANDIDATES AND 13 BILLS FOB VOTE BUDEETJS $92,140 Cottage Grove Gama Won by Three Mett Sign Lease on Show Locals in Rain Friday; Sec House Here; To Install R. ond Team Plays Today Meier not a Servant but a C. A. Sound Equipment More Teachers; New Equipment Matter If He Buys Governor Accounts for Increase in Kugene high school does not care The Bell theatre will be reopened ship, declares Congressman; to meet the Hprlngfleld fool ball team oom« time the first part of November Estimated School Expense; Who was Metschan’s Teacher either here or In Kugene and accord by three men who have signed a Receipts Larger Than Last ingly have cancelled the tentative leave on the theatre and equipment. at Willamette. Year. "Phil Metschan, the republican can didate la by tar the boat equipped man tor governor of thia atate," Con gressman Hawley told his audience In five different meeting« In le n e county Saturday Congressman Hawley epoke to the mill men at the Booth-Kelly plant at noon, had luncheon with pre cinct committeemen and other party workers at the Springfield chamber of commerce at I o'clock, addressed an afternoon meeting at the Cottage Orova theatre, had dinner with the republican central committee and othera at the Kugene hotel In the evening and later apoke at a repub lican rally at the courthouae. Mr Hawley waa greeted evarywhare he went In I<ane county and la evi dently even more popular than In the I>aat after a record of 24 year« *« repreaentatlve from thia congreaalunal district. He la sow chairman of the waya and mean« committee of the houae and la regarded aa among the moat Influential men In governmental affalra In thia nation Mr Metachan went to acbool to Mr. Hawley when he taught at Wiliam ctte university. They have been life-long friends The rongreeaman sketched the life of Mr. Metachan when he worked at 26 ceota a day aa a lad to hla preaent successful business operations. "He la a smart. Industrious. capable and honeat man.’* aald Mr Hawley In pralalng the republican candidate for governor. "You'll make no mlatake In voting for him and you will alao be uphold ing the prlnctplea of the republican party," he told hla llatenera. He deplored the action of the In dependent candidate to buy the gov ernomhlp of Oregon "Such a governor will not be a aervant of the people but their mnater," he declared. "The People's Paper" gume which they had scheduled with the local team for Friday, Novem ber 14. Thia announcement came aa a great disappointment to the high school team as well us the townspeople of Hprlngfleld Kfforts have been made to schedule a game between the two schools for the past two years and have always ended In failure. Buell Blam es Eugene The Eugene high school Is blamed for the unwillingness to meet the locals by W. B. Buell, principal of the Hprlngfleld high achool. It Is a clear case of fear of defeat at the hands of s much «mailer school thinks Buell. Announcement that the game would be cancelled was made by Harry Johnson, principal of the Kugene high school, with the statement that a game with Hprlngfleld would be a game for the Kugene second team and that they wuul probuhly become ov«r confident and weuken to the extent that It would be necessary to use some of their first string players against the locals. This would e n danger these stellar athletes and i.ny Injury to them would Impair the team In a more Important game the fol lowing week. He also poluted out that the Hprlngfleld team would he all pepped up to take the game while hla men would be more-or-less In different. Regardless of causes for cancella tion of the game It la now certain 'hat no Inter-city gume will be played this year elthsr. This decision Is a great disappoint no-nt to Norval May, high school coach, who bos been striving all season to arrange schedules so that the two schools could meet. Win Grove Gams Friday Last Friday marked another vic tory for the Hprlngfleld team when they went to Cottage Grove and de feated the team there six to nothing. Tlie field was a »»a of mud and the greater part of the game was played In a steady drlsxle of rain. E<l Tomseth sprained his ankle In the game and will be unable to play for two or three weeks. This was the only Injury to either team They ure <’. H Benjamin, C. H. Cole, and Granville McPherson. Benjamin and Cole have been In business In Eugene until recently, and McPher son has been Interested in the theatre business In Klamath Falls before Join ing the Kugene men In tbts venture. Rushing Opening are striving to get the the atre opened os soon as possible.'• de clarer! Mr Benjamin yesterday, "but we will not open the tbea’re to the public until we have secured our talking equipment, had It Installed and tested out under all conceivable conditions." 