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VOLUME LI
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. MAI« II 13. 1941
45th Annual County Convention of 5. Fletcher Tells
Christian Churches Meets Meh. 15 Program
p f Conseri>ati°n
tor rarm
Theme •' Feeing
Unwelcome v isitor to
Enster With C o m m u n i t y F a r m
M e e tin g
Held 11-12
Home Capitol Hears Germany to Launch
AH-Out Invasion of the British Isles
Prim ary Teachers Are
Hosts to County Ass’n
O. 8. Fletcher, county agent,
wm the guest speaker at the reg-
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ular luncheon program of the
The 45th Une county conven-K ¿ « ’’""»«"‘‘y
m.-etlng was chamber of Commerce ami out-,
tiort of the Chiiatlan church will ,,, , n ,
c*,y ha
J uinilay and lined briefly the conservation pro
be held at Cottage Grove March Wpdnw,,Uy b>
community, gram as It applies to modern flay'
17.
| committee and a member of the farming. Mr. Fletcher exphaaized
The theme of the meeting will ^®un,y committee. The purpose of that the conservation program as
be "Fuclng Ctater With Jesus." , M’ meetings are to give the now being carried out under the
(kirdnn Hypes la chairman and f“ r”’er* who desire to participate aaa was not an attempt to pay
In the new farm program un op- ,bc farmer for not farming, nor'
Ivan Correll la song leader.
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|*>rtunity to sign up and to dlacusa ,wy hJm to plow undPr every third
Following
la the program:
10:30 Opening
song service, /?**,?*r,l°V* ’,n,bb'TJl w,,b ,he ,n' row of com or of every third acre
Ivan Correll:
scripture
lesson. d,vldu“ 1 Oirmers. The committee ,,f wheat, but an attempt to get
Carl Zehrung; p r a y e r ,
Louis i
,bc farmer to see the benefits of
farmer the moat profitable prac- the conservation program as a soil
M oore.
builder an dto each, some of the
10:50
Sermon, "His Perean
Community committeemen meet- things that the agricultural col-
Ministry." Leland Morgan.
11:30— Sermon, "Thia T riu m Ing with the farmers of thia local- leges have taught for a number
phant Entry
into Jerusalem," Ity included: G. E. Finnerty, W. of years.
A. Hemenway and Harold Clark.
The conservation program aids
L. G. Bartlett.
11:80- Appointment of commit- rhe county committee was repre- ,h(. iarrner to (Jo , b„ , blnKM bp
by Fred G Knox
tees! closing p r a y e r . Gordon
ought to do and might not be able
Hypes
to do except for government aid.
12:00 Noon
Pot-luck dinner.
The present farm program has
Bring a covered dish, sandwiches
brought about a more scientific'
ami salad or dessert. ’I’hose who
method of farming, soil building
remain for supper bring a double
und a soil conservation program,,
portion.
the s|>eaker told his hearers.
1:30 Devotional song service,
Representatives of Bonneville’
Ivan Correll; scripture lesson,
and the Mountain States Power,
Clayton W hitt; prayer, Kenneth
Co. were extended invitations to
Johnston.
The Cottage Grove Rod and Gun addre” ,h<’. 1 m('mbl/ r’ hlP
»he
1:50 Reports from churches
2:30 Sermon, K. E
Burke cub sBrretl up a hornet's nest at power question and arrangements
will he made
have this
president of N.C.C.
,h* la* ‘ regular meeting and it (JlwlMed
al to
mppfjn£,K
fh„ question
3:00 Business sension and of- wa» no'
figuratively speaking
Uaaed a*
" n8M ,h< latte’
««L m ä
¡ j i í i " ■ ,r t
,h' “ r,y
ferlng; benediction
Jeeui" It to Be Strewed.
NUMBER 31
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Report Germany Is Planning to
Invade England Before U. S.
The primary~teachers of Cottage f
Grove will be hosts to the Lane
County Association for Childhood
Education Saturday. March u ih .
