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Thi OnEGON STATESMAN. Salfxa. Oregon, Friday M orria, Jtsty ttt It 31 FIRE DESTROYS AURORA HOME Hurst House, Pioneer Man sion Raged by Fire of Unknown: Origin ' " V AURORA, . July 30. An old landmark was raxed to the ground Monday night when the house on the Hurst estate burned. 'William Meller, who occupied & part ot the house, was out driving with his. hr other and sister-in-law from California, who are visiting here. A passerby turned In an alarm about 8:30, but the property is situated outside, the' city limits and there are no water mains on that side of the bridge, and the flames had. made such headway the firemen could do-little but protect other property. Household goods on' the first floor were saved but all clothing of the guests who were occupying the second floor was lost. The Hurst house was a . large le-room building, situated on a alight hillside across the railroad tracks. It was build about 40 years ago by John D. Hurst, who came to Aurora and bought out the old colony mill from the Wag ner heirs, and operated it under the name of J. D. Hunt & Son. The family left here years ago and the propertyhad run down. The origin of the fire could not be determined. It la not known if there was any Insurance. MRS. FISHER DIES SUDDENLY; A9ER 31 SILVERTON. Jnly 30 Mrs. TVtrnthT Fisher. SI. died suddenly here last night. She had been ap parently m tne best or neaitn ana had been talking and laughing with her husband, who naa just rotnrned from a nearby loJtslng camp. She suddenly complained of feeling ill; a physician i was summoned, but she died ten min utes after his arrival. Hem orrhage of the brain was giveo as the cause of her death. eh u horn in Ferrua Falls. Minn. Besides her widower,; Wil liam, she Is lurmed by a z 4 -day-old baby; her parents, Mr. I and Mrs. W. A. Whitson and sister, Mrs. Fred Pond, all of Berthold. North Dakota, and two brothers, Ralph of Bakersfield. Cal., and Herbert WhlUon of Minot, Xortb Dakota. r - The body is at Jack and Ek : man's 7raortuafy. Funeral ar . rangements hare not been com pleted. HERE FROM ILLINOIS SIL.VERTON. July SO After an absence of many years. Miss Florence Spencer, daughter of the Rer. J. Spencer, -who was pas tor of the M. E. church here 18 years ago, is visiting In Silver- ton. She Is staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Adams. 'Miss Spencer is teaching school at De Kalb, I1L, where -her father Is preaching. She ' came west to be bridesmaid for a sorority sister living In Eugene. PRUNE HARVEST NEAR ROSEDALE. July 30 Wood is being hauled to the driers pre paratory to an early prune bar beat. The fruit is already: begin ning to turn ripe. ' We were lucky enough to buy a lot of samples of the newest models of console mirrors at a j close-out price from the manufac turer, and we are going to pass the good fortune on to : you. Think of it, a - gorgeous French , plate glass mirror to doll up that little extra wall space for only .four-riinety-. five The mirror pictured measures 14 inches across and is 29 inches high, but . oh, there are so many others all shapes and sizes some also run crosswise. H CXX r- : r I W W J57 Swigarts Visit With Relatives In This County i AURORA J July 3 0. Vacatlon- lsta who are spending a few days in Aurora are Mr.' and Mrs. J. F. Swigart and twins of Grants Pass. They are visiting Mr. Swigart'a sister, Mrs. A. L. Strickland. They have spent some time In Milwau kie with the parents of Mrs. Swi gart. After leaving here they will be the guests of relatives in Eu gene, getting back to Grants Pass In time for the opening of the school where Mr. Swigart Is an Instructor.. ENJOY VACATIONS KINO WOOD, July 30 Mrs. E. W. St. Pierre and her daughter. Miss Ella St. Pierre are at home following a vacation - spent at a Washington beach resort. They were accompanied by Mrs. St. Pierre's son and daughter-in-law. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. St. Pierre of Portland and their children, Pe ter and Suzanne. Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Smith of Sa lem who have been making a tour of the southern states are house guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Flack. J Mrs. Sarah A. .Burbank and Mrs. Lulu Mills, both of Albany were recent two day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jj A. Yantlss. The visit ors were former neighbors of the Yantiss family when they also lived In Albany. Mrs. Nellie Campbell of Victor ia, B. C, Mrs. Jessie Laird, Mrs. James Reld and Dr. Jessie Bro dle. all of Portland and all rela tives of Mrs. Hall were house guests recently at the- Robert Hall home on King wood Terrace. E. E. Dennison of Long Beach, Calif., is a visitor at the home of his son, Edwin Dennison. He ex pects to remain through the sum mer, i Misses Lucile and Merle Jones of Mist are gueets at the O. B. Bittner home. The Blttner fam ily have been visiting at Mist and the girls ! returned home with them. S. V. Fuller paid a brief visit to his little ranch hero Sunday. Since he left last spring he has been working at Hood River and Gresham. His house here Is occu pied by the Charles Prlller fam ily. Mrs. Rollin Beaver la spending a week with relatives In Portland. APARTMENT LEASED SILVERTON, July 30 The Wolfard apartment house on North Water, street has been leased to O. E. Rowe of this city. Rowe has started extensive ren ovations' and within a week ex pects to have it opened to ten ants. He will occupy one apart ment. Rowe is manager of the Silverton Box factory. HERE FROM CALIFORNIA SILVERTON, July 30 Mrs. Jerry Ward of Los Angeles is here for a month's visit with her mother, Mrs. Laura Hubbs. She will also visit with her brothers. Frank and George Hubbs, of this euy. SWIMMING' ENJOYED VALSETZ. July 30 A fare well swimming party was enjoy ed by several of the Valsetz chil dren Tuesday afternoon. They were Evelyn, Raymond Dodson, Lydia Henshman, Evelyn Green of Silverton, Joe McDonald of Dallas. I --', l w, Take one along for only fifty cents down, and pay the balance at say fifty cents a week. KIBOD FAMILIES I 1 . 1 ; : I ' -. JUU 6TATE OTHiSi3T Sill BIB AT Mil CLOSED Black Dragons Draw Large Crowds; Many Pass ! Various Tests i i i AURORA. July 80 Tuesday afternoon the "Black Dragons." sponsored by the Willamette chap ter of the Red Cross, of Salem, brought to a successful close a week of Instruction in swimming, by giving an exhibition- of life saving and fancy swimming, fol lowed by tryouta of the pupils en rolled. Those who . passed the tests as reported by Miss Thora. Moeean. executive secretary of Willamette chapter, who had charge of the program, were: Junior Life Savers: Sula Mosh berger of Wood burn; Eunice Car mlchael and Barbara Jensen of Monitor, Betty and Beatrice Abel of Canby, Haxel Ferguson and Emma Mneasig of Aurora. Senior Life Savers: Charles Boyle and Mary Jackson of Wood burn and Mamie Coyne -of Mon itor. Advanced swimming: ; El den Harrison. Beginners: Jean .. Strickland. Bruce Giesy. George and John Kraus, Gilbert Hunt, Robert Bon ney, Martha Francis Brandtl, and George Kraus, all of Aurora. Members of the "Black Dra gons" who gave the Instruction were headed by Maxey Lang ford, assisted by Esther Arnold. Mark Satchler, Ethel Niles, Al Halberg and Ruth Arnold. Others who as sisted were Claud Martin and Juanita Johnston, county nurse. Great Interest was displayed throughout the week. Every day the river was fairly swarming with swimmer sand the banks were lined with cars and specta tors. Ridings Family Reunion Sunday SILVERTON, July 30 The an nual reunion of the Ridings fam ily will be held Sunday at Wing park, on the Molalla river. A number of friends of the family have been invited. The