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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS TIIIRTY-F1KHT YEAR MTERS10 ELEC1 MAYOR ON NCI WHIG NG El ELI), LANK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1934 SPEAKER ON SUNDAY MUST BE IN WEDNESDAY Ballot To Be Printed By City Acting Mayor Taylor Calls Special Counoil Meeting . Voter« of Hprlugflald will I»' Bell ed Io elect a «urceoaor to Ilia lata. W P Tyaou. *■ mayor of lha rlty. I al the general election on Noveni-1 I t . ; Mohan V. Raj, Hindu, who will bar 8. II waa announrrd . at . .k Ina . . rlty B allot M ay Be Blank use Lan tern picture« and a rt ax- h |* n |o pO rtr, y present conditions (n (n<J(a „ Methodist church Sun- evening. , , „ ------ CHURCH TO HEAR HINDU SPEAKER Christian Convert To Discus* Present Condition* In India; Ha* Films Of Homeland Mohan V ItaJ. of Bombay. India Ballot« will have to be printed ' w|u p, here to slve an address on by the city and they will be votdd prMenl-day India at the Metbodlat and counted along with the refular enureb Huuday at 5 o'clock Ptc- election ballots. In case there are i , urc, revealing Industrial, rellgl- uo candidates blank ballots will be ()UI >tD<j au<ial aspecta of "Mother printed and voters asked to write India” will be presented on the In names of their choice The sue- ((-reeu In connection with the lac- easeful candidate will serve a term lure living the people of Spring of two years or for the unexplrad an unusual opportunity to term of the tale Mayor. pet a first hand picture of present- A special meeting of the C ity' day India Council with Council President. W | Mr h „ j |B „ graduate of the Uni- A Taylor, presiding and acting as varsity of Minnesota. Born In a mayor, will b<- held Friday evening Hindu family, he embraced Christ- for the purpose of passing a ape lanlty. He served aa a lieutenant d a l ordinance and making other under the British flag during the necessary provisions for the hold Egyptian and Palestinian expedl- lug of the «lection. lions led by Oeneral Allenby. He Must gleet At Once hu traveled among all classes ot Immediate action In the uamlng people lu India, Is familiar with all of a successor Is necessary be the religions, has had conferences cause, although the council can ap with Mahatma Gandhi. has worked point a mayor, he can serve only among the untouchables, baa visit until the next general election ed much of the mission work, and haa come In contact Intimately with which will be November 6. Tbs city government is now In many Utile known phaaea of Indian the peculiar position of having an life He speaks six Indian languages acting mayor and two councllmvn. und English fluently In his lecture. Jess Cross and J. D Pyle, both of whose terms will expire at the end Mr Its) will tell of the agricultural of the present year. Taylor sits In methods used In India, the work of the mayor's chair, and tbs vacancy the missionaries, of India's strug left by the resignation of C. F. gle for Independence, of Mahatma Gandhi'« Influence, of the Indus- Barber remains unfilled trial and political needs of India, C ity Campaign Quiet and other topics Including a vari Interest In the rlty political cam ety of personal experiences. A dis palgn has lagged lately. Contests play of India art goods and toxtllee exist in the offices of recorder, will be on exhibit at the church. treasurer, and for the uuexptred This program la being put on at remainder of the Barber term as 5 o’clock in order not td conflict councilman with other services and to make I M. Peterson, Mary Mlllor, E. It available for all the people. E Kepner, and William O. Hughes "Chrlat'a People and Mine," will all seek the recorder position Elsie be Hev Dean C. Poindexter's topic Pollard and Cheater Aldrich want at the morning service at eleven to be treasurer, and P. J. Bartho o'clock. This Is a special mission lomew aud J. D. Pyle are candi ary service. The Church school date« for the abort council term. meets at*9:46 a. m and the le a Edward Prlvat and Earl Thomp gues at 8:30 p. m. son are candidates uncontested for the long termc. DRY MEASURES H IT BY ORGANIZED CROUP FINAL BITES FOB’’ MRS.CRUZAN HELD Campaigning for the defeat ot l-ane county's two prohibition mea sure« on November's ballot waa started this week by the Lawful Many Friends Fill Methodist Temperance League of l-ane C ouii I Church Monday Afternoon ty under the direction of a county • For Faithful Worker wide executive rommlttee headed by James H. Baker, prominent Mrs Junle Cruxnn passed away l-ane county I-eglonnalro, Floyd at her home Friday morning fol Mnnvllle. well-known auto distribu lowing c lingering Illness. tor, and W P. Fell, prominent civic Born on Mnrch 20. 