At 10:30 a short program will be
presented In the auditorium of the
Jefferson building. During the
business meeting, plans will be
made for the district meeting of
the association in Roseburg. A
noon luncheon has been arranged
at which time Harold Sprague will
be guest speaker. Ail teachers are
cordially invited to attend.
Rites for Nettie
C. Jones Monday
Rod and Gun Club
Stirs Up Hornet's
Nest at Last Meet
A ‘ d BeCOmeS E ffeC tive
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W A S H IN G TO N — Germany will
launch an all-out Invasion of Eng-
land in April or May In an attempt,
to put the English out of the war
before American aid under the
lease-lend bill can become effect-
|ve, according to information that
has reached competent diplomatic
and government circles here,
The German moves in the Bal-
kans area aimed solely at closing
the "back door” on a possible large
scale
British
attack
through
Greece, these quarters stated to
this correspondent tonight.
The Nazi push through Bul
garia. the present terrific pres
sure being exerted on Greece, and
Nazi dictation of Italy should in
rl° Wlsc
mistaken for a change
in direction of Germany's main
effort.
Reports reaching Washington
fr°m Berlin and other sources
represent the German high corn-
mand as supremely confident
the heroic resistance of the
Greeks against the Italians can
be ended by a negotiated peace.
^ ’ hln a fortnight, or else by ac-
tual
German invasion if the
Greeks
terms refuse to accePl Germany's
Rites for Mrs. Nettie C. Jones
were held from the Smith chapel
Monday afternoon at 2:00 p. m.
with the Rev, Gordon Hypes,
Christian minister, officiating. The
An unwelcome visitor th at a ee-m p. n g a le b i r o into a »an r r a n -
Cottage Grove Rebekah lodge had
ciaco home was this big tree that waa uprooted and bashed in side of
charge of the services at
the
botiaa. I t wasn't so anwelceme to the children, though.
Chapel and the Neighbors of
Woodcraft had charge of a com-
m ital service at the graveside. In-
,erment was in the’ LO.O.F.-M a-
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sonic cemetery.
Mrs. Jones - passed
away at her
March 15th is an important
The leaders of the 4-H club
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wards,
recreational
dateline so far as paying taxes movement in South Lane county borne on South 16th street last
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is concerned. The f.deral income met recently and effected a per- Thursday afternoon. She was born
J an
re
charge of W illiam Thom,won.
Hornet « Nesi" can he literally ^ , 7 “^
w,.icomcd „ .
new mem-
6:00 Pol luck supper and lei-
beta of the O ta m ^ r of C
tax is supposed to be in the office manent organ.zation and elected ,n On’-a r'°- Canada, and at the
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'ommerce,
night and when you speak of so
of the deputy collector at Port- officers for the ensuing year Of- age of e‘gbt moved with her P31'’
Z b ™
th ^ N o rth Sea
lowshlp hour,
and
so
having
ants
in
his
,Mints,
land, if the taxpayer wishes to ficers elected were: Mro. S. T. enta to Cla,r
Michigan. X l L l T
* and
7:30 Song Service, Ivan Cor
roll; scrtpluro lesson. Adrian Fra you get an expression of sym-
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J"“
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IMithy, not a look of scorn. If you
ley: prayer, Glen Vernon
lath is also the final date for Leum. secretary. Meetings are to * bere «he was married to R. E . . . . .
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7:50 Sermon, Prof A B. Crom-
»Peaking «° ’ hc l* ’y»
Hkc
pay ing your state and county taxes be held once each month on the Jonei Mr. and Mrs- Jones moved ^ „ V s
d r iv e in th e middle eait
if you want to take advantage .of third Wednesday of each month. ‘° Crook county Oregon, thirty- ^
’
^ V o Extend aT ^ J t X
well of N.C.C.; closing ceremonies ,0 fb,h and hun‘
the throe percent discount. The The first meting wdl be held at f,ve years ago where theV >«ved t0.
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and benediction.
Accounts vary as to what actu
m
.
