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VOLUME LI
News Article on
Dorena Project
Said Misleading
COTTAGE GKOVE, LANE COUNTY. OBEQON, THI RKIMY, MAIN II 6. 1941
NUMBER 30
Robt. Veatch Dies Where 1?. S. Outposts in Pacific Are Located Kipp Meets With
In Portland Meh. 2
Rod and Gun Club
News whs rrrt*lvc<l here Sunday
of the death ot Robert Veatch, 70,
former resident, nt hi« home In
Portland, which occurred that
dale. Mr, Veatch had tx-en In ill!
o
j.
health for several year» anti prior
Engineeni Approve Sum
Io hi« death hud Undergone a
$2,945,000 for Construc
minor operation. Ill« passing was
sudden.
tion Work.
Mr. Veatch. a brother to O. O.
Veatch. well-known real estate1
MOVINO HIOHWAY, RAIL man here, was born and reared
here. When he was about twenty-
ROAD TO START FIRST.
one yeurs of age he «ecured a
position a« brakeman with the
Southern
and
wu«
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i Pacific
n t u ii
u
n ii
w u *
I later
H ie r
s„ nn nr h
C ‘ *’ carr‘w‘,?" Pn»moted to conductor. He served
Bids Let on Eight
Miles of Road
WorkatCG.Dam
R- H. Kipp, executive secretary
of the Willamette basin commis
sion, accompanied by Elmo Chase
I of Eugene, member of the ct m-
l mission, visited with the Cottage
-
Grove Rod and Gun club Friday o
evening. Mr. Kipp refused to make ® °K ene F irm Is Low Bidder on
what he t e r m e d
a prepared
Work W ith Bid of
speech, but joined in an informal
$112,317.80.
discussion relative to the propa
gation of fish under the flood con-
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tro I program. In answer to a ques- n O N S T R U C T T O T T T i l R T A P T
tion as to what plans if any the
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engineers had made to care for
I lf 4 OB 8 WEEKS,
the fish in the construction of the
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dams under the flood control pro
ject and more especially under
Bldii were **’ Tuesday at Port-
m e lÌ L Z
Jn I Ì T " , h "«‘
““ “T ’y M
“ »* “ r“ « llnw,<‘
n’r In
» " both
um‘* the
r <>' freight
>”«’ »
in
« ’ductor
the building of what is known as land for the relocation of the high-
li,
7
morning and ,M1SK,.nK,.r
and
1 the higher dams. M r. Kipp said no '* ay* around the Cottage Grove
m'
” 1»«-~’ntatlve ,lto
W.V(.IU, yt>ani ago
plans had been made with refer- dam. Five entered bids and the
ceneh<The i r t i b T “ " ,hc'‘ ln l' u' made the Port land-Klamath Fulls
ence to providing for fish life ar.d c<jn’ ra''t was awarded to E. C.
oi ” •
•» Pacific and dfetanre. I . Mralegic point, »re shown on this map. Renewed
'¿ X ^ a e v « t L 2 2 T W | ^ H i r * ’ * ! l ± “
U J ‘ « * * * * b“ ‘ W ..h ln rto n w em , In U n t « 7 ^ -
gene Die article was misleading ,,nK(M.ni£<.r rlln.
would not be made until after the B all Company of Eugene for a
In that it led reuders to believe
,
reodlng nerertbelem. British »re pour In« tboasaad. W Australian troop. Into vital Sine.pore. C. 8 has
specifications for the Jams were total of $112,317.50. Total mileage
the Dorena dam project
M'rv"'''s w, r'' »"'Id
moved fleet units from Honolulu Navy base to Manila.
project would
would „ ’T * ™
completed.
of new road involved will be ap-
actually «tart by July 1st. As a Portland yesterday afternoon and
R.
S.