1887, Mrs. worker all of Eugene. t'ruxan. whose maiden name was The League asks overwhelming Janie I-oulse Moes, was married to defeat of prohibition on the Andrew J. t'ruxan on July 19, 1893. grounds that It will restore boot She Is survived by two half sla leg control In place of state con ters. Mrs dertrude l.jd Strong. trol of liquor and that a prohibition Huntsville. Alabama, and Mrs. Rose law wonld force a county to forfeit Ramsey. Santa Anna, California; state liquor revenues that It la re two nieces, Mrs. Roy E. Johnson, ceiving for old age pensions, Birmingham. Alabama, and Mrs. mothers aid, and unemployment re George P. Meade. Qramercy. l-outs- lief. lana; three nephews, Claybourne "We believe that bootleg control Hussey, Nashville. Tennessee; is too great a price to pay for the Freeman T. Moss, Miami. Florida, proposed country dry laws. They and Ray Musa; besides relatives would do nothing except make the through marriage who live In this county both lawfully dry and un community. lawfully wet and make It harder Her father was at one time a to enforce law and order." plnntallnn owner In the south. Both of her parents died here and are CONGRESS CANDIDATE hurled at Pleasant Hill. Mrs. Cruxan taught school In VISITOR WEDNESDAY Springfield for several years and hau taken nn active Interest In the work of the Methodist church for ninny years. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Monday after noon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Dean C. Poindexter officiating. Members of the Neighbors of Woodcraft of which she was n member attended In a body nnd Interment was made at Pleasant Hill cemetery by the Move to Portland—Mr. and Mrs. Poole Funeral home. Floyd Bloxham have moved back to Portland. Mr. Bloxham operated Visits In Albany—Mrs. H. E. Ger the Springfield garage here tor ber spent Friday at Albany visit ing with relatives. some time. Emmett W. duller, professor of economics nt Pacific college at Newberg, and Independent candi date for congress from the first Oregon district was a visitor In Springfield Wednesday afternoon. Mr. dulley Is making an extended tour of his district going to the southern Oregon countlee from Springfield. PARTY RALLY 10 BE HELD TUESDAY PASSES SUDDENLY Plan Initiation Of Members; ' County District Plan Would Set Hallowe'en Party For ; Springfield Folk To Fete Re Next Monday Night Centralize Most Power* Of publican Candidate For Local Boards in One Body Governor On Saturday Plana for the initiation of a large Petition* Signed By 25 Voi Will Nominate Candidate For Unexpired Term hall thia week. Completely »pari by lha sudden pasaltig of lha Mayor, aud pressed for lima In which Io taka action/ city officials have beau searching law book and uiaetlua with the touuly clerk Io datarmlua lha pro per procedure In aurb raaaa. Il has now been decided that candidates will ba uoruluatad by petition Each petition must have the name« of at least 26 legal volar« signed on II and they must ba filed with lha City Recorder on or before Wednesday noon, tlrtotber 31. VOTE ON COUNTY ONIT SCHOOL UP Rebekah Lodge Leader to Come NO. 40 Merging ni all but Eugene first claaa next month at the time Mrs. The only rally of Republican class school district of l-ane coun ' (Irat e Christenson, state president, ' forces to be held In Springfield ty Into one county school district pays her official visit were made liefore the general election Noveiu- will he decided by the voters of Monday evening by members of ' lw»r 8. has been planned at Taylor Juanita Kebekah lodge The exact I hall for Tuesday evening. October this county November 8, The nec essary 100 names were signed to , date for the visit will be aunoun- i 30. al 7:30 by the l-ane county Republican Central committee un a pelIIIon from (he Mapleton dis 1 < ed later. The annual free-will offering for der the direction of Chairman Fred trict and the proposed plan will he Included In the ballot to be Christmas festivities for the I. O. Stick la. and Mrs Mary Near, of O. F. home at Portland will be the women's division. Mrs Edward voted at the general election. taken