picnic will be an all-day affair, with a dinner, at 1 o'clock. Dr. Wilson on Vacation Trip SILVERTON. July 30 With a month's vacation In sight. Dr. C. R. Wilson, local dentist, will leave here tomorrow for Seattle, where he will board a boat for Cordova, Alaska. At the north ern city, he will meet-his wife who has been visiting with broth ers for two months. Dr. and Mrs. Wilson will return here about September 1. SUFFERS RELAPSE ; SILVERTON. July SO The Rev. W. O. Livingstone, who suf fered an attack of ptomaine a few days ago. suffered a relapse here Tuesday. Yesterday he was taken to the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Ivan Talbot, at Hood River to convalesce. PATIENT IMPROVING SILVERTON, July SO Mrs. Harold Lamb, who underwent a major operation at the Silverton hospital a few days ago, is con valescing satisfactorily. At yet, she la not allowed to have vis itors. Excuse They all have fine beveled glass with a beautiful etched design, and the frames are the lat est. These can be used' in the finest homes and surely dress up that place that looks so bare. ::- - M. , Remember these are all samples,! all in perfect condition, so there are only' one or two of ' a number, so - please hurry, before it is ; too ' late, as ; when they are gone there will be no more at this extraordinary price. . . ; - Farmers Union - Ileet Monday BETHEL, July SO As espe cially enjoyable meeting of the Bethel local of the Farmers' Union la anticipated for the even ing of Aagust 3. The meeting will be held at the achooL The Benner family of Salem have kindly consented to furnish the program. Ice cream will be provided and each lady la naked to bring a cake. Members and their families and prospective members are invited. . VALSETZ RESEMBLES 'DESERTED MKF VALSETZ, July SO Many of the - remaining families are leav ing Valsets In the past few weeks. Art Ross. Walter Clark. Clenton Emra. Lett Gardner, . have all moved to Fall City. ' Mr. Emra. opened the meat market there for a while then rented It to Dick Lefener, also from Valsets. Monday Mr. Lefen er opened the market in Fall City. Lester Green and family moved to Silverton today. Pete Stoltenberg, la moving to Independence Wednesday. W. D. Barnett la . in Portland this week . Mrs. Hugh Bartrom and chil dren are moving to Corvallis Thursday. FAMILY PICXIO ENJOYED TURNER. July 30 Mrs. Mal lnda Barsee accompanied Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McKay and children, Phillip, Wllford and Marjory, of Salem Sunday, for a drive to . a point near Gates where a family picnic dinner was enjoyed. Mrs. McKay is a daughter of Mrs. Bar see's. The McKay family have al ways lived in or near Turner, un til a few weeki ago when they moved to Salem where Mr. Mc Kay is a rural mall carrier. HERB FROM PORTLAND BETHEL. Jnly 30 Mrs. A. L. Sundborg has been enjoying a visit from her sister, Mrs. John Huber of Hoqulam, Wash. Mrs. Hubera son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gaunt, of Portland were also at the Sund borg home for a short visit. . j IS31. Uocsrr Mvbm TouccoCa if If l f A VI I M ft II Jv.'jwy w vpatas; - JZTT ' -' - --' : - - ' V- "VCry.. . - - US OPPOSES SPECIAL SESSIOil Proposed ; Legislature and Indiana tax Plan are ' Frowned Upon SILVERTON. July 80. 'i The proposed special aeesion. of the legislature and the adoption of the so-called Indiana tax law were both , vigorously opposed at a meeting of the Silverton grange last Friday night. The (range went on record aa opposing both prbposals, - ' Further plans for' the big -meeting here la October, when, the Po mona grange is entertained, were discussed. Four members of the Silverton Hills grange, who will assist the local committee, were present. They are Mrs, Anna Had ley, Mrs. J. Tschanta, Mrs. W. Parrlsh and Mrs. C. Murray.. A delegation ' from the Monitor grange were alee in