Drenner
of
the
club
told
pr°2
m i!e>
new
interment was In a Portland cem-
Mr. Kipp sportsmen wanted to
* * H ^n^ clV
constructlon ha« not been lè i and ‘*,cJryL. S“ f v‘v‘n* «•«* hl« widow
know what plans the engineers *
dbiJUJ ?’r* e
If It were let. construction could ,\"d da“Kbter a"'’ ,,np brother,
had made for the protection of fish an 8 .ha! f miles long, will be built
not «tart until the sum was ap- °
. V,'a,<h ot Cottage Grove,
under the project, if any, and Kipp ar° un ,hf W08t s*d,‘ ot *he ” 7^5"
pmprlated
* o u r «Islcn», Mr«. Rosella
renlied
th a t he
he was
was unable
unahle to
lo give
«zive VOir and the TOUnty ro’ d w ill be
replied that
,
M iller of Portland; Mr«. Hattie
U h at occuired a« near a« we M(<;w. (>r cottage ('.rove;
Mrs
any information because no plans constructed around the east side.
. . of
■ Walden,
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Last rites for Floyd Hunter. 5
4
. ' "‘c ’”
F * 1™ ° f '
The contractor w ill have 300
get the picture is that the U. S Robert II. Mosby
and
i-w *.
. . „ . . i n
ti.il
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bad been made and would not be
’ be Cottage Grove public schools
Building and repairs f o r the rnade until after
construction
^ J 8 to
»he
A im y engineer* hud recommended Mm j?Vil llo ld c rm im of Collage v<,,era^ .1
a^'^Portland i*
°f
comm‘” w on n‘onth oi February were more ac- p ia n s ________ _______ _
had been approved. Kipp h*«bways. ?*“ accordm«. to esti-
$2,945,000 be s|M*nt on the Dorena Grove
r * propagation
r r moto«
kaxa onninzvnM
wen- held here Monday afternoon handbook for «*<»» officers for tiv * than usual at this season of said he believed that
M t ” /"»
of / »
the
engineers, it L.
is .v»*:
esti-
reservoir during the liw ul year
ui
(he l a v
hf u “?
a?nUa’ “,ate conference
“ ni‘*rPn« ‘ of
°f ■
' ity
¡ty ’ ,he
>ear- “ was learned from a would
prov,ded for after the mated that the contract may be
ending July y l»t,
lat. IfMl.
1941. The Ixirena
Dorena _
x
,
at the Mills chapel with the
he year,
»upenntenden.s
to be ----------------
held
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, lh nH.ordjj at the two iocai
constructed. i,nl shed ‘ hU
dam was one of the first three C O U M t y , C i t y O f f i c i a l s Gordon Hype«. Christum minister: --------------------------
»1 dams to lx» approved »po M p # » t fl I F l l i r p n o
officiating. Interment was made in t? S al,,y on
a" d Saturday. cHy hall, New buildings included
fl<sx| control
One po,,,, in which there was
Two other low bids were receiv-
ictkin,
ut the ..........
time „
m e e t a t JSU gen e
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hf. No .. J . , . o v o
and 15-
*o new i
for construction
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v , r r cemetery
cemeterv nt
nt March
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— Under the
*"v joint
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Permits were apparent general agreement and ed’ L€Onard and Slate, Multno-
of Its approval only about two-
Eugene.
auspices of the department of su- >«oed to Verne Williams. 638 tha, was there was no particular mah’ »113,409JO. and M cNutt
thirds of the funds ro-cessnry for
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M r H u n te r n r..k„i..n ,
m £ ,r'n‘< ndcnee of the Oregon State North 10th street, garage repairs. probiem in connection with the Brothers’ Eugene. $120,495.90.