,inX <4uar,(>r
» * * * »"d county the London achoolhou«« next Wed- un,1> romin8 to Cottage Grove in Gnce Gr o e ^ s thrown out of th
ally happened, hut putting all
T h a Tea House of Sing Ln." taxes is due ou tha\ Male and if oeadey. March 19th at 7:30 p. m. 1924- The family has resided here ba tt*f'(
^m m g
stories together It semw that the
hoys wanted refrexhmentx and the ’ he Chinese operetta, which was no payment has been made, inter-
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continuously since that time.
imn maxing
supreme
cook got in a hurry and got the postponed last Friday because of
will he charged. Many tar- FARM ERS T A K E A D VA N TA G E
Surviving are a husband, a son p , j r ? 1 ■ h i
against
cook stove too hot and out came ’ he illness of Miss Marion Jellnek. payers this year arc paying the
O F SPRING W E A TH E R
Leon Jones of California, and two
' 1 waS
I he hornets, depending like the director, is now scheduled for this entire amount and taking the
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brothers. Robert and W. G. Bal-
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German army on the unsuspecting
March 14. at eight o'clock three per cent discount. A long
There's been lots of farming and four-
of Cottage Grove, and
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members, who were forced to use fa the h i g h school auditorium lme is formed at the sheriff's of- nardenine work done in South ,wo «is’ers. Mmes. Florence Snow
liots. |wns and skillets and the There has been one major change fice each day, seeking to pay the L,lnP counts the oast three weeks and Emma Aenis, both of Michi- I f
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fighting fishermen hastened to fa «he cast. The part of Appletree. ,<M0 taxes.
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lie
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United States p o s t a l depart- K|Ve ground with the first round «he American Consul, is now being
April 1st is the deadline for urain st)W n
the d a s t
t w
o
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ment has issued
a warning to the
the Ua,,,,- conceded to the »«lien by H arry Sturges instead of n hng the state income tax.
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good
months is generally up to a
general public to beware of the hornets. In fact the hornets held Bud McCoy,
stand and growing. Early crops
so-called Spanish Swindle, which tj,,, c|ub house until the stove
All the Chinese characters will
ot tat
r\
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have been planted and much of
up-to-date has caught a number of cooled down and the Rod and Gun wear Chinese costumes and have
Monday at the 4-H club build
the early gardens is growing off /
unsuspecting people. So far as club memlwrs managed to get slanting oriental eyes and dark
ing in Eugene details were worked
nicely.
known, only one resident of this away with their refreshments anti make-up blending with the color-
out for the mattress program
Practically all of the farm lands
section has received an invitation proceded in a sort of half-hearted ful oriental background.
You'll
which was suggested at the recent
have
been
conditioned
ready
for
to Invest In the swindler's scheme, fashion to transact business.
sec and hear about quaint Chinese
Agricultural Economic Outlook
crop planting.
W alter Trombley of the Trcmh,
The club voted to install lights customs, anti weird Chinese music
conference to take care of surplus
The Lane county 4-H rodent
Texaco Station has ,M»rmltted a 1 ,n front of the club house and ap- that will be relieved by occasional
Registration for the American
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contest will be held this year from F IR E A T RICH.ARD JOHNSON Legion Auxiliary voluntary' emerg- «-—¡»i-«. _»
representative of the Sentinel to pointed a nominating committee snappy American tunes,
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home
ency sen.ee will be at the city X
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from The Agri
peruse a letter written from Mexi- ,o suggest new officers for the
There will be solos, duets, trios. March ’5 to May 15. it was an-
co City, Mexico, February 17. c,ufo
me next regular meeting, «nd choruses, oriental dances, and nouncpd by R- C. Kuebner, county
hall on Saturday afternoon. At cu,tura, Adjustment admintefra.
