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v O n the J OF o LIB ä ARY x * Reef By R ILL P IIE L P S ¡ +++++*♦♦*+*<•+»•00000000 1 m th e victim of one of the most despicable conspiracies th a t I ve ev er been em broiled in. and m an a u th o rity on despicable c«nspiracies, if I do say so v^¡t ¡1 3 note of pride. This one involves m y boss. M rs Axers, Elwood C oslett. the O re gon Jo u rn al, the w eath er, and probably some s in iste r in te rn a tional figures who a re out to g et me. It all s ta rte d w hen I m entioned <asua!ly th at the O regon Jo u rn a l had predicted show ers here M on day, and that th e O regon Jo u rn a l " a s , figuratively and literally, ad " e t. Elwood C oslett pro m p tly jum ped all o v er me, and th a t h u it my teelings. So I tu rn e d to Mrs. A kers. "Tell him ,” I pleaded, “ th a t th ere w as a real heavy rain last M onday.” roohinns N o w h ere A Finer C lim a te - N o w h ere A Finer C om m u nity Volume 8— Number 40 KKO o K IS l .S, I KK r H ig h w a y os « I K in « <u \ T V . n k w x s t a m . s - t e n O |(||,O \ cent Í 1 hursday, December Lifesavers For C urry County 9 GARDEN CLUB PUSHES OUTDOOF XMAS LIGHTS 0 o « O « Mis. A kers raised h er eyebrow s. R ain? she said. “M onday? I don’t really re m e m b er any ra in <>n Monday, ex cept p erh ap s a little m ist - so m eth ing like half an meh. B ut no real honest rain 1 Why, ev ery day w ith less th an an inch h ere we classify as c le a r and sunny. K ind of upsets th e w eath er bureau, but th e C ham ber of C om m erce loves m e d e a rly .” So I ’ve been betray ed , by th e w e ath er bu reau , no less. B ut I ’ve found an ally. H eard G lenna Sm ith, th e d a u g h te r of the Glen H u rsts, discussing th e w e a th e r w ith the w e a th e r m an in P o rtla n d o \e i KEX . Now, h e’s in co rru p tible. And he told G lenna th a t it ( Continued on B ack Page) ASSAULT CHARGE FILED HERE ' " '.m y . L e ft rig h t, back row " Mike (> N,.,| o | 'I , Il «"< •» fu rr» Bob Shipley. Lloyd R ussell, D ennis Gi-ah ,m .1 N iche? K “ ' lse" ; B a rr>' Sage. R ay Q uick, Art s to n e . T ra v is D avis. D em as H orn. Jeff K e rr D irk p ! , ^ e s ,e re n - L a rry M organ, drieks. F ro n t row — ROv D irks Dick C a m e l n r aM' 1 S w a n * Lloyd Sim pson, G erald Hen- B u rr. N o. p ic tu r e d - D o n C r £ k Dmmis Pim t, F a ^ e ra l- K cn R u sse" ' J e r , > «■>''''•'• A cam p aig n to m ak e Brooking; one ot th e s ta te ’s m ost b eau ti fully illu m in ated cities t h i s I < h ristm a s has been opened by the A zalea G arden Club. U nder the ch airm an sh ip of Mrs. G ladys Lindskoug, the club is try in g to get resid en ts to join in illu m in atin g th e ir o u tsid e g ro unds this holiday season. P ossibilities to r a co n test in w hich th e o u tsta n d in g lig h tin g jobs w ould win prizes has been discussed, and m ay be c a rrie d through. Local resid en ts a re being co n tacte d by m em bers of the club, who a re u rg in g th a t the o u tsid e lighting p roject be supported. Local m erc h an ts a re sto ck in g the n ecessary eq u ipm ent to p ro vide b ea u tifu lly illu m in ated o u t side p lan tin g s at a m inim um ot costs. In addition. G arden C lub m em bers a re show ing p a tte rn s | w hich m ay help local re sid e n ts I in selectin g th e ir o u tside lig h tin g plans. Mrs. L indskoug and h er com mit tee ho|H\ this C h ristm as, to m ake B rookings a b eau tifu lly lit city one which wall a ttr a c t a tte n tio n from everyone, and which will b ring pride to all resi d en ts here. A prelim in ary h ea rin g for Loren Moore, so u th bank