HOPEWELL IS
BUSY PLACE
Vacation Trips, Berry and j
Hop Picking Occupy
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HOPEWELL. Aug. 20.- Mar
Jorie Roger has Just returned
from an eastern trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Branson vis
fted at the home or Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Rogers Saturday evening.
Mr. Mid Mrs. Howard Stephens
and son. Clifford and Vernon are
in Washington on a vacation trip.
Miss Barbara Rogers left Sun
day for a two weeks' visit at The
Dalles.
E. Veil has finished dipping his
sheep.
Kurt Setala is building a new
barn on his place.
The blackberries are ripening
here now. Mrs. K. Setala took a
tew crates to Salem today. Polvis
sent off 28 crates to McMinnvllle
last Wednesday.
Hop picking will begin at the
Will Magnees yard Monday. He
will have 90 pickers and the pick
ing ta expected to be good.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fowlor and
children. Chandler and Mabel have
returned home from Noti.
Tex Stone is planning to saw
Wood for Will Magness.
Charles Sargent has a new Du
rant six.
Vacant houses at Hopewell are
getting scarce. Archie Davidsons
are renting the Ritacca house and
It Is reported that Miss Phelps,
the primary teacher in the Advent
school, will occupy Mrs. Wood's
house.
Mr. and Mrs. Durham are mov
ing to their place here in Hope
well. Mrs. Durham will be remem
bered as the daughter of Mr.
Fleming who until his death about
two years ago, lived at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Shively, of
Willamina, spent Wednesday eve
ning with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. An
derson. F. F. Anderson, of McMinnvllle,
was a business caller at the Hope
well garage Friday.
Dr. Davis, of Amity, was called
to the home of Mr. Stone to see
Mrs. Williams, who naa been in
for some time.
J. H. Stanton, of Salem, who is
known as the fresh fish man to
Hopewell vicinity, has sold out.
We hope his successor will con
tinue to be called "the fresh fish
man."
Mrs. Mabel Carpenter, who was
one of the delegates to the Ad
ventist camp meeting at Forest
Grove has returned home.
Dale Miller motored over to
Scio to visit his mother, Mrs. May
Kearns, who was taken ill while
visiting her sister, Mrs. South, of
that place. He reports she Is im
proving and able to tit up now.
HEIRS DVtR JT
SOUTH HSU
SOUTH SILVERTON, August
20. The Haberly Ctf. threshing
machine ended its run at 4:30
Saturday afternoon. The Brunner
machine ended work Monday af
ternoon. The Elmer King machine
has moved to the Union hill sec
tion. Miss Lorraine Fletcher who
taught one year In Centerview,
two years ago is a guest of Miss
Lois Riches. Mies Fletcher will
return to The Dalles where
sne wuTmgaln teach.
Ted Riches is again able to be
about after his illness of two
weeks ago. He suffered an attack
of poisoning.
Burnett Haberly started to For
est Grove Sunday to spend a few
days with a fraternity brother but
soon after leaving Woodburn ran
into such heavy rain that he re
turned home.
Hop picking started in the Jim
Dick yard Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Dye and
daughter Juanlta, Mrs. Harry
Green and two children of Port
land, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mader
and two children and Mrs. Na
der's mother, Mrs. Patton of Mac
leay were Sunday guests at the
P. J. Neuswanger home. Mrs. Dye
and Mr. Mader are sister and bro
ther of Mrs. Neuswanger.
Mrs. Ida Neuenburg of Silver
ton Is a guest this week at the
Edson Com stock home.
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unsvnAIE. August 20 Mr.
nd Mrs. Chas. Coppock and two
children, Bernice and Fred, ar-
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Coppock's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A 1 Hart TtatPn
Samuel Cook and son Earl, of
California, are visiting at the Cnk
bertson home.
c. Kmiih returned Monday
from Portland where he attend
ed the funeral of an uncle.