On this committee is R. S. Dren- music by the high school band un- c,ub a«en’ - A11 reports must be in
Prompt work of the local fire this time unit members, *x>y ,
w lf
fh„ Far_
1941.
will
t » " the w e tf« « «ff^e. ’ he Farm
The l e t t e r sound Innocent ner, Ted Collins. W. H. Harpole der the direction of Mr. . Stovall. ’ b<> office of the agent by May 12 department saved the Richard g ^ , and G |r,
Any boy or girl between the Johnson home at 198 North River given an opportunity to register
enough, it merely wishes to know and C. O. Wcinkauf.
The curtain will rise at 8:00 p. m.
, 0 will 1 K
u
. to road Saturday
U
court, _lllhc
the Pomona Home Eco-
ages
of » 0 9-18
be eligible
»aiuroay nieht
nignt at
at 1115
li.io d
p m
m 7
for vo,untary
emergency service ’y
nomi„
if the recipient will aid the w riter
March 22nd will be CorvalP
compete
in
the
county
contest
'
'
ben
^
r
e
ingnited
t0
be
in
cooperation
with
the
gen-
the^exte'nsion8
u n u T and
in saving 8265.000 deposited in a day and the entire Corvallis club
ARM Y TRUCKS B IL L E T E D
providing
they
are
enrolled
with
from
a
'“f
a
'"
1
cigarette.
One
room
eral
program
of
the
American
th
exfenslon
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r
v
ic
-
com
nosed the
secret place in a custom house in will be invited for the occasion.
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E L L Y F IE L D .
the county club agent for tins con-
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a" d the,
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X
O .T o c h e r
the United States. The w riter says
The club commended the action
he is in prison In Mexico City. of thp , |ate scnaU, for ||w WRy
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w e n t y ^ army
trucks travel-
.« * mad^
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a
r f ^
t e
f i S
S
° ° Unty a8ent' in char* e
thc
u.r î*.n. „ P?».1?? faa’ body bas handler! senate bill ing from McChord Field to Camp by April 1 C,ub members should
STOLEN CAR RECO4 ERED.
service, home service and special «^mfarence.
The w riter begins by saying that 53 relating ,0 ,pe conservation of Ord near San Francisco. Califor- enro11 with fa‘,'r club leaders on
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Arnold N. Bodker of the A AA
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rw araoex
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L -m ilT ii
v ttli
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r I <1114. IN 4 1», 4. / l l l l O I ~
service, similar to that being done
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h.Jhiv nt vn.. h»s Bame and ftsb 11 *a s also agreed nta, were billeted here Sunday blanks Provided. Boys and girls
continue their
M dlscussed the eligibility of rural
X c ^
trus ^
a very d i i l c X
‘ *7 r * 7 ? i <‘r
nigh‘ at KeUy f ‘P'd
army C° n'
n
members may send their
for recovering stolen cars. & J ^ ™ ? y for S h a r i^ e X r e fam,l,PS for thls projeCt' H was
™ n e ™ i wh ch^depcnds thc cn
" C“ ,Ch
,inKrn' was in charK” of L t
enn,llmf.nts t0 ,be rounty c,ub Tuesday a Ford pickup stolen at j unjo ^ m a v have a Sari' « m «-' deCid<?d lhat a" y famUy
Lan<?
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L M . i " lord card and ur* rd ,o u«e ’ br old Elmer Allen. Lt. Allen is the agent, Eugene.
Grants Pass from Austln B Brow. Jun‘° «
a part as mes
ouUlde thp cjty limRs Qf
tire future of my dear daughter. ] card flnd M,nd
, hp fl<|h eommis-1
Any method of control Is allow- ne„ was recovered a mile soutl
v L n ;, v a , t R p ed n ~ s ir ie n t o f E u g e n e > Springfield, or Cottage
son of Mr. and Mrs. Weston Allen
as well as my existence.
sion at the close of thc season.
ed. Control may be done on any of Pass Creek. The car was aban- the local unit ur„„s thPat a l, thosfl Grove. with an annual net income
of Cottage Grove.