attendance to offer aid for the October gather ing." A - letter from George Hulet, state grange master, was read, asking that the grangers patronise business firms advertising in the grange paper. Mrs. J. L. Stalker gave a report of the recent grange plenle at Champoeg park. LEGION'S PROGRAM SILVERTON. July 30. A pro-' gram and dance In the city park here at which Silverton and sur rounding community are invited Is being sponsored by the Delbert Reeves American Legion post next Monday night. The program will begin at 8 o'clock, with dancing following. Mayor L. C. Eastman will give one of the addresses of the eve ning. Efforts are being made to obtain Colonel Eugene Moshber- ger of woodburn as another speaker. One of the features of the program will be the Salem Kiltie band. Other numbers will be an .lntrumental duet by Hilda and Marjorie McDowell; vocal solo, Mrs. W. F. Tate; tap dance, M HI vxv r.-" sHr- Registered "first class9-! "No comebacks -when you smoke Chesterfields. ; Tb tohaccos art right! Chesterfield nses only mild, ripe, sweet-tasting tobaccos the best and purest money can buy. , ' . Tb blend h right I It's an art to put tobaccos together the Chesterfield way in the exact proportions which bring out the finer qualities of each tobacco type. A science too! For each type of tobacco used must pass rigid laboratory tests for mildness, for stoma. THAT GOOD CIGARETTE THEY SATISFY VaX&a Davis; reading. Weston Snitthf lections, snvertoa. band, and b nek and -wing ta dance, by Eugene SewalL The broadcastlnr car ef Alfred Adams has been offerM for the evening,- o ample audition is promised everyone. George Man oils. Bui McDonald and . A. Sewell compose the committee In charge. The. dance and program are am annual event offered free by the Legion here. Hop Picking isr " Next Activity AUBURN. .Jnly 30 Logan berry picking is now a' thins of the past, and berry pickers will soon bo hop pickers. Hans Rehh is cutting out the old berry capes and cultivating his berry yard. C. C-Armstrong and famuy have returned from Rockaway where they, spent their annual va cation. Roy Rodgers and family are leaving for their -vacation which will bo spent at Rockaway. Miss Martha and Flora Wlrth and Miss .Ruth Benson have re turned from a shopping trip to Portland. . Scio Tribune Has Birthday SCIOi July 30. ' With this week's Issue of the Scio Tribune, 34 years of consecutive publica tion have been completed. A glance at the old tiles in the of fice assure the information seek er that many changes have taken place in the town and community daring that period and that It has been the purpose of the paper to boost any chances for the better. GUESTS FROM Jf. DAKOTA SILVERTON, July 30 Mr. and Mrs. Gus Herr and daughter are In Weshek, North Dakota, for a months visit with friends and relatives. They . accompanied Mr. Herr's two brothers, who - had been visiting here, to -the middle west. Julius Herr, a brother who was recently ordained . a minis ter, will accompany- tne silverton family home. He plans to attend Willamette university this fall. BACK FROM VACATION AUMSVILLE. Jnly 30 Mrs W. H. Powell returned home this week from Washington where she haa been the past two weeks with her son end family. Earl Powell yve If EASTERii TRIP IS BESIG SCIO. Jnly 30. A recent let ter to the Tribune' from the John Kukackas, who are visiting rela tives In New Jersey, presents many interesting items' to their friends in Scio. The Kukackas, ac companied by Mrs. Knkacka'a sis ter, Mrs. Pinkava.. made "the trip across the -continent In nine days. The family has been busy visiting polnta continuous to that state. .Mr. Kukacka tells of an -In teresting trip to Dorothy. N. J.. on the Fourth of July. He states In part that, as an example of traffic conditions In. New York, we might say that on leaving the Bronx. New York city, to go to Long Island, we