al the same time as the Prlvat and Dr W. N. Dow wilt have If passed the act will provide for state president visits -the local charge of local arrangements. a division of the county Into five lodge II wae announced representative sones by the district James Rodman, recent arrival The members will have a large boundary board aud the election of Hallowe’en party at the hall after from Nebraska where he served In one county school board member their business session next week the state legislature for 10 years, from each sone They will hold of It was announced by Lee Putman, and Mrs Thomas S Wells, promin fice for five years except at the chairman uf the eoclal committee. ent club woman of Eugene, will first election when they will be Official practice of the Progress be the principal speakers. Most of graduated according to the number ive 32 drill loam was held after the Republican county candidates of votes received. the Monday meeting under the di will be present and will be Intro Du Uss of County Board rection of Mrs. Bertie Walker, cap duced to the audience. The county school board will pre All Republicans and others In tain. Another practice will be held pare the budget for the county terested are urged to attend thia on October 30. school district, will have general meeting. supervision over both elementary Dunne Dinner Planned and high schools, will employ a I-ocal Republican men and wo county school superintendent to men will meet at Taylor hall Sat act aa secretary of the board, will urday noon to entertain Joe E employ all teachers, school clerks. Dunne at a luncheon on his final Janitors and other employees aa visit to the county before election needed, purchase all supplies, may Dunne enters Lane county Friday build school houses or consolidate noon at Junction City where he schools and make arrangements for will start the following schedule Annual Encounter Will Be t ran « porta lion If necessary. Mem j for the next day and a half: bers of the board will make writ Played On Hayward Field Friday Junction City at noon; ten reports to the taxpayers. Saturday Afternoon at 2 I Cheshire. 1 30; Franklin, 2:00; Each sub-school district, the Saturday will be the big day of Elmira. 2:30; Notl, 3:00; Veneta. present local district, will continue electing a board ot three members the present football season for the 3:45; Crow. 4:30; Lorane. 5:00; for three-year terms whose duties Springfield high school. The local Cottage Grove, 5:30; Creswell. «hall be guardianship of the school football team will go to Eugene 7:15; and Radio KORE 8:15 to property, make tnepectlona and re where they will meet the Univer 8:30; Courthouse 8:46; and Stu- commendations to the county di sity high eleven on Hayward field ' dent committee 9:80. Saturday morning. Oakridge. rectors. They may also reject any ' at 2 o'clock in their annual en- 9:00: Westfir. 10:00; Lowell. 11:00. teacher assigned the district 30 1 counter. Both teams are about evenly KORE 12:00 - 12:15; Springfield days before the term opens and they may recommend teachers for matched, with the U. H. 8. group 12:25; and address at party head retention or new teachers for as holding a slight edge with the re- quarters at 2 o'clock. : turn of several experienced players signment to their schools To make the county school law rom last season. Both teams have effective In Lane county It must made about the same comparative be approved by a majority of the score against the weaker Reeds voters at the regular election and port team. A large crowd is expected for It becomes effective the following the high school classic. The Uni July 1. The law also provides for an ad versity team will be clear out of justment of aeseta and liabilities the country playing In Utah and of the Individual districts, each to no other big game will be played Ladies Of Methodist Church be taxed In proportion to the nearby Portland is also drawing a To Offer Bazaar, Booths, amount of debt or surplus now on blank In the football nchedule this Dinner. Program Friday racord. It also makes provision for week. re-establlshment of the districts If Marlon Hall's team la still suf The second annual Harvest Fest the county plan Is abandoned. fering from Injuries, but roost of ival sponsored by the Ladles' Aid the players will have recovered and the Home Missionary societies after a twoweek vacation and they of the Methodist church will be are