E. B. Strand of Yoncalla, Ore.,
was in the vicinity on business
Monday. He plans to move his
family up the last of the week:
They will live on the Strand ea-
The Cammack boys were called
to Snnnyside Monday to' help
fight the timber fire on the Berry
ranch.
(r Ttnnnev i anite ill.
Alonxo Sims is staying with rel
ntfvea who have recently came
from Oklahoma and are living
on the property vacated by tne
Glover, family. They are the Car
i fimii hn livad here about
5 The Almon family visited at
Philomath on Jronday.
LINCOLN, August 20 August
Walling and Carol Hunt of Salem
left today for DeLake where they
will be employed In the D. H.
Hendricks pea field. Picking will
Central Howell Men Join
In Fighting Fire in Field
CENTRAL HOWELL, Aug. 20
While A. E. Kuezl with a crew
of men was baling straw Hlonday
from a stack on the R. C. Rams
den place a fire was started from
the exhaust of the tractor.
Eugene Kuenzl was burned !
quite severely while trying to get
the tractor and baler away from
the fire, but so suddenly and
fiercely the fire burnel thai it
wag" impossible to move the baling
equipment until the fire died
down. j
There
was a pile of sacked i
grain jut
north of the bnrninc
stravrand
another jrraln nile be
side a second straT stack near
the barn. The strong wind from
the north-west drove the fire rap
Idly toward the second straw
stack and pile of stacked grain.
A small armv of men er&thered
Quickly from all directions. Farm
ers ieri tneir worn; tne crew from
the H. L. Liehty threshing ma
HAS1UM
Descendants of Pioneers of
1865 Gather at Macleay
On Sunday
SILVERTON, August 20. The
fourth annual reunion of the des
cendants of Joseph and Polly Sin
gleton Hartley was held at the
old home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Tekenberg at Macleay Sunday.
Forty descendants of Mr. and Mrs.
Hartley gathered for a morning of
visiting and a picnic dinner fol
lowed by a business meeting and
a program.
At the business meeting Charles
Hartley of Jefferson was elected
president, Mrs. G. D. Bowen of
Silverton vice-president and Miss
Merle Bowen of Silverton secretary-treasurer.
Jean Blades of
Hillsboro was chosen historian.
It was also decided to hold the
next meeting at Hillsboro on the
second Sunday of July, 1930.
The program consisted of a re
port by the former historian, Mae
Blades; talk by John Tekenburg;
vocal solo by Carl Hartley of Jef
ferson; talk on the early child
hood of the family by Mrs. Sylves
ter Lambert of Stayton; vocal solo
by Hazel Blades; an original poem
"In Memories' Fancies," by Mrs.
John Tekenburg.
Those going over from Silver
ton for the reunion were Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Hartley, Miss Jessie
Hartley. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hart
ley, Richard and Thomas Hartley,
Mr. and M. G. D. Bowen' and
Miss Merle Bowen.
The '.Hartleys came to Oregon
from Illinois in 1865 and settled
at Macleay.
Barn and Hay at
Central Howell
Taken by Blaze
CENTRAL HOWELL, August
20. Eighteen tons of hay, a con
siderable quantity of feed as well
an the substantial frame barn in
which they were housed, were de
stroyed by fire on the place of
Frank E. Ware near here, after
midnight this morning. The fire
was discovered by 3 a. m. but too
late for the flames to be checked.
The loss was estimated at S3 000
partially covered by insurance.
The cause of the fire has not
been determined.
Paul Thomas is
Seriously Hurt
When Log Falls
SILVERTON. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial): Paul Thomas was seriously
injured Monday afternoon when a
log, being loaded -on a truck, fell
upon him. He was rushed to the
Silverton hospital, where today he
was reported to be resting as well
as could be expected. Toung
Thomas was hauling logs to the
mill operated by his father, Frank
Thomas, six miles east of town.