'We have had an order placed with the manufacturers of the Radio Cor poratlon of America for their standard R. C. A theatre sound equipment for some time and expect It to be here very soon," he continued. "This Is considered one of the best sound In stallations which can be obtained. It Is the same as was used at the Helllg In Eugene for several years, and parts for this type of equipment are Inter changeable with the Western Electric equipment.” "W e First Run Pictures Only first run pictures will be shown at the Bell theatre. The prices have not been determined as yet, but the new operators state that they will be lower than those In most of the Eu gene houses. The Interior of the building Is being renovated this week and the stage will be greatly Improved. New Screen Purchased A new sound screen will also be Installed before the opening of the theatre. The name Be'I Theatro will he rj- talned for the present ; nd no ebanre In the front of the th. vtre will bo made until spring. The owners plan, however, to tear out the entire front of the theatre at that time and en tirely remodel the show house. MRS. W R IG H T ENTERTAINS AENEAS CLUB TUESDAY Members of the Aeneas club were entertained at the home of Mrs. 8. C. Wright on Tuesday afternoon. The afternoon was spent sewing. The 8econd Squad to Play The Hprlngfleld second team will decorations and refreshments follow Invade Kugene territory for the first ed the Hallowe’en motif. time today when they meet the Drives to Portland—Willis Bertsch Woodrow Wilson junior high school teum this afternoon. The Junior high took a load of goods to Portland Mon boys wnlked all over the second team day and returned with another load In the game here two weeks ago on Tuesday. He was accompanied but some shifting In lineup has been by Norval Foss made and a more even game Is ex pected. No game la scheduled for the regu lar team this week. Th«V will con tinue light practice sessions In prep aration for the tilt here with the University high team on November 7. An estimated budget of $62,140.00 fur school district number 19 was Miss Ruliy M. Ayres, author oi drawn and passed on by the school “Brolcm,” acclaimed by critics sx Eng land» foremost woman novelist board and the cltlxens' budget com mittee at a meeting held here Mon day evening. The committee has called a school meeting to be held at the high acbool auditorium on Monday, November 24. 1930 at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of discussing the proposed budget and the levying of a special tax for school purposes. The estimated budget Is $1,140.00 higher than it was last year. This School Board Names Roy P. Quiney to Succeed Lawrence Is due to the increase In the teacu- Ing staff. Two new teachers have Moffit; No New Teacher to been added to the faculty of the Be Added to Staff; Boost schools this year, and many others For City. have become eligible for raises in salary. Lawrence Moffit, principal of the This year the total amount of es Lincoln school since 1927. has resigned timated revenue from other sources and will leave at* the end of this is $20.000 00 as compared with $19. week to assume the position of as 660 00 last year. Voters will be asked sistant school superintendent for Lane to ralHe $32,140 0 by direct taxation for this budget as compared with county. His appointment to the posi $31.860 00 last year. tion was announced Friday of last Salaries Largest Item week at the close of the teachers' The largest single Item of expense Institute which was held at the Wood- In the proposed budget Is that of row Wilson Junior high school In Eu- salaries for principals and Instructors. ¡¡tie. He will cssume his now duties Thl i sum amounts to $33,895 00 ano November 3. and will serve for the does not Include stenographic and balance of the »erm of E. J. Moore, Janitor services. New furniture and present supertn’endent, who has been equipment and alteration of buildings seriously III and who is unable to will probably cost $600. The sum of handle the many details of the office, $1.000 has been Included for main his will be for two years and two tenance and repairs. Sums alloted months. for the other Items are all given Contrary to published reports, Mr. In the budget wh’ch Is published In Moffit, is not taking the place of this Issue of the News. Arnold D. Collier, as County Club The total Indebtedness of the dls- leader and Four-H worker. He is as rli at this time Is ,'73,422.90. This suming county school work which Mr. is dlvid J In two ’¿ alts, the first Moore is unable to carry on. Mr. being $71,COJ.OO which represents the Collier plans on taking a year's leave amount of the actual indebtedness cf absence to continue his studies, for which bonds have been Issued. but some other person will be ap The amount of warrants Issued, but pointed to fill this vacancy during marked not paid for lack of funds the period of the leave of absence. The selection of one of the Spring- •s now $2.422.90. This Is just a little more than a third of what It was field teachers for this position Is a last y--ar when outstanding warrants signal honor for the city of Spring- field thinks W. E. Buell, principal o! amounted to $8.962.69. the high school. "It speaks well for Bonded Indebtedness Same the Integrity and ability of the mem The amount of the bonded