construction was made available
Finance nirt r« r i ,
Fiimnn
i
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Teachers’ association and Rex Vinal Randall. 45 South 6th, gen- construction of the lower dams be
The two ^ d b e d s will be twen-
Slnce tha. time army e n j X r s t
™
I X n for X ’
' h'8 I>U,narn ~ « * r t » ‘e * e m of public eral repairs. Margaret Heck. 603
fdhing r ^ i o X S : ty-four '« * • cut f r o m th*
The
Ferrin Chairman of
Handbook Committee
Teacher Conference
Rites for Floyd
Hunter Monday
Building, Repairs
Active in February
March 19th and 20th
twelve feet. The roads will be sur-
Washington
ed, and H probably^ wik^ hi-'^flrst ‘¡ ■''¡n 'm '-f'W iiir'r*' u
work on the dam will tie
the re l«
cation of the h ig h w ay and O P
eo rd lne m
.lav from
’ b'’ 1 lr,‘Kl,n
T S v l^ if T *
“ l' 1' I ’bo'i« lineman.
ML
V*
Jul>
18,
° hl° i and W”
Hearing Room of the State Capitol
'-apitol
at building. It is anticipated
that
m ar‘ aPProxirnately 150 superintendents
pa**»- a. s>. r o w e i i , m n ana Maai-
pairs. J. S. Powell, 5th and Madi-
son, dairy plant. L. A. Bogar, 818
W hittaker, general repairs. C. H.
feasibility of artificial ornnaea-
r„BKihiHtv nf
nmn»«» rock and an oil mat surface. Six
t)on savm» that thev thought na- span bridges w ill be erected, three
tu ra l propagation w is much more on the market road and three on
w " "
n«‘W residence. G. C. Hohman. Co- qUestion as to how fish life, par- Construction on the new high-
" ,dow a n d Mx children: Mrs.
i e i " "1 riC° Ur«-
repair shop tje»igrty salmon, would fare from ways is expected to start within
will have to lie moved, as well as
PUnll for roKlona, w.ho<Jb, for James Shirley of Cottage Grove;1
>n Allen, Birch
and I itW et.
time they* were hatched until a month to ffrve weeks. The eon-
U KM A>D FOH DOMKSTH'
‘
” c8 “f
wn* * r finance officials will oe discussed Maxine. Patricia. Wliilam Ray.
new
residence.
E.
J.
Fox,
South
they
got _____
beyond ____
the _______________________
fingerling tract or is given
ten days to start
HELP
HEAVY.
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. ’ i L fro m .
R u j"d «i
N o a t ( b i, tim e, and a thorough study Michael and Rnhbin. all of Cot-
There is a large demand for
garagc G E Men* stage.*M r. Kipp told his hearers work from the time notified by
estimate of the coat of rekiratlon of legt-datkin passe«! donng the tage Grove.
women to do domestic work in dc ’ 131 H street- general repairs. that he might be induced to tell th« engineers which w ill be in
lax been mad«* m far an known, present seuion of the legislature
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Cottage Grove, according to Geo.
what might be in the offing for about three weeks.
w in lx. made,
Machen. manager of the local em- J**z>/ * « • « • s » . « )
,he ^ b in the streams under the
Association members attcnd;ng x y _ x z x ,
.
a
,
pkiyment office.
I 1 - U T u U T y f f C U t f l v f Willamette flood control project.
will also meet with other ci\ ic * a O v ' V H © C K A v l v l f l b
The office has calls for women »»»
»»
. but this would have to be a cam-
officials and with rnamber of
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’o do housework and practical I T /I C
V f i f V / / f l f f C I I / l / mittee of two and newspaier men
commerce setretaries nnd execu-
Local officers were on the look- nursing. Any ladies in this vicinity ” U O
F
/ V f lU O U U I would have t0
barred Inci.
tlves to discuss a number of other out the first of the week for a hot who are interested in working
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dentally newspapers in general
------ *- * of ' check artist, said * to - k have
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situations now facing p«-ople
been should
call at the local employ"
February. 1941. was far below came in for a good bit of panning ZT / V
|>
.
Si
n*K° n*
operAtmgover a wide area in Lane m m t office, and look over the the average in precipitation, but because of the alleged inaccurate I
( > / I f / I f / I F ( /)
The organization includes in its
I 1" ’ «rtist. said to have various opportunities listed there, about on par with the average reports.
