Editing 1912

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=Springfield=

*[[Stevens, Welby|Welby Stevens]] is Mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1911]] & [[1912]] and cast the deciding votes allowing Springfield to remain a "wet" town.

*[[McKlin, Merton|Merton McKlin]], a prominent builder, designs & constructs the [[Merton McKlin House|McKlin House]] for his wife [[McKlin, Civility|Civility]] in [[1912]].

*The 1912 Sanborn fire insurance maps show a [[Hall, H.L.|plumbing]] and tinning shop (Polk 1907:163-177).

*The [[1907]] and [[1912]] Sanborn maps show the majority of Springfield’s businesses on Main Street; except for the intersection of Mill and [[Main Street (Springfield)|Main]], [[Mill Street (Springfield)|Mill Street]] was no longer used as a commercial center. This may be because of the [[Option Law (Springfield)|Option Law]] that was passed in [[1906]] making it illegal to sell alcohol in the city closed the local saloons on Mill Street.

*The [[1912]] Sanborn map shows a lumber company called [[Fisher-Bally Lumber Company|Fisher-Bally]] located in the [[Kelly Butte]] area.

*Listed in city directories from [[1892]] and into the 20th century and noted on the [[1907]]/[[1912]] Sanborn maps area a sash and door factory, planing mill, box factory, [[Springfield_Match_Company|match factory]] and shingle mill. The Sanborn maps show the planing mill and sash and door factory as part of the sawmill complex.

*In [[1912]], the farm of [[Weaver, Albert|Albert Weaver]] produced enough milk to support a wind-powered cheese factory (Jones 1957:36).

*By 1912, there was a moving pictures house owned by [[Bryan, Joe|Joe Bryan]] in downtown Springfield; vaudeville entertainers appeared there in [[1910]] (Graham 1978b:5).
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-=[[Lane County]]=
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-==[[Coburg]]==
-*Fire at Springfield Booth-Kelly plant causes management to dismantle Coburg plant and
-reassemble it to Springfield location. Within 3 weeks, 300 people were without work. Folks
-went to [[Mable]], [[Wendling]], Springfield, [[Marcola]], [[Vaughn]] to find work. Others moved their houses on to bottom land and returned to their farming pioneer roots.
-==[[Springfield]]==
 *[[Stevens, Welby|Welby Stevens]] is Mayor of [[Springfield]] in [[1911]] & [[1912]] and cast the deciding votes allowing Springfield to remain a "wet" town.