Indebted bers of the teaching staff of the city,” ness has not been reduced and still he declared. remains the same as It was last year. Roy P. Quincy was named succes Members of the school board. Dr. sor to Moffitt at the Lincoln school W. H. Pollard, chairman, Floyd Flan- at a meeting of the school board ery and C. A. Bwartx. together with Monday evening. No new teacher will the cltlxens’ committee composed of be added to the staff at the school W. C. Wright, C. E. Kenyon and Wm. as the enrollment does not warrant G. Hughes, comprise the budget board. another member on the tea hlng fac They drew the budget which will be ulty. voted on November 24. Quiney Is a new man In Spring- field this year. He haa had several years experience teaching at Goshen and other places before coming to Springfield. LINCOLN iN C IP A L AIO TO LANE SUPT. Starting New Serial this Week Read First Installment! First Installment So this was Julie Farrow! a woman whose love nffalrs were notorious al- though she was said to be only eight and twenty, a woman for whose worth- less sake only six months ago a young fool, had. In a moment of hysterical disillusionment, taken his life. Giles Chlttenham put down bis Iced drink and shifted his position a little In order to get a better view of her. She was very plainly dressed. Ruby by M . Ayres Rodney was a powerful swimmer. but a coroner’s Jury had brought In accidental death, and only Chlttenham knew the truth, only Chlttenham ever Baw a letter which the boy had posted lo hint In America an hour before his death, declaring his intention, "She's done with me. She’s for- bidden me to go near her again.’1 Chlttenham had destroyed the letter us soon as he hod read It. Of what use to stir up muddy water when Rod- She was entirely without Jewelry J ney wa8 gt)ne? of any kind, without even a wedding ring. Rodney hod complained that Julie Farrow was not Interested In diamonds. "Hhe won't let me give her any- thing. She saya she hates diamonds She won't take anything from me. I only wish to God she would.” This woman was certainly unique; there was nothing of the stereotyped adventuress about her, and possibly therein lay her chief attraction. Rodney at any rate had adored her, adored her so madly that one night, convinced at last that she would have nothing to do with him, he had upset a skiff near the weir at Maidenhead and put an end to his life. City Candidates Two candidates, W. F. Walker and W. P. Tyson are seeking the local mayorallty position. I. M Peterson and Grace May both want to be city recorder, while W. C. Me Lagan. Fred Frese and C. E. Wheaton are out for the two vacancies on the city council. W. F. Walker is also a candidate for justice of the peace. Tyson, Peter son and McLagan are present In cumbents. National Offices The various candidates to be voted on at the election next Tuesday are: For United States Senator: Llewel lyn Banks. Independent; Chas. L. Mc Nary, republican; H. H. Stallard, In dependent; O. D. Teel, socialist; and Elton Watkins, democratic. For Representative in Congress, first district: William A. Delzell. democratic, and W. C. Hawley, re publican. State Candidates For Governor: Edward F. Bailey, democrat; Julius L. Meier, Indepen dent; Albert Strelff, socialist, and Phtll Meltachan, republican. Justice of Supreme Court, position number five: James U. Campbell, re publican. and Oliver P. Coehow. dem ocrat; position number one, Percy P. Kelly, republican-democrat; posi tion number six, Harry H. Belt, re publican-democratic, and J. E. Hos mer. socialist. For Superintendent of Public In struction: C. A. Howard, republican- democratic. For Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor: James M. Alley, socialist, and C. H. Gram, republican-demo cratic. County Offices For Senator, Third senatorial dis trict: H. C. Wheeler, republican-dem ocratic. For Senator. Fourth senatorial dis trict: Joel C. Booth, republican, and L. L. Ray. democratic. For Representative In the Third representative district: Earl HUI. re publican-democratic; Emmett Howard, republican-democratic, and Elwin A McCornack, republican. Three are to be elected. For County Commissioner: O. E. Crowe, republican, and Roes Huston, democratic. Redmond Man Purchases Prop For C o u n t y Treasurer: Grace erty Here; Takes Posses Skchiska. republican. sion November 1 \ / Forty-seven candidate and thirteen members will come before the voters at the general election next Tuesday. Voters will be asked to express their choice of candidates after one of the most hectic campaigns for governor in Oregon’s history. Seemingly os the balloting time arrives It Is any body’s victory with each candidate strong In certain localities. A record poll Is expected In Spring- field, despite the fact that reglster- atlons are lower than they were at the last general election. Politically, Springfield has taken a great deal more Interest in the outcome of the governorship and certain measures than it haa over Its own city offices. City Laundry Is Sold To Hobbs HARRIS SAYS GRANGE BILL