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**- 5 2 2 / . ^ , w” rkl,d ,n ’ be
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)ast month of winter, so far as
Wilson, club secretary, asked
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Surplus foods w h i c h will lx- ^ " ’p ^ b lp city ami county olli
community for a «hört
H IG H SCHOOL O PER ETTA , temperature goes, according to the Kipp if he knew of a situation
The Associated service station
available to families taking ,x,rt i n 1™ ,rom CVery 8W‘ 'on ’f th*
the f X i Starnn P lan ta
- i “11“ * - o , h , ’r « f f ' « ' « « f ’ b** group " nM‘ b“ 1 w eek an d
passed be-
POSTPONED.
records of C. E. Stewart, weather similar to the proposed high dam at the corner of 9th and Gibbs,
Grove area d u r i n e t h e M r i ^ t ,nrk|de: Mrs. Ruth Rafhiany, city ’ween $500.00 and $600 00 in
The high school operetta. ‘The
observer.
construction where it was pro-' formerly operated by Alvis Wicks,
ihrough
™ ' " J « >11h.
«"-
>lr»' «
. « t ; a l » ; ~ h " ' . L ' ” "¿LJ » *“ •> T ‘^ HoU!M> of Slne Lo.” which was The maximum temperature of
P°sed to Propagate saimon arti- will be operated by the Cottage
.hrwuiih March
M.n-h 31 period were
w Z a n J -, . t r ~ u ~ t . ' ' Kh.m.lh
nouneed by M. Louis
Relangie. v
i C.
’
dan with white s i d « S t r « 7 n
h
f° r Frida>'' March 7’ 65 ow urr« 1 on the 22nd and the Bcia,1> and K lPP replied that he Grove Motor CP
Miles Wicks.
area supervisor. T h e s e are the " 2 2 ^ ‘‘.‘‘ ’ ’l ?
Vi<* F "
and a^ordin^ m earl? re
Postponed until March 14 minimum of 30 on five days, the knew of nonc
Associated od distributor
an-
,u rp lu. t a .b, which
he »h.
2 T
X
S
S
h°,
s - «<“ 2- ’ • « •
p - c ip f < -
" « « -> ••
Lined In exetahge M r Wu.- .u rp lu .
",
W I'V . '
‘- '" '" ’ »«¡■'1'- ¡ " ( " i m a l L ^ a c h i ^ h m . Z " 7 o
'
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n ° d“ "' ,ion « • » 1 39
as.insl l a «
Tbe Cottage G r o v e Rod and
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, station since Alvis Wicks moved
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Februaiy.
1M
).
,n
d
fixxl stamps In local stores.
ka. treasurer of Lane county and ^ e •e ffe ct _that the‘ man had com- senior playsThas''taken “¿ w r “the age of S y n c h e s . There were U* Oie" slate Tetefra^hk X ^ S u n - t°„.h“ * * * .sUtion. o n .6th stre<t'
Tha complete li«t of blue stamp ^T'.
,, _
S ? . „ Ä
will be in charge for the present.
fixxl. obtainable In all stamp plan £ alv»n “
Bry-n, c „ .
to tie two clubs and
Jack Maulding, proprietor of the
nr«*MM for
fn r M
u rrh
ln
f « ln d < w
Pr«»«h
fourteen cloudy.
areas
March
includes:
Fresh -UgClW.
was
bested
by
one,
Klamatn
F
alk.
having been convicted on charge
Cottage
Grove M otor Co., said
grapefruit, oranges, upples, and
Clubs tied were Aurora and Pen-
of passing worthless checks.
company officials had made plans
REGIONAL COURT OF
pears, onions (except g r e e n
dleton. Shooting for the -Cottage to
the statfon
HONOR THE 27TH.
olnions), Irish potatoes, butter.