anxious to get going. Chet- held in the basement Friday even wood's carbuncle on bis lip has not ing with many of the ladies assist completely healed, but he wilt don ing In the various tasks. Final de 16133820 a mask and enter the game. Tom tails have been completed and the Goodall Is nursing a badly bruised ladies are expecting a larger at knee, and Johnson has several tendance than that which filled the broken blood vessels In a leg In rooms last fall says Mrs. P. J. Says Restored Purchasing jury. Bartholomew, general chairman Power Of Farmer Means The second team took a drubbing Better Business For All A baxaar starting in the after 19-0 last Friday from the St. noon at 4:30 will open the Festival Although there have been sev Mary's team on Brattaln field. The to be followed by a cafeteria sup young players on the Springfield eral disadvantages resulting from per starting at 8:30. A rummage the production control program of second squad enjoyed their game sale, candy, vegetable, fortune tell and learned much. the government In l-ane county, ing and other booths will be In yet the benefits have been great operation during the afternoon. A enough to abaorb aurb tteuia as In BUDGET COMMITTEES TO dramatic entertainment under the creased feed coals, leaving the MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY direction of Mrs. Lee Putman will farmer slightly better off than he also be given. waa a year ago declared O. S. Two Unite To Aak Tax Levy Rale Workers assigned and announced lnfl Total Of $M,*4«.7S; Coun Fletcher. Lane county ageut In by Mrs. Bartholomew will be as ty Meeting Tueeday speaking to the I-tons club Friday. follows: Mrs. William Oantx. Mrs. Combined receipts of Lane coun U. O. McElhany. and Mrs. Bailey, Public hearings on both the ty farmers who signed up tor the kitchen; Mrs. John Vaughn. Mrs. Springfield city and school district wheat and the corn hog program N. W. Emery. Mrs. Frank Bartho will amount to approximately $30.- budgets for 1935 will be held Wed lomew. Mrs. Willis Bertsch, Mrs. ooo for the last 11 months. The , neaday evening. October 31, at the N. J. Williams. Mrs. Charles Cor county has not benetltted as much City hall. The city budget commlt- nell. Mrs. Hall. Mrs. W. H. Pollard. as would some others because here j tee haa railed their meeting for Mrs. Edward Prlvat. Mrs. William the crops are too diversified and a 7:30 and the school dtatrlct com Rouse, and Mrs. Dean C. Poindex gain In one direction Is often off mittee will meet In another room ter. table assistants; Mrs. Guy Hal at the aame time to pass on their set by a loss In another. sey. Mrs L. K. Page. Mrs. Charles All of these control program-« are budget. Robinson. Mrs W. C. Myers, and The school budget calls for the purely voluntary and no one Is Mrs. Williams, booth committee; forced to comply If he doee not raising of $26.076 38 to be raised by Mrs. Roy Palmer. Mrs. Oeorge direct tax. and the city asking $31,- want to accept the benefit pay Prochnow. and Mrs. PbindNexterj ment. Stories of farmers having to ; 870 30. baxaar table; Helen Crandall, fish Any protests against any Items destroy livestock were branded as pond: Florence May and Frances falsehoods by the speaker. Frequ in the proposed budgets shonWPbe Stiles, candy; and Mrs. Wm. O. ently a farmer does sign up for the made at the meetings Wednesday Hughes, rummage. limitation program and discovers I evening. The county budget will be passed that his production ts greater than that permitted and It then becomes on at a public meeting next BAPTIST LEADER TO optional with him whether he Tuesday morning at the court BE SUNDAY SPEAKER wants to reduce his production to house. meet the maximum limit set, or Rev. F. W Starring, executive forfeit the benefit check which he MEETINGS CANCELLED secretary of the Oregon Baptist can do simply by falling to sign FOR MAYOR'S FUNERAL state convention, will be the speak up the final contract. er at the morning service at the There are 205 corn-hog contracts Meetings of the Priscilla club Baptist church. Installation of new signed In the county and about ns and the Contract bridge club sche church officers will also be held tunny wheat contracts. duled for this afternoon have been at this time. The curtailed production han re cancelled so members may attend Rev. R. E. Rolens, pastor of the sulted In Increased production by funerel services for the late W. church, will conduct the evening non-cooperating farmers hut not P. Tyaon. service at 7:30. The Sunday school great enough to offset the gains. will be held at 9:46 and the B. Y. Consumption of pork has fallen off Attend Veteran Dinner—Among P. IT. meets at 8:30. slightly since the processing tax the Springfield people who attend was placed, he said. ed the large dinner given by the The effects of the program have Veterans of the Spanish-American RITES FOR SMALL been nn Increasing buying power war and their auxiliaries at the Eu CHILD HELD MONDAY for the farmer who purchases one- gene armory Monday evening were Funeral services for Elvis Edwin third of all manufactures, and this Mr. and Mrs. 8am Richmond, their In- turn creates business for other daughter Helene, and My«- C. F. McBee, three-weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle McBee of Wendl- Industries. Rgglmann. Ing who died Saturday were held A negative vote by Lane farmers regarding the continuation of the See Oosan Storm— Mrs. N. W. Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock program In 1935 was explained aa Emery and Mrs. Ella Lombard from the Veatch chapel In Eugene. being caused partly by the slow drove to the coast at Taft over Dr. E. V. Stivers officiated and In ness with which returns on the the week-end to watch the severe terment was made In the Laurel hog-corn contracts have been storm which lashed the coastline, Hill cemetery. FOOTBALL SQUAD READY FOB U.H.S. Vi AGENT DEFENDS _ GROUP PLANS FOR FALL FESTIVAL CITIZENS MOURN DEATH OF TYSON Heart Failure Take* Leading Springfield Citizen Peace fully At Home Sunday FUNERAL TODAY AT 2:00 Schools, Store* To Cloee, Na tional Guard And Legion To Pay Final Respects Last rites for Wilfrid Percy Tyson. mayor of Springfield, who passed sway Sunday evening from what is believed to have been a blood clot tn bis heart, were held this afternoon at tbe Christian church. Apparently fully recovered from a serious Illness of two winters Wilfrid Paroy Tyson, mayor of ago. Mayor Tyson had been lead karingfield for five yearn who died ing an active life until Friday even suddenly at his home Sunday. Fu ing when he first admitted feeling neral services are being held this 111. A slight numbness in bit arm« afternoon. had disappeared and be waa back at hts work at the City hall Bat urday morning. That evening tbe II Tyson family were dinner goests at the home of friends on the Lor ane highway. Early Sunday morn ing he again felt ill and that even ing at 5:30 be breathed his last in the presence of Mrs. Tyson and their youngest daughter. Muriel. Graduating Class Leads In He was not quite 58 years old. Number Of Name* Of Stu Funeral at Christian Church dent* Listed First Period Today at 2 o'clock the people of Springfield met at the First Christ Seniors lead all other classes at ian church for the funeral ser tne high school In the first honor vices which were conducted by roll compiled for the present year Rev. Veltie Pruitt assisted by with the names of 20 student« list Rev Stark, retired pastor of the ed. Juniors hate 14 listed, while Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. D. the freshman and sophomore B Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Rol classes are tied with 11 each. and Moshter. member« of the Mur- Students whose names are listed phy-Moshler quartet sang “Sun on the honor roll and their class of My Bout” ond "Beneath the are as follows: Cross of Jesus." I. M. Peterson. Freshmen—Henry Chace. Selma Roy Carlton. Lum Anderson. Clay Clement, Oeorge Drury. Marvin ton Barber. D. E. Ferguson, and Kaston. Thomas Hardy. Georgia Glen Robertson were the Paul May Harris. James Hebert. Joe bearers. Members of the National Keever. Winifred Klckbusch, Bob guard assisted at the funerai. Linder. Donna Severson. and the Springfield American Le Sophomores— Joseph Andrews, gion post gave a full military Anita Benson. Clarabelle Brood. burial at the graveside at Laurel Roscoe Cole, Cecil Crafts, Ada Grove cemetery. Johnson, Rachel Lee. Dorothy Mil Acting Mayor W. A. Taylor, had lican, Hazel Nesbitt. Beth Ople. issued a proclamation asking all Gladys Shelley hustnes« houses to close during the Juniors—Lester Anderson. Bar funeral services, and the schools bara Barn-11. LaMoyne Black. Rol- were dismissed at noon so stu land Farnsworth. Edward Hensen. dents and facnlty might attend the Caroline Hicks. Margaret Jairett. services. Members of the City Conn John Klckbusch. Lois Manley,. ell officially represented the city Florence May. Albert Rodakowski.; at the funeral services. Robert Saul, Warren Vail. Lawr Hundreds of the departed May ence Chase. or's friends viewed his mortal re Seniors— Jerry Clark. Charles mains at the Poole funeral home Cole. Marjorie Currant, Laurie here during the past few days. The Downes. Clair Hadley. Mary Kath body was placed In his casket erine Harris. Evelyn Johnson. Bob at noon today and. according to his Lajole. Ruth Pollard. LaVerne often expressed wishes the casket Pugh. Doris Marie Robinson. Juan was not opened after the services ita Seaman, Joan Beavey. Edna were started. Severson. Disque Smith. Esther Worked Hard for City Sfegnk. Faye Stratton. Francos Always Interested In civic life. Stiles. Mary Trotter. Raymon Mayor Tyson was advanced from Withers. the chairmanship of the finance Post Graduate—Clara Wagner. Special Student—Melvin Traxler.' committee of the city council la October. 192*. to the mayorship fol lowing the death of C. O. Wilson. LEGION TO HOLD He has held the office since that DISTRICT MEETING time. While a councilman ha aa« the necessity of taking some stapa Albany Man Will Be Principal to provide for payment of the city Speaker At Joint Session With indebtedness which had been ac Local Post Tonight cumulated during the prosperous years, and all during his term as Monthly meeting ot Willamette mayor he devoted much of his time district number 3. American Leg to this problem. Two bank failures, ion will be held here this evening nnd a defaulted bond Isaue cut deep at Taylor hall at 8 o'clock. The Into his civic pride, hut he carried meeting will be a Joint meeting on with an unfailing belief In his with tbe local post. Newly elected community until he had won most officers of the Springfield post will of his fellowmen to his program have charge of the local meeting, of retrenchment and payment of and M. B. Huntly, district presi obligations. Much progress had dent. will preside at the district been made, and at the last budget sessions. meeting he was able to announce 2 E. Merrill, district comman that during the preceding 12 der from Albany, will be here and months tbe city had reduced Its will be the principal speaker for total Indebtedness by 11 percent, the evening. and the budget committee voted Following the business session • unaniihouslv to carry on with hie members of the Legion Auxiliary; program and approved the budget will entertain at a social hour and he recommended to them for the serve refreshments. New officersI next year. Installed by the Auxiliary Friday Not for many years has the city at the home of Mrs. W. H. Pollard had a mayor who devoted so much are: Mrs. M. A. Pohl, president: I of his personal time to problems Miss Edna Swarts. secretary; Mrs. of the city, and It has been frequ H. O. Dlhblee, treasurer: Mrs. Poll ently said that he never waa too ard. sergeant-at-arms; and Mr«. F. busy to have an attentive and sym B. Hamlin, chaplain. pathetic ear for whomever might approach him with a problem. Like POURING OF CONCRETE wise. be always was ready to listen FOR BUILDING ENDED to those who disagreed with him even though he frequently would Workmen this morning finished not change his course once he had pouring the concrete for the walls convinced himself that he wee of the new building to house the right. Adams Seed and Feed store. Work Was True Cl vie Leader wa« delayed several days because He was not content to devote of the rains. himself to administration problems of the city, but took an active Cousin Visile—Garfield Perkins, leadership tn all community acti cousin of George Perkins visited vities. He held membership In the with Mr. Perkins here Monday , Chamber of Commerce, Lloea club, evening and Tuesday. Mr. Perkins; American Legion, Christian church, Is visiting on the coast from Iowa and other community organisa and left Tuesday afternoon for Call-' tion«. He was deeply Interested fornla. The men had not seen each In the Red Cross and Boy Scout other for 3n years. work. He served on the county re lief rommlttee. was scoutmaster of Injury to Knee— C. H. Bennett tbe first Boy Scout troop In the of Cascade Summit was here Mon city, and took part In many other day receiving treatments for an In civic enterprises. He waa especial- jury to a (Conttnned on Page Few) FOR SCHOOL OUT