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"THE HUMAN PROJECTILE"
THE SENSAT IP Tf OF TlliTcENTUnVI
f.lort PEOPLE Mort ACTS Mora ANIMALS
KORE OF EVERYTIIMQ THAN EVER CZFORX
Downtown Ticket Office (Circus Day) at
PATTOJTS BOOK STORE, 340 STATE ST.
chine came; passersby on the
main road drove in and all joia
ed In fighting the fire.
A team of horses was hurriedly
hitched to a. plow and a furrow
plowed in front of the fire but
this did not stop it so a second
furrow was made while the men
fought with wet sacks running
from one sack pile to the other
and trying to keep the fire from
ihe buildings.
The Silverton fire department
was called and arrived in time to
relieve the men. The fire burned
a wide swath a quarter of a mile
long nearly to the main road be
fore it was stopped.
No grain was burned although
all the baled straw in the pile was
destroyed. The tractor was not
damaged materially. All of the
wooden parts of the baler were
burned.
Mr. Kuenzi plans to replace
these parts and resume work as
soon as possible.
BROOKS
CiPFI
GIRLS ENTERTAINED
BROOKS, August 20 Mrs.
Charles Coffindaffer entertained
the Brooks Campfire girla and a
group of their friends at her home
on Wednesday evening, after the
regular business meeting. Re
freshments were served by the
hostess. Those present were:
Miss Edna Lesher, Miss Katherine
Blanton, Miss Ina Lesner', 'Miss
Dona Bishop, Miss Ernamae Stur
gis, Miss Lena Riggi, Miss Gladys
Otto, Miss Inez Allison, Miss Hat
tie Ramp, Miss Doris Wood, Miss
Hazel Nys, Frank Riggi, Bob
Bish. Earl Chastain, James Riggi,
Erwin Sturgis, John Dunlavy Jr.,
Willie Wright, Richard Hess, Mar
vel Blanton.
Robert Glover of Portland spent
the week-end vlsiltng with his
uncle and aunt, Robert and Miss
Ellen Hackit, and his brother,
Lyle Glover.
Rev. D. George Cole, pastor of
the Brooks Methodist church, who
was quite ill the past week, has
so far recovered that he was able
to resume his duties as pastor
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Ramp
have as their guests this week
end Mrs. E. E. Michael and son
Mar Michael of Centralia, Wash.
Mar Michael will leave Monday
morning for San Francisco, Cal.,
where he will spend several
weeks visiting friends. Mrs. Mi
chael will go from here to Marsh,
field. Ore., where she will visit
her mother, Mrs. William Waters.
The regular weekly meeting of
the Brooks Methodist Epworth
league will be held in the church
on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock,
with Mrs. A. H. Sears as leader.
The subject will be "How do the
Movies Square with Our Tests?"
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramp have
gone to Bend, Oregon, where they
will visit with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Vern Ramp. They expect to be
gone a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gibson ac
companied by Miss Edna Lesher
and Miss Ina Lesher spent the
week-end at Pacific City.
Mr. Ridel of Pipestone, Minne
sota, Is a guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harris. Mr.
Ridel made the trip to Oregon by
auto. The Harrises were old
friend of Mr. Ridel -back in Min
nesota, where the Harrises for
merly resided.
Vernonia Scene
For Fatality to
Silverton Man
SILVERTON. Aug. 20. Word
was received here ' this morning
that George Graves, SO, was killed
Monday by a falling log at the
lumber camp at Keasey, near
Vernonia. Mr. Graves was a
nephew of Mrs. F. A. Hobart of
Silverton and a cousin of Mrs.
Frank Heater.
He was born at Marquam, near
Silverton, and lived there most of
his Mfe. His home recently has
been at Oregon City, where his
narents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Graves,
live. He la also survived by his
bride of only a few months.
first visit or uiant
CONSOLIDATION IN 2
YEARS
DOORS OPEN AT 1 7 P. M.
oux and only orisihal
The OREGON STATESMAN. Stlem.
scons MILLS
HAS REUNION
Brougher Family Meet Sun
day; Many Visitors in
Homes of District
SCOTTS MILLS. Aug. 20 A
family reunion was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Brougher Suaday.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Ramsay and family of Mo
lalla; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mul
vlhlll and daughter Ruby Harriet,
of Portland: Dr. and Mrs. John
Brougher of Vancouver, Wash
ington. Mr. and Mrs. Harvev
Brougher and son, of Clatskanle,
Washington, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Conlson and family, and Ira
Brougher of Scotts Mills.
Their daughter Miss Lila Brough
er, who la a matron in a Mission
School at Sitka. Alaska, was un
able to be present, also their son
and daughter-rn-iaw. Mr. and Mr.
O. H. Brougher of Salem.
Quarterly meeting was held at
the Friend's church here Friday.
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Forrest Bartholomew and
daughter have returned to their
home after visiting Mrs. Barthol
omew's parents. Mr. and Mrs. A.
It. Kent for several days.
Miss Loraine Hogg, who Is
stenographer in the office of Supt.
of public Instruction Is spending
her vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Hogg.
Mrs. A. H. Ettlen visited
friends In Salem over the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hicks of
Silverton visited their daughter.
Mrs. George Syron and family on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Coulson and
family and Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Mulvlhill and daughter, of Port
land drove to Whllholt Saturday
afternoon.
The ball game played between
Molalla M. W. A. and Scotts
Mills M. W. A. at Molalla Sunday
was won by the Scotts Mills team,
the score being 6 to 2.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Amundson
and daughters, Beatrice and Hel
en, .and Mrs. Frank Whitlack and
daughter Maxlne, spent the week
end at the beaches.
See
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Cars
TODAY
445 Center
Oregon, Wriaesday Morning,
Mrs. Grace Dart waa called to
Corvallia the first of the week to
care for her sister, Mrs. Edna
Lotten who la cuite sick.
Miss Olive Cole of near Engene
la visiting friends here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Shepherd
and family visited relatives at Mo
lalla Saturday evening.
Gervais Man is
Injured by Fall
From Hay Rack
GERVAIS. August 20 A. C.
Simmons was severely Injured
Monday morning while hauling
hay to his barn. Mr. Simmons
fell to the ground when the load
of hay he was riding upon top
pled over. His left shoulder was
injured, the ligaments that hold
the bones in place being torn, and
because of his aga la going to be
a hard injury to hold in place
while It is healing. He is getting
along as well as can be expected.
Father Orth and his two altar
boys, Johnnie Mutter and George
Hauptman have returned home
after spending a week at the
beach.
Elmer Barrett and daughter
Eunice Everett left Friday for
their home in Boise. Idaho. Mrs.
A. B. Minaker and daughter Car
ol accompanied them as far as
Portland. Dorothy Minaker and
Mr. Barrett and daughter Eunice
returned Thursday from a two
weeks stay at the different Ore
gon beaches.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McDougall
and family went to Laurelhurst
park last Sunday to attend the
second Oregon Volunteers picnic.
Manganese Found
On Fatland Farm
In South Dakota
SILVERTON. Aug. 20. Henry
Fatland of Silverton has been
notified that 550 acres of his
farm in Chamberlin. South Dako
ta, were included in the area
where the discovery of manganese
ore was made. Mr. Fatland says
that his whole ranch has been
leased to a mining company and
that mining operations have al
ready begun.
Mt. Fatland, who visited there
three years ago, plans to visit
there again within the coming
year.
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August 21, 1S29
Silverton Reports Grain v
Good and Hops and Berry
Picking in Full Swing
SILVERTON, Aug. 20. The
end of the grain threshing season
is In sight in farming communi
ties surrounding Silverton, and
thoughts are beginning to turn to
ward hop and evergreen picking.
The picking of early hops began
last week and -the Silverton Food
Products company opened Its
dxra to evergreens.
The wheat crop as reported was
exceptionally good this season. The
average bushels of wheat an acre
seems to be better than 45 In the
low lands and between 30 and 35
in the surrounding hills. Oscar
Dick perhaps holds the record
with an average of 72 bushels of
wheat an acre from 44 acre
Held. Edwin and William Hatte
berg raised 65 bushels an acre
from one of their fields and H. H.