S u re w X
S
pumps and a new b0*
b*
raisins, rice, pork lard, all pork
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Miles Wicks, 25. C. O. Anlauf. 24. added tQ
except that rooked or packed in
S«x»ut troops from three com-
BY JACK KELLY, FO RT ST E V E N S
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_ and ’ he building repainted and re-
metal containers!, corn meal, rr>uniti<»s. Drain. Creswell and Lo-
SALEM , Ore. Oregon's voters
(> R O \E HARDW A R E GETS CAR decorated in addition to a number
shell eggs,
prunes, _____
hominy
___ dried ______
. , rane. have been invited to parti- will be called on In 1942 to again I Well. Private D a n Nicksic is Thoreson, Alfred Allen.
Robert O F p H IL C O REFRIGERATORS, of minor improvements. The im
(cornI, fruits, dry edible beans, «Pate with troop 18 in the court jjass on a sales tax to increase old now reflecting all the lieh r In m ir M ill«
provements contemplated
will ag-
wheat flour and whole wheat
honor to be held at the Jeffer- aKe pensions and reduce real hnit ,,»• u , t
g
n our
_
w n ta i|
. ,
„
. _
« m p« nsi >ns and
real battery. Not being a slave to con-
Approximately 50 trainees were
Another sign of s p r i n g is the gregate around $2,500 td $3,000
son
school
auditorium
March
27th,
(graham) flour.
P P0 y
‘
* vention, Danjiy^ went the boys one attached to our battery this week f®c’ ’ bat the Grove Hardware on according to the present plans.
Fred Bosley, local
a car of Ptiilco
Under the present arrangement
The shipment, con- the Cottage Grove Motor Co. will
models, is probab- be able to offer its customers a
An inter-patrol contest has been created with defeat of the Drivi-
TZ
anu l? “ T 1 ° U.’ *n oiner resPec,s we ,y . ine D,ggest single shipment of one-stop service with the sales and
underway among the various lo- 1™. dividends la x h ill
m
mblng. I f you really want will work as one unit. It is sur- refrigerators ever received in Cot- service building on the adjoining
under the budget approved bv h».
h,m
J
h‘de h“ pf ,,s,ng how much they have been ’age Grove and offers the pres- lot south of the service station,
The January 1941 p o s t a l re cal patrols here from month to
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ab,e to pick up and abs«rb in the pective buyer a w i d e range of
ceipts here showed n thirty-one month and nt Monday’s meeting it the joint ways and means coni-
New s and Events.
short time they have been ex- choice in the m atter of refri;*ero-
H IG H W A Y D E P A R T M E N T
jiercenl gain over the correspond- was announced that the Flaming mittee $1.400,000 more has been
W'hnt a week. Things are chnng- posed. It will keep the battery ’ >o” -
O F F E R S T W O S IT E S .
Ing period of last year for the Arrow iwitrol had won the recent budgeted for old age pensions thnn in»
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biggest gain made in the history contest.
r.,,.
n i„
12?_
*• can ‘ even
eVen cal1 our Proper hopping to keep abreast.
The principal 1 problem
of Ule
the
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w .n n in m
a
in J
K S° J faS‘ ‘ WC
Thv
„ WW„ I ul
of the local office, according to
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crvaw, ¡ „ ‘ matching federal funds n
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r ° Wn anymore’ As The P‘>r’»nnel is practically of the shipment was finding a place to
The State Highway department
figures released by N. J. Nelson. Robert Blackmore of Ft. Stev- will be received from the legisla- p r e S s a r X
»3
’ t T ' a r e “ " * w,t? . the on,y notice- 8‘ 0I\ aI1 the various models, but offers for sale to the highest bid-
imstmaster. recently. The January ens s|wnt the
week end with his ture's action
in raising the m a xi- iL T
|d T
®b e deference being they appear ’ he storage problem was solved by der two service station sites, io-
1941 receipts totaled
$1.855.86 parents. Mr.
and Mrs. O. W’. mum pension from $30 U. $40 a mZn S L
‘ ° avera8T ’ f<7
° ‘der They 8tack? « ttw sto,T fuH and remov* cated near 5th and Quincy on the
w.
m
um
junsion
trom
MO
to
$40
a
men
that
had
formerly
held
the
were
welcomed
with
open
arms ing the remainder to the Long new highway. Bids w ill be consid-
against $1,412.07 for January 1940. Blackmore.
month.
key positions should be used for though, as our outfit is one of the residence.
ered by the commission April 3rd
instructional purposes on those smallest and it will mean that
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APPROXIMATELY 80
guns. The various gun and range many more days between K P and
VETERANS REGISTERED.
crews have been designated among other fatigue duties.