were obliged to wait 45 minutes before we could get on a ferry. They had seven fer ries running, one leaving about every five minutes, each boat car rying about 30 cars a trip. The line of cars waiting stretched as far' aa one could see. Again In Long Island we were caught in a traffic delay where we traveled a distance -of three miles in 45 minutes." - During the week, they visited friends in New York city, Hobo ken, Astoria and Deep River, Conn.' Many of them they had not seen since their last trip in 1924. and some of them not for a longer period. They still have a few. friends to visit in New Jersey be fore they start on their way home, bringing to a close one of the grandest vacations they have ever enjoyed.- GRANGE CLUB HAS ALL DAY MEET PLEASANT VIEW, July 30 the grange work club met at the home of Mrs. T. T. Palmer, Tuesday for. an 'all day session. A quilt was tied for the host ess, also work done on the grange QUllt. In the afternoon the business meeting was called to order, by the president, Stella Miller. : Plans were discussed for a grange picnic to be held soon. Mrs. W. F. Gulvln extended an to UNCLE SAf.VS 373,23 handle 76,500,000 piece or mail every day! - :. - -...-. --"" .-...-. .. .. . . -v ... .. -v -. -.-v--.- ...WL i ""NEITHER SNOW NOR RAIN " NOR HEAt NOR GLOOM OF NIGHT STAYS, JHESE COURIERS FROM THE SWIFT COMPLHION ; OF THEIR APPOINTED ROUNDS." A tribute that is deserved! for taste. No raw inferior tobaccos ever find their way into Chesterfield cigarettes!. - : Tb wuuutfactmr is right. Every Chesterfield is weH 11 ed, well-formed and burns evenly. . Tbt paper is right in texture, weight and purity. Money can't buy better. '; The fast is right. It is not by accident that Chester field holds its smokers. They're milder and yet They Satisfy. V TO Invitatida for the club te' meet with her In August, the meeting to bo. in the evening with the men aa guests. , - - Members r resent were? T co- dames H. C. Lewis, Burt Peoples, i noa. Ldiue, Kuzaoeth McKay, O. w. rerns, Raymond Titus, J. E. Whitehead. Kr W ' r. r$n7 George Crnme, J. M. Bones, Stel la Miller, I. L. Webb, Fred Stein er, Fred Mitchell. Kd Wallace, E. E. Cook and the hostess, T. T. Palmer. Guests- were: Mrs. L. KnnfcA Mrs. Farhmin. Mm. A r term an and daughter Dorothy, of Salem, and Miss Thelma Peoples. Boone Frost is Laid to Rest SCIO. Jnl-r SO IPnnaVal .r Ices were eandnrbut T)inM4i. afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock at Bilyeu- Den cemetery, near ocio, tor uoone Frost, 71, who died in Albany Monday evening, July . 2 C. Rev. Beard of Lebanon will officiate. He was born In tne scio community on March 14. 1860. and has live I practically all his lite In this neighborhood. in 183 ne was united in mar riage to Mrs. Emma Shelton. He is survived by one son. Merle, of Portland, and two step-sons. Herbert Shelton of Albany and Floyd Shelton of Stayton. and one step-daughter, Mrs. Damle Bilyeu - of Washington. Three brothers and two sisters are also living: John Frost of Scio, Scott Frost of Spokane, Wash., George Frost of Ashland, . Mrs. Clara Smith of Scio and Mrs. Ella Er mlston of Carlton. Oregon. GUESTS AT BRUSH CREEK BRUSH CREEK, July 30 Mrs. Sam Lorenzon has as gueets two nieces, Dorothy . Qnall and Marlon Ramsby. The girls came from Portland by stage Wednes day afternoon. - Their arrival was a surprise for their had planned to come Sunday. When they fail ed to appear that day It waa thought they would send word be fore coming. Dorothy, who lives at Eugene, has been visiting with her cousin in Portland. They plan to stay a week at the Lorenzon home. SOCIAL PLANNED SILVERTON. July 3 The Guild of the Immanuel Lutheran church will sponsor an ice cream social on the church lawns Satur day evening. An extensive pro gram is planned for the sociaL nn u POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES V