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PORT ORFORD NEWS
VOL. IV.
Class of Four to Graduate;
Commencement Thursday
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, May 13, 1930.
Fast Last Minute Campaign;
Friday Tells The Story
F or Join t R ep resen ta tive
Com m encem ent w e e k started
Sunday w ith the baccalaureate ser Fire W ardens Have Pow er
The latest developm ents in the I
mon at the Community church by
Reverend McVicker o f Bandon. W inslow dam age suit is a court de
Monday night the newly formed cision favorable to State Forester F.
Port Orford nigh school alum ni as A. Elliott and the other three de- !
sociation held a m eeting and per fendants. Curcuit Judge Percy R.
fected its organization. Class Day Kelly, one of the judges for the
will take place W ednesday after third judicial district, overruled the
noon, and the public is invited to demurrer of the plaintiffs to de
visit the high school at 2 p. m. fendants answer to plain tiffs’ com-
Thursday night com m encem ent e x -,p 'a ‘n^
ercises will be held in the gymnas- ! The action was for dam ages al-
ium, w ith R oy Hewitt, dean o f the , leged to have been sustained by ,
law school at W illam ette Univer- j *be p laintiffs by reason o f their j
sity, delivering the address to the ! having been called upon by a state
graduates, and Louis L. Knapp, fire warden to assist in controlling
chairm an of the school board. a forest fire which w as threatening
m aking the presentation of dlplo- the restructlon of valuable standing
mas E xercises h fin at 8:15 p. m. timber in the vicinity of Glide. Ore- j
The 1930 graduating class con- ! *t°n . it being contended that that
sista of four—tw o girls, Anna Bar- constituted false imprisonment. The I
ton and R uth Miller, and two boys, ! Plaintiff® at that time were camped I
Donald McKenzie and N eil R ice
1,n the vicinity of Peel, Oregon,
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.T h e program for the T h u r sd a y ;,
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1 , der o f the governor closing th e;
evening exercise is as follows:
I hunting season.
“H igh School Song,” "In a Garden
The answ er o f the defendant state i
of R oses in June,” high school chor-
us; Processional. Mrs. Howard Hull; foresters and of the fire w ardens j
Invocation, Rev. McVicker; “Lassie w as that they were authorized by 1
O’ Mine’’ ’’Lullaby Land,” male statute to call upon any able-bodied
quintette; Address. Roy Hewitt, man to assist In extinguishing o r !
dean o f law school, W illam ette Un- , con ,r°ll>n8 such forest fires. The!
iversity; “Look Down Dear E yes,” »demurrer to the answ er w as based :
and "A Brown Bird Singing.” Fred upon the * round ‘hat there w as no
erick Hull; Valedictory, Anna Bar- statute and. further, that the de
ton; presentation of diplomas, Louis mand that plaintiffs assist In con-
L. Knapp, chairman of board; Ben- tro’» nK and extinguishing the fire
edlction, Rev McVicker; R ecession- was arbitrary, unreasonable and
al, Mrs. Howard Hull.
I discriminatory.
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1 The court in overruling the de-
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rr> r* murrer held that the law consti-
MOt A ir M ining l o Go tutes a rpaaonable exercise o f the
I F Peck, who operates the Rob- ■
powPr. and that the facta
ert E Lee gold mine in Curry coun- alIeged in the angwpr of thp d efend-
ty on the Chetco river, is a firm , ants wpre thereforp gufflc|en t jus-
believer in the legitim ate develop- t,„cation for requiring the services
ment of the great mineral reso u rc-'of the plalntlffB
es of southwestern Oregon, as con-1
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trasted to the “hot air” brand o f .
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uevetopment. Mis attitude toward
assistant district warden o f Douglas i
the "bunk” variety of m ining is
county, and J. F. Cassidy and Vic- ;
summed up in an article appear
tor Blakely, fire wardens.
ing in the Oregonian under the
The plaintiffs in the case still
"Those Who Come and Go” column
have the right to appeal to the ;
as follows:
supreme court of the state.