resident w ho ' has been ch a rg ed w ith a ssa u lt M c m . n , F“ ' ~ ““ s" »"• " d h a d an g ero u s weapon, has i been set for D ecem ber 11, before Ju stic e C h arles S chaal. CRA IGS HAVE G U ESTS Moore w as a rre s te d S atu rd ay R etail M erch an ts T he Don C raigs had as thei on th e co m p lain t of D onald R. T han k sg iv in g g u ests Mr. and Mrs Johnson, a neighbor, w ho charged W a lte r C raig . Sr., and D on’ H old M e e tin g s that M oore had a ssa u lte d he and b ro th er K en n eth and his family an o th er fam ily w ith a .22 rifle. ' . B rookings’ g ifts to th e H ighw ay all from C ollege Place, W ash. R etail m erc h an ts of B rookings ’ A ccording to Johnson, trouble l ifesavers of O regon a p air of joined las, nigh, in a m eetin g began in an arg u m e n t a t th e P ine dynam ic young mi n On th eir way home, th ey cut a w ere back Cone T avern, w h ere Johnson and in town this week, and w ith them sw ath thro u g h the you th of w e st designed to se, up a re ta il m r- ' his wile had arg u ed w ith M oore they brought the acclaim of the ern O regon th at w on’t be fo rg o t ch a n ts association here. T he m eetin g w as th e second over debts th a t M oore claim ed s ta te life-saving group. ten very soon. h‘ Id by th e m erc h an ts. E a rlie r w ere owed to him . Johnson a l A ccording to A rt, they have a A rt S to n e and Roy Dirks, m em the g ro u p had elected officers ami leges th at M oore s tru c k Mrs. sim ple technique. In Eugene. Co bers ot th e Lucky 7 club which held a form ative mee ting. Johnson o v er the head w ith a " il l he th e H ighw ay Lifesavers quille. B eaverton, and half a Ih e C itizen ’s co m m ittee on n O bject of the o rg an izatio n , a c b ilh aid cue d u rin g th e arg u m en t. co m m itte e for C u rry C ounty, r e dozen o th e r tow ns th y talked to tor ding ,0 P resid en t F red M oore, < ity ( b a r te r will resu m e their L ater, Johnson says, he and his tu rn ed this week from the g ro u p ’s y o u th s they met on th e stre t t, d elib eratio n s F rid a y ev ening in wife re tu rn e d hom e to find Mr. convention in P o rtlan d . T hey re and by th e tim e they left they is to estab lish a R etail M e rc h a n t’s th e city council ch am bers. and Mrs. B ray, his w ife’s .parents tu rn ed on a w ave of publicity usually had ap p o in tm en ts to com»* B ureau here, which can c o o p e r a te Ih e group, w'hich las, w eek hack and help them s ta r, a Lucky on m a tte rs of m u tu al in tere st. elected Ed Dem psev o i d e m ami and neighbors, stopped in the which was m aking them well- 7 club. O ne o u , g r o w th o f th e m eetin g is drivew ay th ey sh are w ith Moore. known th ro u g h o u t th e s ta te opened th e in v estig atio n of a S tra n d e d by high w a te r in P ort e x p e c t'd ,0 be a retail C redit c h a rte r will tak e un d er co n sid era Johnson says th a t M oore fired a B ureau. T he young men stopped the O rford, th e boys had a L ucky 7 .22 rifle from th e hillside above I show a t P o rtla n d as they told an In addition to P re sid e n t Moore, tion a tria l docum ent su b m itted t h ’m, w ith th e shot p e n e tra tin '’ im pressive g ath e rin g of v o lunteer club p ra c tic a lly complete d th er. o th e r officers e le c t'd w ere L a rry i by C ity A tto rn ey Ed Ackley. b> the tim e the w a te rs went the w indshield of th e car, The c h a rte r su b m itted hv A ck w orkers, headed by tw o s ta te R oem m er, vice p resid en t, and ley, Which is m odelled ’ on a Johnson left his w ife w ith the governors, ju s t how the Lucky 7 Elm a M itchell, sec retary . l ( ontinucd on Back Page) B rays and re tu rn e d to B rookings' club w orks down here. F ive tim es « b a r te r prep ared hv the M unicipal R esearch B u reau of the le a g u e w here he co n tac ted s ta te police 1 he speech given by C lub P re s i to file a co m p lain t. of O regon cities, em bodies tw o M A PEES B E T T E R dent A rt S to n e w~s in te rru p te d Moore ad m its firing a shot on as th e delegates applauded th> Th m any friends of "B ill” c hanges w hich th e group indicate I Maple s will be glad to know th at , hc‘y favored a, th e ir firs, m e e t th e south Lank road, but claim s irrep ressib le youngsters. th a t it was aim ed at n e ith e r th e ! They d id n ’t stop w ith m aking he is u n d ergoing successful t r e a t ing. H ow ever, the gro u p will people nor the car. He says that speeches. T he boys m ade friends In a four-w ay cross suit, tw o m ent of his afflictions in th e Bav p ro bably consider the* w hole d o cu m ent in detail. he has com plained sev e ral tim es I w ith V IPs from all over th e sfa t >. w om en have accused each o th e r a ie a and is now m ore su re o f an M em bers of tin* group ai ; C. because the B rays had blocked the ¡s ta r tin g w ith G overnor P a tte rso n ° f a ssa u lt and b a tte ry and d is ea rly re tu rn to his hom e a, Illahe. Ed Dc'mpsey, W. W. C hadw ick, drivew ay to his hom e, and th a t j and w orking th e ir w av dow n ord erly conduct, following a row- M is. M aples is down w ith him. A rchie, H endricks. P aul Davis, he found it n e a rly blocked this thro u g h hank presidents. In th e ir in a local tavern. G lenn Rogers, M errill B ullock, S atu rd ay . M unicipal Ju d g e H ans Nelson pare tim e they tro tte d out to Silver Tea M rs. Roy W eidem an, D ora B eau Moore says he th en w ent to his B eaverton to tell a g roup of boys has se, tria l for D ecem ber 8 for lieu, M rs. Cordc : m an, Bill P helps, house, b rought out th e .22 rifle, th e re how they could do the sam e M ary M ederis and D iva S ,o iler, A rth u r Knox, E stes M orton, H ugh Decem ber 13 who w ore involved in a braw l in and moved to w ith in 50 feet of th in g for B eav e rto n th a t the Bronson, Mr. 1’v g art, Ken O sborne th e car. at w hich tim e he said L ucky 7 club is doing for B rook K en's T avern on N ovem ber 23. T h e C hetco C horal C lub will an d F red Moore, In ’wo se p a ra te com plaints, e n te rta in the public at a silv er “this is a w a rn in g to y o u ,” and ings. T he group has been asked by W hile in P o rtlan d , th e boy-; M aiy M ederis has accused Mrs tea S u n d ay aftern o o n , Dec. 13, at { the» city council ,0 help th em fired over th e car. H e states, S ,o ile r of slapping h e r face and however, th a t th e B rays and the w e re interview ed, photo g rap h ed the B ap tist C hurch, from 2 to 5 fo rm u la te the c h a r te r w hich is to Johnsons w ere 150 feet d istan t and broadeast. and by th e tim e s trik in g and beatin g her; and Mrs p.m be voted u|»on by th e people of th e from the c a r a t th e tim e he shot, th e convention w as over th ey S to iie r has responded w ith a p a ir The ch o ru s will sing a g roup •>« city n xt y ea r. T he g ro u p will of like com plaints, accusing th e songs at 3 ami a t 4. M rs N or ne m ak e reco m m en d atio n s to th e v e t e p re tty well know n '-our • C ontinued xt B ack P ag ? m en ’ s odi- r w om an of a s s a u ltin g ami Harvey w ill accompany th.' sin g Count" Liter th< v have co m pleted e rs th e ir study BROOKINGS BOYS CAPTIVATE PORTLAND SAFETY MEETING CHARTER GROUP MEETS FRIDAY Women Cross-file Assault Complaint