The w riter offers Trembley a
ground where the contestant has doned by
by the
highway and was „ ii I e u ^ „ ¡ . , ' 7
Q ‘
' of 5500 or less for four Persons
the highway
eligible register when a memoer wou,d
eligib)e for thjs pro>ct
third of the 8285.000 if he will aid
secured permission of the owner, reported by
E. Nixon and was of the organization w ill be at tlw
him In getting out of trouble and
Any assistance the contestant may stored at the Sturges Garage.
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550 will be allotted for each extra
city hall during Saturday after-' person.
urges him to write a fictitious
secure will be permitted, except
noon from 1 to 5 o'clock, to aid
character Immediately.
F ifty pounds of cotton and ten
that no enrolled member may TE M P E R A T U R E DROPS TO 28 in fnimg the questionnaires
BY JACK KELLY, FORT ST E V E N S
yards of ticking will be supplied
assist another. The object of the
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J. GRABER N T IL L KEF.PH IN
for each mattress. The people re
This is the most unpredictable new charges back by train. As rontest is to exterminate as many
F air weather was followed by
TO UCH W IT H H W ITZE R LA N D .
D A F F O D IL 8 GONE
ceiving this must make their own
parcel of land In the state of Ore- these fellows are selectees they rodents as possible. To be eligible a freeze last night, the tempera-
Probably the most consistent gon as far as thc weather is con- will necessitate training from thc ’°
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rompete
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county contest, ture
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above ---------
freez-
Practically all of the early mattresses . under supervision. Miss
the
contestant
must
show
thc
fag
according
to
records
of
C.
E.
spring
daffodils have been har-. e .
Lyle, home economics di
newspaper reader In Cottage Grove cemed. The wind blows, It rains, ground floor. This will give our
weather observer. Much vested. The season has been fin- rector>
’ akc care of the pro-
Is John Graber. M r. Graber sub ll ’s foggy and then of a sudden trainees no small fcelini; of ’ «Hs of different rodents secured Stewart,
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i n f this
n iu m
u n tu u
nd M
iu c
I m a
ject in
county
and
Miss
Lois
scribes to a number of American everything is enameled in a sun- worldincss and they will imme- to thc rodent control supervisor oi
iru 't is fa bloom, but M r. ished for many of the larger com
j
b
e!
Lutz,
state
specialist
in
home
fur
newspapers and Is a consistent burst. This past week has been diatcly assume the personality of in his district, or to the local lead- Stewart said he did not think the mercial growers on and near
nishings
and
home
management,
Sentinel reader and In addition he representative of a typical mid- old-timers. Why. shucks, some of er of his 4-H club, if he is a club frui’ was burt as ypt
coast.
will be in charge of the instruc
Valley, them have been In training now member. Thc points may not be
receives three papers from Sw it July In the Willamette
tion.
Shirts
are
thc
order
and
many
a
for
at
least
four
weeks,
zerland. He has been taking the
Applications for mattress ma
Swiss papers regularly for a num lost five minutes of sleep has been
Preparations are rapidly dc- in thc contest.
terial must be obtained by April
her of years and they arc still recovcred these sunny afternoons veinping for thc movement of thc
10 from the Farm Security office,
battery to Fort Canby. Washing-
coming through despite thc war. while deployed in thc field.
GUN CLUB SHOOTS 73 IN
the Welfare office, or the Exten
News anil Events.
ton. I , has not been releaseu ns to
They are received later than usual
SECOND EVENT.
sion office.
We have neighbors now. Some what date this will be actually ac-
on account of thc transportation
O FFIC E S C O N SO LID A TED .
II. B. Ferrin has been given a
Twenty-five counties in this
Ttw best Cottage Grove Rod and
facilities, sometimes two at once 2000 men of the 1st and 20th In- complishcd but in thc meantime
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two-year contract as superintend- state are participating in this
fantries , of Fort
Warren. . . Wy-
Gun
in (he ncvuin.
serond
.
. , all preliminary
. „ . work _ is being
- ink- —
. dub . ......
As an economy move, the WPA ent of school district 45 and union nroiect. Mrs Azalea Sager, state
C R A IG -M IL L E R IM PR O VES
m7mg’thea 37th i n
f ^
r e
v
"
1 rivnt'’ Dnn Nicksic. state telegraphic shoot was a 73 office at Eugene will be consoli- high school district 18. it was home economics leader, is state
O FFIC E.
form the
37th Infantry, a new battery mechanic, is in charge of Sunday, a perfect
day if such dated with Salem, it
was an- learned this morning.
The an- chairman.
regimen .
these men are station- the advance detail which is to be things occur in thc country. Two nounced last week and thc con- nuncement followed thc action of
County
Agent O. S.
Fletcher
Craig and M iller Transfer Co. ed in our
previous quarters at stationed there for the next
10 shooters. Forest
Lemley a n d solidation was made
effective the board
of school district 45, announced
here Tuesday that a
has improved the company office ih^TrP .Mn b T r ^ ^ m w n l
from n r o p 1
dCt?U H arry Rentle, shot perfect scores. Monday. Headquarters for Coos, which met
Monday. The union mattress making center would be
on south 8th with a new arrange
h
n’
w
Htr/n
n,-.n
ThiK
n
i
V
ro,
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l
n
r
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Miles
Wicks
missed
two
birds
Douglas
and
Curry
counties
will
high
school
board
had previously established where there were 20
ment of thc front office with dec the snow-striken area. This Is un-|D «le Smith. W ilbur Clarke. Vern- for n twenty-three score. Nervous- remain at Medford.
agreed to employ M r. Ferrin fo r, applications for mattresses,
orating the Interior and with thc doubtedly a good thing ns the so on Decker and Clarence Pease
a period of two years. So far aM!
,, ...
I ncss over the future price of I
enlargement of thc front office.
cial relations of the artillery and
Battery Briefs.
known the boards have taken no!
Traffic Fine«.
peaches was believed to have been I B E N N I E M c C A L L IN J U R E D
infantry are such ns to place thc
This week's unsung hero. He the cause of Wicks' poor score,
action with reference to the em-1 Thc following defendants were
FO R TY-HEVEN YO U TH « TO
Marfin-McCoy fued In a strictly was a little old man
He was
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Bennie McCall, local motorcycle ployment of any other high school fined $1.00 In the city recorder’s
T R A IN IN G CAMP.
brush-league bracket.
standing just off the parade
Mr. and Mrs. George Matthews rider, sustained a broken leg Sat- or grade teacher.
court last week for traffic viola-
The 18th C. A., the original ground as the flag passed enroute and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith re- urday night in a traffic accident
Forty-seven Lane county youths
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Mr. Ferrin has been head of the tions:
H. S. Cline, H. S. Tucker
left Saturday for Portland for a regiment of Fort Stevens, have to formalion for retreat. It was turned recently from an extended at 7th and Main. The accident oc- local school system for the past and Ernest Dahl,
year's training fa the army. adopted approximately 400 men undeterminable If he was tired or trip to tre Eastern states. They curred when the machine of Me- seven years. He will
begin his
Henri Bruneau was fined 810.00
Among the forty-seven to go were from Ohio. A group of the 18th Just resting with the weight of his picked up a new car at Flint, Call collided with a pick-up driv- eighth year as superintendent next on charge of drunkenness when
traveled east and escorted their
three from south Lane county.
(Continued on page 8.
1 Michigan.
Jen by W illiam Kensel.
'fall.
arraigned before the city court.
March 15th Im portant South Lane 4-H C lu b ________ __ _______
Date for Taxpayers
Leaders Elect O fficers
H. S. Operetta Is
To Be Given Friday
Spanish Swindle
Letter Comes to
Light Locally Z
lUattrCSS
D
Rodent Contest
March 15-May 15
cy.
Voluntary Service
FROM THE REAR RANKS
mcmbers i'nro,,ed F errin Given T w o -Y ea r C ontract
A s Superin ten d en t o f C. G. Schools
K,,n
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M011102 PrOteCt
AuxillOTy f^Orked Monday
f
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