"We are through with hot air
m ining in southern Oregon," re
M eeting Scheduled
marked I. F. Peck, mine operator
N otice has been received at the :
of Grants Pass, who was at the
Portland hotel yesterday "We need ' county a* ent 8 ° " lc* that by d*7 ,
intelligent developm ent of m ining ect,on ° f the 8tate ’<v«»tock sanl- .
down there but no more Ill-timed , ,a 7 , board the 88cond , «u,nual '
booms People here and those Inter-1 8<'h° o1 , deallng, ^ th
ested in m ining elsewhere have been ,m m unlty vaccination w ill be held,
fooled too much and it has hurt | •» the Oregon Ctate college v eterin -,
the proper developm ent of the min- " 7 departm ent W ednesday and
eral resources that I am confident Th“ r8day’ May 14 and IS.
exist in abundance in our m o u n -', Thi8 work lnvo'vefi the U8e„ ° I
tains W hen I tell my old m ining ?
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associates in Colorado that there is : by ,h e llve8tock sanity board im- ,
real opportunity out here, they ,tin® lt8 U8F to tho8e <’uallficd to |
laugh at m e They have heard of U8e 11 Th* c ° ur8e *’ open
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reports and sm e lter reports on the
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poultrymen who had experienced
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trouble with chickenpox In his
o f them. Mining needs an intelli
poultry flock to attend this school
gent public interest. It needs min
and become fam ilar w ith the m eth
Commission To Meet
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od used In vaccination. Through
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May 9.— When th# state
properties. Too many excellent
m lnes have been ruined Orroiurtj ' recent exPer,m ent“ 1 work under the highway comm ission m eets on May
m ism anagem ent Too much m oney dlrecUon of Dr w T J°hn»on.
bid« on highway work In coast
has been burled in th e ground Min- poU,try P ^ o lo g i s t at the Oregon counties will be considered. , foi
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“ has been found lows:
to Oregon within the next few that
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tbla ^ a a * * >«
^ Ugl“ . COUn,ty ~ Ked b” dK*
h ilt It I . v n ln v to c o m e P r a c tlc a l by the use o f vaccination. Drain section of Umpqua highway
through the carefully planned op- By
° f a large
° f " OC“ 8 Co"atruct,on ot t«" ’"*>«» ° < broke"
eration , o f experienced m ining ‘ reatMJ " 0,18
ln d'" «ce" t sec- stone s u r g i n g and urntohlng of
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Oregon very satisfactory broken stone for betterment pur
Coast Guard Station
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LOUIS L. KNAPP
(Reprint from issue of April 8, 1930.)
Louis L. Knapp, candidate for joint representative from
Coos and Curry counties on the republican ticket, is the son of one
of the very early pioneer families of Curry county—Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Knapp of Port Orford. Louis Knapp, Sr., came to Port
Orford in 1869. He was one of the foremost citizens of the county
and for upwards of a half century conducted the well known
Knapp hotel where many notable people, including William H.
Seward, secretary of state in President Lincoln’s cabinet, Admiral
Sebree, Admiral Helm, and Admiral Higbee of the navy, Joaquin
Miller, the beloved poet of the Sierras, who, by the way, was mar
ried to pretty Minnie Dyer at the Dyer homestead at the mouth of
Elk river near Port Orford, George Williams, member of Presi
dent Grant’s cabinet, many Oregon governors, and others whose
names are familiar to the public, stopped when voyaging up and
down the coast. Mr. Knapp was a man of sterling integrity, and
of large property interests.
Louis L. Knapp, was born at Port Orford, February 13,
1895, and his whole life has been spent in his home town where he
is well and favorably known by everyone. He was educated in
the public schools of Port Orford and at Columbia University,
Portland. A man of unimpeachable character, steady, indus
trious, and a seeker of truth, he has been honored by his fellow
citizens, by election as school director, president of the school
board, port commissioner, and joint representative from this dis
tric t In habits, morals and business dealings, Louis L. Knapp is
clean, in fact his whole life is cleanliness itself, and he is endowed
with that rugged honesty that made his pioneer father an o u t
standing man of his time. He is financially independent and be
yond temptation of every sort His record in the 1929 session of
the legislature was creditable and his work there demonstrated
that he had no interests to serve other than those of the public.
His nomination and election assure a continuance of an able dele
gation from the Sixth District in the coming session when matters
of great importace to southwestern Oregon and the state at large
are to be considered. Louis L. Knapp is a candidate for whom
every clean, homeloving citizen may vote with the full knowledge
that their trust will not be betrayed.
