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PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, June 26 1932- mm uiii HOLDS MEETING Second Bulk oil Station to - Be Started; President McBee Reports MARION, June 2S The quar terly eonTentlon of Marlon coun ty's Farmers unlpn was held In the gTOTO on the school grounds, with President Ernest Werner In . the chair. " The morning session was started with listening to the radio lecture of the national pres ident,; Mr. Simpson. Even though this Is an unus ually busy time with the farmers, the eonrention was -well attend ed and. deep Interest was shown throughout the entire day, in the problems confronting agriculture. Not all locals were represented but those that were showed by their reports that all were mak ing a substantial gain In mem- v bershlp and savings in, coopera tion buying. .-' :' ' New Local Reports Sidney Talbot, the baby local reports starting with a member- " ablp of 4. . State President McBee was In troduced to the assemblj imme diately after luncheon and spoke substantially on the need of far ther organization and progress al ready made In the cooperative buying and selling as regards the bulk oil station so recently estab lished at Dairy Polk Co. Another gas station is soon to be started In Washington county. However, progress in these Industries is retarded by the shortage of fi nances. Mr. Rempler, Shepherd, Pots and McOuire all gave short but Instructive talks on thepres ent day problems, stressing far ther organization and cooperation as the only solution. Music was furnished during the lunch time by Marion orchestra. Next convention will be held at Central Howell the third Satur day in October. TO ATTEMPT ENDURANCE RECORD O ! O " - V XX"S v " ' , " ' ' !' f - t - . v .,-,i - - , , : l " , - ' St NJ , i - - - f J V V - ' ISHAM FARM HOME LEVELED TO GROUND . LAKE LABISH. June 25 With . dramatic unexpectedness, fire or ' lginating from a vagrant spark ' out of a defective flue complete ly destroyed the Frank Isham home here Thursday. The fire started near the roof and was out of control before detected. The roof crashed in a very few minutes after the first . flame leaped into the sky, so rapidly Aid the conflagration spread. Vol unteer firemen aided Mrs. Isham and daughter Mary in salvaging a tew pieces of furniture. Nearly all personal effects were destroy ed. The two women were the only adults In the house at the time. But for a fortunate north wind the damage would probably have mounted to thousands of dollars en the Hayes' Labish farm hold ings, for a great many of the Hayes houses and onion barns are situated due east of the demol ished home. A strong west wind would have spread the fire through the Wei ton camp ground. in addition to the Hayes buildings. The Mount Angel fire wagon was summoned and made a com mendable run, but the fire was in complete sway before they ar rived. There are no hydrants in the vicinity, and a fire once un der way is impossible to check. E n n f - -"J r J w - - f ' 4 .f w - : li fa Tex Rankin, iateraationally knows aviator, la bow building a special plane in Portland, Ore., with which he hopes to break the present world's refueling endurance record of 533 hours and 41 minutes. The plane will have two motors, one of whkh may be overhauled in the air while the other. Is in operation. Rankin expects to start his attempt sometime fa July. He is pictured above with Dorothy Hester, world's champion woman stunt ace who holds a record ef 64 consecutive outside loops. Gilmore Junior, the famous live lioa cub mascot ef the Gilmore Oil company is seated between them. ra n IB OMMMSM INDEPENDENCE, June 25. Silo filling was begun on the Beckon Brothers' dairy farm Fri day afternoon. Vetch with some grain was used for ensilage. Etterburg- strawberry picking will continue the coming week. The cent a pound wage has pre vailed in this section while a few growers are offering a bonus of a quarter df a cent to those pick ers staying through the season. Haying has started and a bump er crop Is reported throughout this part of the valley. Oats crop on the Nelson farm Is. ready to combine and Mr. Hub bard, who has charge of the farm. Is patting his traotor and combine In shape to start working. Hop yard work has dropped to a 15 cents, an hour wage the price being set at a meeting of hop growers in Independence. IB HOUSE HUBBARD, June 25 Farmers in this vicinity are In the midst of haying. TBe clover hay Is nearly all In the barns, or should be, and the men are working with the oats and vetch hay. Most of the clover hay Is very good. The vetch hay Is also a heavy crop. Bad- Luck" Persuesv Family; ; ; Lyons, Stayton Lodges Are Consolidated -STAYTON, June 28 W. P. Brantley's resident , was - com pletely destroyed by fire shortly before one am. , Friday! Mrs. Brantley has been working at the cannery .and-. Thursday night worked until about. 10:30". A tire was built upon her return home sq that she and her husband might hare a lunch, before re tiring. They were- awakened some time after they had' retired by the dense smoke. They had only time to snatch a lew clothes and escape from the building, which was a mass of flames.' Just how the fire started will .probably never be known. By the time the fire company had been summoned and, water gotten on the building there was, little left. Some insur ance was .'carried on the -house. Mr. Brantley had had more than the - usual run of - bad luck. He has , teen .raising some, valu able fox and not so long ago, one got out of the pen and was seen by a neighbor, who mistook the animal for a dog, after his chick ens. He shot the fox, and as it was the wrong time of . year, Brantley was not even - able - to dispose of the pelt from the ani mal he valued at around 1350.. A committee composed of - B. S. Clarke, chairman, I H. Wright. Floyd Crabtree, Roy Phillipl and J. L. Jordan met with O. P. West Of Salem, scout executive of the Cascade area, here this week, to make plans for that organization. R. G. Wood will be scoutmaster and W. R. Dean assistant. The troop will have the use of the building at tha park under su pervision of trustees of the Ma sonic lodge. At the regular meeting of the Oddfellows lodge Thursday night the Lyon's lodge consolidated with the Stayton lodge. A good at- Novel Homecbniing Will Bring Togetri Pupils Ler - Aided by -Butler Sisters ' By BETJEAH H. CRAVEN MONMOUTH, June 25 A aomewhat novel reunion-home coming will be held Sunday. June 21 at the home of the Misses Mag gie and Allie Butler in . Mon mouth. Their guests will be men and women graduates of the Ore gon Normal school who were en abled to secure their higher, edu cation by .'living in the Butler home and helping with household chores to, earn their way. For more than 40 years the Misses Butter have granted this privilege annually, to a deserving student. In that time 3 young men and 12 young women, have earned diplomas from the nor mal, and -brought the roll of names of this particular group to nearly -half a hundred.' "They are all our .boys and rirU" the Misses Butler explain. "Our part in their , lives - was a mall one hut thev remember us. love us, write us wonderful let ters, -send Mother's day car as ana other festive greetings, and visit us whenever the opportunity, of fers. During these years their youth, optimism ana courage nave inspired us; and through them w hit an loved constant contact with the interesting college life of our town. We are immensely proud of them, and of their ln- tendance of the Stayton members as well as nine of the Lyons' boys were present. Those present from Lyons were: S. D. Brown, W. II. Mulkey, D. H. Monroe, Clyde Lewis, Clinton Surry, Ben Boda ker, William'Elder, J. F. Johnson and Bert Morris. Lindsey Wright is Noble Grand, and Grant Mur phy is secretary pro tem of the stavton lodee. Mrs. Edwin Klecker had the pleasure of hearing her uncle Ralph Watson, speak over the ra dio from Chicago, last Friday af ternoon. Mr. Watson is connect ed with the Oregon Journal, and will cover the democratic nation al convention for that paper. dividual snceess in life. The early history of Monmouth is closely identified with the But ler ladles' family. Their parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Ira F. M. Butler, were among the founders of Monmouth, pioneering here in 1351, from their home In Mon mouth, HI. Mr. Butler cast the de- elding rote at the .town 'meeting which gave Monmouth its name. An uncle by marriage, T. H. Hut chinson, ' . surveyed the - territory for the first time in 1855. Mr. Butler actively participated in promotion, erection and finan cing of the original building known as "Monmouth university" which opened its doors to stu dents In 1861. Both of the Miss es Butler attended this institution. Their home which has shelter ed so many embryonic teachers of - the ' northwest, at corner of Main 'and East streets. Just two blocks from - the business section, was built when Monmouth Was an infant town.' Its spacious grounds, fragrant with roses and flower ing shrubs, shaded by silver ma ples, fir, cedar, mountain ash, a California buckeye and a giant black walnut, bespeak tranquil ity. Within the house a rich sim plicity of tine old furnishings tie the restrained dignity of colonial days. Into the charm and comfort of a convenient modern dwelling, JEFFERSON, June 25 Frank Covey, recently from California, is building a new house near the Morning Star grange hall three miles west. of here. In doing the excavating, he unearthed speci mens of primitive bowls, and pes- ties. From the surface Indications he thinks more specimens wiU be founds this summer as he is mak ing his Improvements. T. R. Blaylock and family ar rived in Jefferson Thursday night from Seattle for a few days visit at the home of his