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the men and ’ bey are rapidly
We had a dance and what a
Approximately 60 ex-service men learning their respective duties, dance it was. All the Seaside and
T
have been registered in the cam- T h i s
arrangement
necessarily Astoria Debs and Sub-debs were
(By Ed Johnson)
™i>' . ?«»■?: '“ ‘«n
«• m e n , ,he
ol (H.-nd, of fh.ro In .11 Ih .ir linory. The varl-
Paul And.™ »,. p r„ id e „ ,
,h .
wHh
„ „
The Jefferson C u b hoopsters
captured the southern Lane coun
ty basketball pennant f o r the
fourth consecutive yenr when they
™ n,day.h,i
hair r Z h' d » " i , X ’ nB ,y''':m ai;
defeated Lorane and X
Dorena
in the
it « stated
Officers Looking for
Many Classes of
Foods Available •
Under Stamp Plan
M
Associated Station
To Be Operated by
3?L.,L i
Sales Tax Again?
FROM THE REAR RANKS
eqUlpment
January Postal
Receipts Show Gain
Jefferson School Cubs IFin South Lane
District Basketball Championship
\Paal Anderson First Place in F. F. 4.
Public Speaking Contest at Woodburn
by the Cubs this season
K*>,s’ ,h,> on|y o,h’'i' «3 pounders Sherman said. The Legion post flx>m the batterv are- F irs t S e re * n Z
1
. ?jrove' «»gene. Junction woodworking; Gordon West, third
f r o m i n ’h i said.reKiS' er
U'aSl w n L m ' ^ r o e T s e r e ^
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- William Turner, Sergeants A rthur and return by the same manner, was " F a r m
the Lorane Midgets, winning the I 1« ih„ „I.,. «»» ,u
In the play-off the Jefferson, February 22nd was the date set Bauder, Dale Bennett. Harold Well some of the fellows cam e Dlaeod second Surplus.’’ Albany Lebow and Clifford Van Prooyen,
85 pound championship.
with a the , ........................-
subject third in the - agricultural
ieruon-
Cubs, slow in starting, came back to complete the work here but the Minnev
Claude M iller
Oscar hark this u * v hn, ih i i,
'T h „ i
i w rw#
»
Both Jefferson teams will rep
resent the Southern Lane district
this coming Saturday nt Santa
Clara in the county play-off. The 18
with t'h” i £ £ t J r hirM,h,° 7 ' n J‘ V Montte.th wa«
’ «ken to a Gugglsberg, George Kerr, Robert drive ’41 convertibles. It was a Fifteen dollars in prize money was
h8S W° n ,lr ,t PlaCe ,n ,he pub'
Jefferson boys hope to bring home
the cup which the Cuhs have not , nd
him Iv touehh^ i h , 7 r rlnR £‘,nvaIesc‘' n’ b o rn e in Eugene Newton, Donald Nixon. Owen success as far as the fellows were distributed among the fo u r'w in - lic «Peaking contest, first place
M T ’r ’. r
S
lxst iw ,
.h .- T m e ? ' ? ^
’ PeCUperate fr° m n TO- Sloan Ivan Patton Albert S.al- concerned and from all indications ners by the Oregon State Grange, last year was won
by George
hud for several years.
¡m i tost tew minutes of the game. J cent illness.
der, Carrol) Sullivan,
Vernon,
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Continued
i In April the district winner will Stout.
.ssxSs ssSiSg s a g a ' s «