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primaries and a solution of the
many contests throughout the sta te
The long looked for coast guard for nom ination for public officee.
j station to be located at P ort Or- While there has been considerable
ford must wait two years accord ' apathy this year in politics, the
ing to a telegram received by the rem aining days will undoubtedly
local chamber of commerce Monday se - lines more sharply drawn, end-
from Senator Frederick Stelwer. ’ ing in the counting of the ballot*
reading as follows
Friday night. The g o v em o rsh lj
Washington, D. C., May 12, ’30. , continues to hold the spotlight»
G eorg W Soranson. Secretary.
and the race remains at this tim e
Chamber of Commerce.
uncertain for any candidate, eith er
I Port Orford. Oregon
on the republican or dem ocratic
Dear Sir:
ticket. Hall, Corbett and Norblad,
Treasury department has report- appear to have the contest to them
ed unfavorably on my bill for ee- 8e'ves, although Joseph is m aking
tabllshm ent coast guard station PIer>ty of noise and spending plenty
this year. Personally called at de- nl money. In a fight where the three
partm ent Saturday afternoon and ■ending candidates are apparently
talked w ith Admiral Billard. com- running so close together, the pick-
m andant coast guard service. Am ■nK ° f the winner is an uncertain
happy to advise he promised to proceeding, as any slight upset o f
subm it estim ate for this station the Applecart between now and
and have Item carried in treasury elactlon day m ay throw the race to
departm ent appropriation bill for another. Of one thing we may feel
year 1932 Am writing full particu- »’ cure W hether It is Hall. Corbett
lars. Sincerely.
°r Norblad. the citizens o f Oregon
Frederick Stelwer. U. S Senator may P0*"1 wlth Pr,d* to U*«
nominee.
Ralph E Williams, candidate for
Cleanup Day
re-nomlnation as republican natlon-
Highway Cleanup Day. sponsored al comm itteeman, has a walk aw ay,
by the Oregon Federation of Gar and Senator McNary and Congress-
. den clubs, was generally observed man Hawley have no opposition to
j throughout the state. The state meet and will receive the republt-
i h 1 g h way departm ent furnished can nom ination to their respective
' trucks and drivers to aid in the officee.
work^ lo c a lly the W oman’s club as ' The conteBt of probab|
slsted in the work and a highway etlt lnterest to ,oca, voteis |g r
nUd a “, d ,7 ™
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and carted It away. Two local gar-
ages. H atton s and lo u tw y ler’s re-
reived a new c««t of paint in time
, to come within the cleanup day ob-
l servance.
° V“r the " P « b»»«" nomination for
jolnt le p r w n ta tlv e , hlp from Coo.
and Curry countlM
Foul.
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Knapp
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Incumbent, who desire« another
term, George D. Chenoweth and W,
Secure B ig Yarn Contract H Hunter of Gold Beach, and
Portland. May 7 - -R oy T. Bishop, ■’’rank B. Ttchenor of Eugene,
president of the Oregon Worsted L*ne county. As Coos county has
company, has returned from Chi- the bulk o f the votes the contest-
cago where he secured a contract ants have spent much tim e there,
from Sears-Roebuck whereby his A canvass of the situation, conser-
mlll will furnish all of the knitting vatlvely made, places Knapp, far
yarns which will be sold In all *n the lead at this time, with Chen-
stores of that big concern next oweth. H unter and Tlchenor fol-
year Yarns have been supplied for lowing in the order named. Old
coast stores of this organization in ■■"* politicians who know the in s
previous years, the high quality of an*t nuts o f the situation can see
w hich enabled the Oregon Worsted n“ one but Knapp, but of counts
company to secure the latest con- there remains two days until eleo-
tract. T his means a bigger market tlon and no one can tell bevond
for Oregon wools and more employ- ,h e question of a doubt.
ment for Oregon labor
J In the judgeship a very quiet
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Korcll Made Secretary 1 rePubltc,n nomination by Fred s.
W ashington May 8. -R ep resen ts “ °7.re’ F ° K<>w™»n and A. G.
tlve Franklin F. Korell, was chosen 'Va,ker T»»» county has been care-
secretary of the American group of ,u l|y oombc'1 by the candidates and
the Inter parliam entary Union at ,h<> pe<>ple generally have reached
a m eeting at the capital Thursday ,h,‘,r decision. The best Informa-
R epresentatlve Mantague of Vlr- ,lon available at this tim e place«
ginia. was elected president, and Mo,,re ln the ‘«ad. with Bowm an
Senator Fess of Ohio, first vice- •,e<'ond “nd Walker third Charts«
president.
i BaH«y. ,h e democratic candidate
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The union Is composed of mem- tp>n
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berg of parliaments and congresses
o f all counties and will hold Its
The race for county com m ission-
Regrading Work
Knapp In C o s County annual
m eeting In July at Ix m d o n er between Sypher and Bolce, both
The work of regrading the Den-
G L. Knapp. Port Orford repub-
( well known Langlois men, Is soma-
m ark-Port Orford section o f the “rRn candidate for renom inotion a s 1
Fat Elk Oil Well
wh,t of * PUMle ln »Ring up. Vot
highw ay is proceeding rapidly, with
representative in the legisla-
ers _ are saying little _ and not much
the big gas shovel w o rk in g on th e ' f
fro m C o o . a n d C u rry c o u n tie s,
More people visited the prospect inform al,™ " h '«vaLaVta "b“u 't" £ th
w idening of the Elk river hill at »■ spending the week In C oos coun w cH o t the Fat Elk All ft Gas Co.,
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this time The state highw ay depart- b ’ m the Interest o f his ca n d l-'jn Fa^ E lk v a lle y last Sunday than rplve ,.onlrid(.Iable
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m en t’s crev- engaged in clearing d«cy
have visited the well at any one th- mp. _ pr tnform .ttao Ik , .
du™P P»« «<«• for clash ed gravel
Mr Knapp is one o f the best day ",n" ,h e b”
"t* rt,,d down available H is believed Sypher" w t o
h u completed it . work in this vl- known and most prominent cltl- ward ab«u‘ a "•«"«> a« ° The road probab, ha. . w ,der
cinlty and moved to the Bandon sens of Curry county, whore he has '*a" ,n "Pl*nd'd "hape. the day w as throughout the county will lead In
R iverton section to engage In like ' been identified with avery civic ldeal and since the Interest In the jj>r|day.g ba)|ot
to our state. I hope to see a friendly
n ot be advisable and no benefits
Lane county — Hendrick bridge work Huge piles of crushed rock endeavor since his young manhood wel1 baa r*ce‘ved ■” Impetus of
interest of the public in mining.
vaccinating Loyle
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section of McKenzie high BrP
are being
up
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of one
one of
of the
the real
real plone
pioneers
of lat* 'hrough the visits —
and encour
Observers
but a verv cautious o n e ” Mr Peck could be e secuiod
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o ., ate that the vote
operates a gold mine 43 miles from O ock. w h er. the disease had not w a r Approximately nine miles o f , place« along the h .g h w .y between ' Southwestern Oregon Mr Knapp a*'" « * nrd'
«ther oil men ? " " > a ' f ‘
occurred previously but in flocks grading
j Port Orford and Denmark and as has served on the school board of and wel1 known geologists, home “ ue* are UP 8ome observers glv-
Grants P a ss on the Chetco river.
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as low as 80 per
Frost has visited the Grants Pass * here
ha8 been ™ mmon
Lincoln county - W aldport-Lane soon as the regrading work is com- Port Orford for 10 years; six years p* ’»1' are gett,n * anxious to see Ing an estim r e ate
r l s tr a tl o n W ith . „ e h
are* recently but It has not been from ch lckenfa'x <*“• m eth° d »’ county section of R oow velt Coast pleted the work of surfacing the I a member of the Port of Port Or w hat
K«'"» on there.
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w lth • ’“ b
determined whether real dam age worthy o f trfal
highw ay and W aldport section of road w ith crushed rock will start.
ford com m ission, and was several
Men at the well report that two ’
hannen in the fln«l"nyLntar
resulted to the fruit, he said
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years a member of the budget com- coaI m easures have been pierced
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miles of broken stone surfacing and
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ndttee of his county.
One three feet thick was pierced at gt
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i ’k a m iw r A e t iv o
Port Or,ord Lodge No 10, A F furnishing o f broken stone for bet
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Serving In the 1929 Dgulatur» 10« f««t below the surface and an
m a le tn a m o e r a t llVf
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lt> gta(ed conununl. term ent purposes
M arshall N. D ans, associate edl Mr Knapp had membership on the other five feet thick was encoun-
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Portland. May 7 — D uring the cation Saturday night, and initiated
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tor o f the Oregon Journal and who following com m ittees A ssessm ent tered at 800 feet
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Seek Road Chailffe
flr’ t m U.r nL°.nth8 Of 1P3P the Ore- Marshall Dresser and I If. Luman
( ’oOS Bay Times Sold
' i l i ^ in d e n t
,axa“ on r" ‘lr"a-ls and trsns-
The bit passed the 1000 foot point
W ednesday a number o f P ort
gon State Chamber of Commerce of
and w T w h | te
Marshfield. Ore , May 7.—Control- fMll, , .
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portatlon, commerce and navigation Sunday afternoon At that tim e It Or,ord citizens appeared before the
assisted In locating 219 new fam l- (J r._ of Port v . . v .as. into thp
my>.
,,ng I.iterpsi
,riUfreat in mp
thp v Cooa
Bay
,melI. ’a 'k
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a >l of which are of wa« still In lime rock. In which It county court at Oold Reach an<f
k—a. ‘«
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Which will be held In the Com- considerable Importance.
H as been pounding for the last 200
that th® road to the Middle
nee In the state
These fam ilies terlee of the second degree. Thr.«.
Thoee —
onjy Southwestern
Oregon dally
purchased 43.62« acres of land and , attpndlng from out of towT1 were h<s bppn purcha, pd hy sh p |don f ™“n ‘‘y
Coqullle on
Mr. Knapp’s friends believe that feet Geologists and others familiar Elk be rh» n««d to l««ve the hlgh-
invested In all forms of property Ic H yo u n g Fr-d Caughell, Dr. J. Sackett. part owner of the Salem
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' h,B '‘»P'T'ence gained In the first with the earth’s strata, say this Is w ay n ,a r the J c W hite home and
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Every section of the state w w h p e|cr r e Carter Marshall Oregon Statesm an, according to an
Mr r>ana *8 k’’° ’vn to be a very session will prove a valuable asset an encouraging thing Herald
i <’rOM the Fred P A atarer lands. T h «
felt the benefits accruing from t h is ' D | essPr and i M. Luman of Gold announcem ent made In the Times f,n e speaker He is a believer In to him In another session, and'
change was agreeable 1» the court
phase of the cham ber’s work
; Drach. N C. Hansen of Bay City, today by E J Murray, editor and Ore«on'* future as a dairy state hence the reason they are urging
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providing the right-of-way can be
oypner Here
secured w ithout cost to the county
)C. F W inters and A J
Challa-
owner during the past 25* years H e bai1 WT,tt«n m any editorials on his re-nom lnstlo«, since nomina-
Friday com m issioner Sypher via- Among those seeking the change
combe of Bandon, and F B. Tich-
Hackett will be represented lo- ,hl8 sub)*r t which have appeared tlon practically m eans election In
To Can Butter
Ited In Port Orford In.pectlng the were N J and Don Marsh. H enry
Radmond. May 7.— Buttar Intend enor of Eugene A late lunch w as cally by C. J Gillette. Foreet Grove ,D tbe Journal during recent November
work o f repairing Jackson street Patten, George Sparks. H L M c -
ed for long-distance shipm ents will served and a general good time was newspaper man. as editor and man- m onths and some tim e was devoted
from the highw ay north to 9th Cartney The Marsh brothers plan
be made in Redmond by Sw ift ft enjoyed by those present.
ag(. r Change of control will be- to the study o f th is Industry In
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and 9th from Jackson to the on cutting the cedar on the Henry
Company by m achinery just in
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b'« ‘,w ay
Sypher etata. that the
pIaCP th l. .eason and haul-
stalled It w ill be made from sw eet
Gold Beach. May 8.—Vic Miller purchased the paper in January, N ew Zealand
that a a c. A “ Un8° n
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d"«'k
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cream and packed In cans which and W alton Miller have killed five 1928, from M C. and Dan Maloney, real treat
treat I. in store for d a y m e n
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improved road conditions
will be coated for double protection -ougar la two w eek , tim e In the : * ho owned It for 20 year.
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,h c Interest m ent w ill be utilized to erad . and
One pound and one and one-half lo b ster Creek .ectlon The last one
Murray, who will retain an Inter-
who may attend this meeting , ? , rhe f ' v e , r n o , r , . and woe agreeab h|,
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R G M cK enzie, atten d ed gran ge
of sw eet cream for this butter Is th e largest animal of Ils kind killed year, editor ar.d publisher o f the be given a t the Arago sch ooli tj-
fr.n.ai vb om I;
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look
for
his
re-nomination
at
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at Langlois Friday c v m -
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available here.
Klamath Falls H 'ia ld
Itr. t ana or. tie e v e n in g of May 14 In S t Helena
day’s primaries.
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Meets OH Friend