mother, Mrs. D. W. Cummins. Mr. Blaylock is a teacher of manual training in one of the schools in Seattle. C. Form eh was elected direct or in the Looney Butte district and Miss Marguerite Looney as clerk. Is the Parrlsh Gap district . William Ettner was elected as di rector, and William Skelton as clerk. Henry Ammon was elected oirector in the Scravelhlll dis trict, and W. F. Grenx re-elected s clerk. I Powell Reunion to Be Held Sunday at f - Helmick State Park MONMOUTH, June 2 5 The Powell Memorial association will hold its annual reunion Sunday at Helmick state park four miles ; south of Monmouth. Officers of the group are P. O. Powell, Mon mouth, president: Frank Powell, SUverton, secretary. The associa tion - renresenta four fmilT branches, descendants and rela tives of John, Alfred, and Noah Powell. . three nloneer mtoUtera. , and their sister Mrs. Luclnda . roweii Propst. - Vlce-sresidenta ere: - Rnrni PowelL ,Portland; chas. PowelL coiiage Grove; Qalncy Propst, Albany: and Frances Schaerer. Salem. Annalists arer - Un. Uin intha Arant, -; Monmouth; Mrs. wary McKlnney. Turner; r Mrs. - Jane Dickinson, Salem; and Flor ence small of Cottage Grove. AIRL.TR. Inn IK TS, T Tomlison home in this - district was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday night. This is the sec- Aaron A still's Clothing and Furnishing Stock Sold by the Assignee for Benifit of the Creditors, and Purchased by Bishops Now This Fine High Grade Stock to be Completely Closed Out at But a Mere Fraction of its Present Worth. Watch! Wait! For Further Announcements Regarding the Disposal ofThis Exceptionally Fine Stock At Our Location 136 N. (Wl St. FACE TO FACE WITH PLAIN FACTS AND CONFRONTED WITH APPALLING CONDITIONS, MR. ASTILL THROWS UP THE SPONGE . . . QUITS, AND SAYS GOODBYE TO THE CLOTHING BUSINESS! For I(T Ions years Mr. Astffl has been In business In Salem, faithfully serving the people of this vi cinity with the finest and highest grade national ly known merchandise. And now the present crisis. The headaches . and worries do not war rant Mr. AstilTs continuance, so in making this assignment he Is doing so at his own will and in , consideration and for the benefit of his creditors. R ewie rnbeT Watch Our Window For These Great Savings Starting This Crashing Assignee Sale Every Garment Must Go and Go Quick. This is Your Greatest Oppor tunity to Save as Never Before 136 North Commercial It is a home with a personality; - The Misses Butler recall thai Wlnfleld AJlingham of Halaey. now -of Klamath- Falls;' was the first hoy to stay with them. The first girl was Hiss Eleanor Max well from Oresham. She now. is Mrs.- ScoTille of-Elk - City. and with her" hushand -and ehUdrea will he present jBunday.. - V Other names which they. reeaU at random are: Sabin Palmer, the late Harry Coleman. of Portland; Wilbur Rowe. teach inr la Mil waukee, who planned this resn ioa; Francis Lord, Instructor in the Teachers' eollece.1 Tpsllantl. Mich.; Miss Vida Booher. a teach er in Bend; Georce -Mnrdock an attorney in. Chicago; and Paul Baker now teachlnc in California. Romance, too. has flourished under this rental roof. Miss Mas tie told us this little true story: tWIUlam E. Smith, a lad who came to stay with us more -than 25 years ego, had been working In a logglnr camp. After bis grad uation from normal, be secured a teaching position in Indepen dence and stayed on at our house. He then got work in a local hank and . continued to live at our house." Altogether he was with us for a - decade. During that time he became acquainted with our cousin. Miss Pearl' Davidson. and they were married In our home 18 years ago. They live in Portland where Mr. Smith is now a , bond salesman. They will at tend our reunion, Sunday. MEMORIAL FOR LODGES SILVERTON. June 25 The Oddfellow and Rebekah orders will attend the Christian church services Sunday night in honor of Baag er Berriest Dead STAYTON, Jane 25 -Bmer Phillipl shot a ' badger- Thursday in ' his strawberry patch. ; '.The animal weighed between 25 and pounds. Badgers are most un common in this part of Oregon.' ' WORKING IN BANK SILVERTON, Jane 25 MIm Evelyn Solum, the daughter of Mr.,and Mrs. Roy Solum, has be gun relief work at the Coolldge and MeClalne bank. At present miss solum U substituting for Lee Hasklns who is enjoying a two weeks vacation. the departed members. Dr. w n. Livingston will conduct the mem orial services. The orders will gather at their hall and march to the chore h at 7:S0 o'clock. If We Care For Your Eyes your eyes-will care for you. We - offer you the double service of .optometrist and practical optician at one cost. OPTOMETRISTS, 833 SUte St. ) COURIER TYPE I y y I Tire Bargains! Firestone " y Tires at amazing low Jj NjN prices. Think of it ,JA. " . .f Tk 2 Firestone f V Tires for only i S. 85,98 Wl Wv I COM PARE QUALITY CONSTRUCTION, PRICE s .... 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