MAY FORCE TAXES AGAINST PEOPLE’S W ILL Under the proposed grange bill Eu gene might create a power district that would Include Hprlngfleld and other communities even against their will, Judge Lawrence T. Harris told the members of the Lions club at last Friday's meeting. Judge Harris nnalyxed the bill’s powers and said that It was not necessary to amend the constitution In order to have power districts but that they could be created by the legislature the same as have road, school, port and drainage districts. In order to gain more taxable prop nrty or to justify large bond Issues the city of Kugene or any other large town might vote into a power district large sections that did not desire to he In such a power district under Eugene. the provisions of this act. He pointed out that It would be possible to do AIR COMPANY TO BUILD the same thing aa was done by the LARGE HANGARS SOON creation of the Diamond Lake road district- take In a large amount of Construction work on two large air territory not benefltted, for the pur plane hangar will start Immediately pose of taxation. nt the municipal airport according The proposed amendment is not an to the members of the airport com mittee who mot with Pilot Palmetter, enabling act but Is sufficient In Itself vice president of the Bonnott Airways to enrry out Its provisions pointed company, for a few minutes yester out the Judge. Once It Is a part of day. Tho Bennett company will rush the constitution the legislature can the work on the hangars and hope« not change It or limit Its powers to lie able to start actual operations In any way. soon on the transport line, which will Dislocates 8houlder—The daughter opernto south from Tacoma and be tween Bend and Coos Bay, with of Charles Irish of Marcóla suffered Springfield as the night, stop and a broken shoulder Hunday when she was thrown from a horse. terminal of all trips. Hot Campaign Coming to End; City Politics Quiet; Spring- field Polling Places and Elec tion Boards Given for Tues day Voting. Chlttenham had been out of Eng- land for nearly two years looking after Interests In South America, and he had only returned on account of Rodney's death, and In order to wind up his affairs. Rodney and he were half-brothers. Giles knew that he would be treated to a week of hysterics when he and his mother met. He was sorry for his mother, but he bad always found her wearisome. In his heart he was nmaxed that she had ever managed to find two husbands. Rodney had been like his mother. The boy’s tragic death had been a severe blow to Giles, and he had Continued on Page 4 W. H. Hobbs of Redmond has pur chased the Springfield Laundry from H. W. Chase and J. W. Avltt and will take possession of the business on November 1, according to H. W Chase. Mr. Hobbs has also purchased the res dence at Ninth and B streets from George Carson. He has made two trips here during the week mov ing his household effects and will be located permanently after today. Mr. Hobbs Is an experienced laun- dryman having operated the laundry at Redmond for several years before purchasing here. He has also operated several other laundries In other cities. No Immediate changes in the local laundry or In the staff will be made for the present. Mr. Avltt will r» main with the new purchaser In the capacity of employee and will con tlnue to handle all of the washing for the laundry. The plans of Mr. Chase have not been completed yet. He Will leave the laundry and will probably locate on a small acreage In this vicinity. He desires to raise vegetables for the cannery. If he can so situate him self. Mr. Avltt Is the senior man In the Hprlngfleld Launry, having been with It for two and one-half years. Mr. Chase bought In with Mr. Avltt six months ago and owned a half Interest at the time of the sale. Many Important Measures Thirteen measures are on the ballot which will be given to each voter on election day. They are: Repeal of State Payment of Irrigation and Drainage District Interest, State Cab inet form of Government, constlu- tlonal amendment. Bonus Loon con stitutional amendment. Motor Vehicle License tax constltutlal amendment. Motor Vehicle Tax constitutional amendment. Constitutional amend ment for filling vacancies In the legis lature. Legislator's Compensation con stitutional amendment, two additional circuit Judges bill. Income Tax Bill, Antl-CIgarette Constitutional Amend ment, Rogue River Fishing Constitu tion! amendment. Lieutenant Governor constitutional amendment, and Peo ples Water and Power Utility Dis trlcts constitutional amendment. Where to Vote There will be four polling places In Springfield Precinct number one will vote at the high school, number two at the City hall, number three at the Lincoln school, and number four at the Brattaln school. Springfield Board The election hoards for the pre cincts are as follows: Number 1—Cora M. Hinson, chair man; Elsie Stewart. Judge; Olive Nice, 1st clerk; Gertrude P. Wilson, 2nd clerk; Nellie CarT. 3rd clerk. Number 2—Maude T. Bryan, chalr- (Contlnued on Page t)