Kuenrl managed 59 bushels an
acre from a 12 acre field.
As a whole the oat average
seems to be a little lower than in
some previous years, fifty and less
being the general reports. How-
FAVORS CONDUIT
GERVAIS, August 20 A spe
cial meeting of the Gervais city
council was called Wednesday
night and G. M. Harris, repre
senting the Pacific States Tele
phone company,' appeared before
the council and asked permission
to construct a conduit along the
property line between the city and
the Southern: Pacific railroad,
through the center of town.
The telephone company is plac
ing all its connecting lines be
tween populous centers north and
south in Oregon under ground as
a matter of safety and to reduce
the cost of upkeep, and the com
pany is seeking rights-of-way
along the highwayi and through
the cities.
The city council favored the
proposition and Mayor Moisan
was Instructed to have an ordin
ance drawn to comply with the
wishes of the council, to he pre
sented at the next meeting of the
council.
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POULTRY
IBESS
MOUNTAIN VIEW, August 20
Andrew Doran la having a fine
modern poultry house built. The
dimensions are 24x70 feet. Chas.
Schwartz and William Hacker of
Kingwood are doing the carpen
ter work.
The Dorans have experimented
In a moderately small way and
have found the chicken business
profitable, so wish to enlarge the
plant. They now have. about 400
fowls and plan to Increase their
flock to 1100 next year. They
will have White Leghorns and
Rhode Island reds until they de
termine whether the former are
the heavier egg producers.
AMITY, Aug. 20. The W. R.
Osborne dryer here will handle a
large crop of fruit and nuts this
season according to estimates giv
en out by Mr. Osborne.
The estimated amounts to be
handled by the plant are: Walnuts
250 tons, filberts 25 tons, and
prunes about 700 tons. By these
figures the magnitude of the plant
can be realised and. what a large
revenue It also means to the com
munity. Silverton, Aug. 20. By an error
it has been printed that the Silver
ton wading pool proposed for the
city park by Major L. C. Eastman,
has not received the approval of
the city park commission. The re
verse is true, the commission hav
ing enthusiastically approved the
plan for the pool to be erected at
a cost of $250.
AMITY DRYER WILL
HIVE BUSY SEASON
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PAYS WELL
Subirrigated Land Profit
able; Silverton Active
During Summer
SILVERTOX. Aug. 20. John
Brombowski is making farming
pay to the tuna of an average et
$300 an acre. His one sad note is
that his "farm" is so emalL
Mr. Brombowski's small piece of
land Is located near the Silver
Falls Timber company mill and it
is subirrigated by the seepage from
the mill pond. From this "ranch"
he has already- harvested three
ton of beans and expects to har
vest a ton and a half more.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Haaland and
son, Harold, have returned from a
vacation at Rockaway by The Sea.
The Haaland shoe repair shop has
been closed since the first of Aug
ust at which time the Haaland
left. Mr. Haaland has returned to
his work.
Mor. and Mrs. Rudd Bentson ot
the Bentson Grocery left Satur
day night for Seattle where they
will spend a week in vacationing..
During their absence Melvin Lar
son will run the delivery and Rolf
Bentson, who usually delivers, will
be employed inside. Miss Muriel
Bentson is also assisting in the
store during her parents' absence.
Miss Muriel has been engaged to
teach the third grade in the Silver
ton school this fall.
Miss Florence Nesheim has been
assigned to the Harmony school
near Mount Angel for this coming
term. Miss Nesheim substituted in
Silverton school last year. Her
school will open September 1 end
she will teach 16 children. The
term at Harmony is nine months.
Work Plentiful
In Jefferson
JEFFERSON. August 20. The
bean picking season will soon be
over in the fields in this vicinity.
Hop-picking commenced In th
Theissen-Grens and McKee hop
yards Monday.
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