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" PAGE TWO Transient For H op Camping Place ToHouse3000 Water : i Pipes Extended ; i: Private Yards Are " Building Cabins ; INDEPENDENCB The MounST tain States Power company has completed an extension of 6f0 feet of water main for the tran sient camp which la being com pleted Just north of the city lim its. Accommodations will be pro Tided for 3000 hop pickers dar ing: the hop season. This camp will be a city in itself as well as several other large yards which house 100. to 2000 pickers. - Work of irrigating ISO acres of the 1(0 acre Sloperl Brothers ranch was completed Thursday. Water is supplied for the 2 sprinklers from a 10-inch well IS feet deep by a, 5-ineh pump powered by a gasoline engine. Work of seeding' retch, for the fall coyer crop is expected to get under way next week. Sixteen new cabins for the eon renlence of hop pickers and ser eral old cabins hare just been completed at the Sloper-Patton Gooch hop yard two miles north east of Independence. j. INDEPENDENCE Members ot the . Tillamook chamber of commerce and others from Tilla mook county were in Independ ence on a good will tour Satur day afternoon from 4:30 to 5. Dr George Herley, president of the Independence chamber of commerce, with, members of the entertainment committee, were on hand to greet the rlsltors. Mrs, Bliss" Byers entertained the members of the J. E. club at her home Teeently with Mrs. Clyde -Hunnicutt honored, the occasion being her birthday annirersary. In the group were Mrs. Clyde Hunnicutt, Mrs. Paul Sterling, Mrs. P. L. Hodges, Mrs. O. B. Lyday, Mrs. Lm O'Kelley, Mrs. Burris Rose and the hostess. Mrs. Lulu Pengra, wife of the late Dr. Pengra of Portland, was rlslting friends here this week. She is the guest of Mrs. Wayne Hsnna. Work was started this week by CD. Smiley on the new addition to 'the Woman's clubhouse build ing. Irvine-Claggett Reunion Is Set KEIZER The Irrine-Claggett dan, one of the largest and prominent clans In" Oregon, will meet Sunday, August 11, at the Keizer Grange hall, flre miles north of Salem on the River road, in place of at Fir Cone, the home of Senator and Mrs. Charles L. McNary as previously scheduled. Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Irvine will be hosts. A picnic dinner at 1- o'clock, followed by a program are the main features of the day. ". The; group is anticipating the distribution of the family history in book form, which has been compiled by Mrs. Frank L. Cham bers of Eugene, the clan historian. Mrs. Reere Helm of The Dalles Is president and Mrs. Walter Hexn bree, Portland is secretary-treasurer. Stayton Swiinming Qass Gives Show STAYTON A Red Cross class swimming demonstration was held recently at the Stayton city park swimming pool. The demonstration was put on by members of : the classes, who hare been taking lessons during the . Red Cross swimming school conducted by Robert Inglls of Stayton. Awards were presented by representatives of the organi sations that sponsored the school. Th program included a wel come by ;.. Robert Inglls; short address. Grant Murphy, Stayton's mayor; demonstration by "Tad poles"; awards -presented . "Tad poles' by the, president of the Parent Teachers association, Mrs. Ralph Harold; demonstration by beginners; awards presented by Lawrence E. S prater, represent ing the Stayton Mail; demonstra tion by intermediates and presen tation . of awards by , Gilbert Schachtslek. .president of the Lions club; demonstration by swimmers and awards, presented by Lindsey Wright, president of the chamber -of commerce ; dem onstration by the women's class, wards presented by Mrs. Wendel "Wed die, president of the wom en's club; greased watermelon game by junior life savers with awards presented by Julian Bur roughs, chairman of swimming classes - tor the Marion county chapter of the American Red Cross.. ; ; - Swimming Fool "Water Has Top Rating I SILVERTON-r-Water In r the new municipal swimming pool has an A rating according to county Inspector, ijohn Gerln. 8ilvertona . pool is one of the most popular places ta the city. A regular Infant and pre-echool . ' clinic will be held Tuesday after ' noon in ' the Eugene - Field health center. Mrs. rEdward Ekmaa la In ' charge-of .appointments. Will Bind Volumes - , INDEPENDENCE A J ft 1 1 r . from i Mrs. s Mary- EL Bndeow, braUle chairman of the " Marion county chapter of the American ' Red ; Cross, was ; received ; by , Lavoa Sanders asking the local ; - Bov Scout troop to bind, two rol ttmei of braille for the Arlxona State School for tfea blind. She X.W commented: on the nae worxman ship which . the troop has dis played In the past, , Ca mp Pickers in Seeks Flax Crown m&rxm'?''Xr 4evv v"'vZ W-A A i 5 ' . "1 7 SUM I I Elisabeth' Schechtel, Portland's candidate for qeeea of the Flax Festival tor be held at Mt. Aagei. Angwst 10 and 11, and one of the leading prospects for the crow. Miss Schech telLwith the other six contest ants, took part in the grand pa rade of the Sales Centennial Satwrckty afternoon. Co to Michigan On Vacation 8ILVKRTON Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stlrk (Dorothy Stirber) left here Thursday night for Michigan. They plan to be gone three weeks. The Stirks were married here last October and hare been living In Seattle since where Stlrk is with the Boeing Aircraft company. Mrs. Stlrk is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Stirber of Silrerton. Mrs. Amanda Andrews of Tan Nuys, Calif., is visiting old time friends at Sllverton. Mrs. An drews with her family lived for a number of years la the house now occupied by the Austin Eastmans. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Toney are making an extensive tour of southern California. They plan to return here by the middle of the month. Rev. R. R. Irwin of the Chris tian and Missionary Alliance church here is Instructing two classes in Bible studies at the American Sunday school youth conference at Turner this week. Mrs. Ty Lindgren of San Fran cisco Is a guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clancy. Mrs. B. A. Sanders of Ajo. Ariz., arrived at Silrerton Wed nesday to spend several weeks with her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Alfred of Silrerton, and her son, Miles Sanders of Portland. Basin Croup Buys Jefferson Tract JEFFERSON R. H. Kipp, executive secretary of the Wil lamette Rlrer Basin commission, reports that a deal has been made whereby the commission has be come owner of a piece of land 25 feet wide just south of the railroad right-of-way. The land was purchased from Sherman Koker. The US geological surrey will erect a -building for perma nent measuring of the flow of the Santiam rlrer. US engineers will use this data in connection with .the Willamette project. Kern Mills left Friday night for Ft. Lewis, Wash., where he will be engaged in the 20 day army maneurers centering at Camp Murray and Ft. Lewis. Mrs. Joe Goln arrired here Thursday from Oakland to look after their property here and visit relatlres and friends. She is stay ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson. Jefferson guests at the lunch eon Friday at the Marion hotel in 8alem honoring the pioneers here before 1875 included J. T. Jones,. W. L. Jones, Mrs. Grace Thurston, Dr. J. O. Van Winkle, Mrs. A. C. Miller, Miss Louisa Miller, Mrs. Ida Loon ay. Mrs. J. H. Roland. Miss Addle Hbby, George B. Terhune. . Poultry Meetings Planned at Albany ALBANY Two culling and fowl, pox vaccination meetings are announced for Tuesday, August (, by County Club Agent O. K. Mlkesell. The first will be held at the P. W. Drnshalla farm In the Riverview community near Crabtree and will start at 9:30 a. m. The second one is set for 1:20 p. m. of the same day and Is to take place at the farm home of H. C. Strong a mile south of Brownsville. N. L Bennlon, extension poul tryman at Oregon State .college, will be, in charge of both meet ings and will give a practical demonstration on culling low and non-producers and will also show the proper method of vaccination for fowl pox. Agent Mlkesell urges that all persons interested in the poultry business attend one of these meetings, which are. free. Sailor on Farlongh At Silrerton SILVERTON IIILLS- Don Ross, TJSN, wh has been: stationed at Bremerton- is spending a short furlough .-with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Don Ross here The Maulding family of , the Sllverton Hills will attend a re union of the Illcks-Manlding clan at the city park at Silrerton, San-day.:.,,---. y.-r " ..--:" - The Silrerton Hills Community club Is planning another of Its dances August 1 at the Hills dab house Trip Tli Is Being -Gpmpleted Independen Pioneers Plan Music Program Qack&mas . County Players . to Take Part in Event Near Molalla MOLALLA The old timers of Clackamas county, under the leadership of George Ball, a pio neer of this county; will present a musical program Sunday, Aug ust 11, at the O. E. Freytag gar dens on Milk creek, near Molalla. Ball . promises that musicians from all sections of the county will be present with string, bass and wind struments. This la the first gathering of this particular nature and all old-timers are in vited to bring their lunches and instruments, if they are musical, and enjoy this afternoon set aside for tunes and songs ,ot years ago. "Pat- Patrick Is opening, a cigar and candy store on August 15 th, located on Molalla avenue directly south of the Jewelry store building. Mrs. W. H. Case, proprietor of the Molalla Flower shop, attend ed the Northwestern Floral School of Designing held in Portland this week. Mrs. E. E. Boehmke of Salem and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Valentine of Pasadena, Calif., were Thurs day dinner guests at the R. R. Boehmke home. Go to Alaska Dr. and Mrs. J. Vj Robertson are spending their relation on a boat trip to Alaska. Norman Corbln, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Corbln, has Joined the national guard and is learing today for Camp Lewis. A new bowling alley opened Saturday in the Molalla band hall. Vanee Lee is in charge of the three alleys. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wlllard re turned this week from a month's motor trip east where they at tended the New York world's fair and also stopped to see many other points of interest and his torical places enroute. Wlllard is principal of Molalla union high school. At Beach Mrs. Peter Flcken, Mrs. Ralph L. Holman, Mrs. Lester Miller and Mrs. Fenton Harless are ac companying a group of Molalla Camp Fire Girls on a week's out ing at the beach, learing today. Mrs. Margaret Stoars and her brother-in-law, Ray Heiple, are driving to Yakima, . Wash, this weekend and will return with Rio aiOli-- Ufa A tiOPS JyTEmis trt Visf f JnAH " TO SUIT ' . tlD ' YOUR LC32X Xsl. "T eg.-; CONVENIENCE LANE - (5m-: ' Gedar ;Chests; ; : ; t!0 EUY Oil LAY-AT7AY! Bay stow, while oar selection. : a;sersuevArca iayway piaa m Christxaas or deliver whew font '. . . - J : - - ';. t" i - t ! f It . aM:c iir." t?iv. - I :!! 1 OZDGON STATESMAN, Calam, ce Area Mrs. Ray Heiple who has been rlslting Mr. and Mrs.' Wendell Lawrence, their sister and - hus band. . ...... - v. . . . Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wallace and son Joe will return - today from a week's Taxation trip rlslting friends and relatives in Puyallup and Seattle, Wash, . v . Mrs. A. P. Thatcher will spend this weekend . rlslting .her daugh ter In Portland, MolallaMahls Killed by Log MOLALLA Emil Welch of Eby district was fatally Injured when struck by a log that fell from his truck which , was being loaded Wednesday morning at the John Buehe logging - camp, fire miles beyond Dickey prairie. He died' about two hours ' after the injury, while being taken - to a hospital. It la reported that1 the log .did not roll over -Waleh- but struck the back of his head, the force of the blow breaking, his neck. - - He la survived by his widow. Iola; two. daughters, Ilene. and Marilyn, one of them . a month old baby: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welch; three brothers, Louis, Herman and Albert; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Dworschak and Lydia Welch, all of Eby district. The body was removed to the Everhart Funeral home At Mo lalla. Transients Held At Indendence' INDEPENDENCE - Charles McKlnxl and Ed Thomas, tran sients, were arrested by city po lice Wednesday night on a charge of stealing a cable and logging equipment from the banks of the Willamette river at Independence. John Brentano, who had miss ed the equipment, reported the loss to city . police and William Noble, chief of police, located It at a junk yard on Turner road in Salem. The men were arrested and taken to Dallas but were releas ed when Brentano withdrew his complaint and the men promised to leave the county. Heavy Clover Yield LEBANON George Wei rich, who lives two miles south of Leb anon, has Just harrested one of the- largest yields of crimson elorer seed in Linn county. He had orer 1009 pounds of seed an acre. ; . Is complete. : . mu xcsr . , say! 7;- - - - . . ' - ' ; i rr v s w ) i J .... r Oragarv Sunday Morning. Au.jutJ 'C Plan Project For Hop Bowl Successful Fiesta Will T Furnish - Funds f or . . . Beautification INDEPENDENCE Anticipat ing a successful Hop Fiesta, the Hop Bowl, Inc., Issued a state ment this week, through its pres ident, Robert W. Crarenr that ev ery effort is being made to con clude Its derelopment program of the recreational facilities In the bowl so that next year the or ganization will be In shape to proceed with Its - long planned beautification of the north end of the property for park purr poses. Much of the financial as sistance for the 'program of the entire Hop Bowlrlue of which now exceeds more than $10,000 In property, has come' through the Hop Fiesta. Hop BowL Inc. has deeded the property orer to the city and ope rates under a long-term lease. The equipment now - owned per mits football, softball, band con certs and raried programs at net cost to the community. MorCthaa 12S, players hare taken part In softball this year, not- counting rlslting teams, the softball com mittee haa reported. Interest la the ' Hop Fiesta eueen selection program zoomed this week with the announcement that nominations were coming, in rapidly and ballot boxes tor vot ing are now In place. Local girls suggested for the honor, most of whom hare been officially nominated. Include: Dorothy Smalley. Elolse Larson, Eleanor Hall. Virginia Makoff. Maxine Meyers, Emma Lou Hes ter, Mildred Pomeroy, Beverly Kelley, June Travis, Maxine Hone ley, Jacqueline Brooks, Vera Brown and Dona Melscha. Each of these girls, after get ting 160,000 votes, will be eligi ble to appear before the Judges at the princess dance, August 22, when the queen will be selected, along with her royal court. The prise for the queen will be a dia mond ring. Other members of the royal court will also receive prises, according -' to committee plans. 80th Birthday Anniversary Feted EVANS VALLEY Mrs. Sophia Leslie celebrated her 80th birth day anniversary at her home here Wednesday. Callers Included Mrs. E. O. Soils, Mrs. Julia Moen. Miss Edna and Minnie Johnson and the Rev. J. M. Jenson. Mrs. Oscar Johnson has been serving as one of the camp super visors at the Farm Union Junior state camp held at Cleowax near Florence, this week. J f V W The only tested aroma-tight cedar Cheat .. J th world. ' &j r;- '-.-; v .y The. ideal pit lot sweetheart, daugLter,", - soother or aijter for Quistmas, btrtfaday -; weddlfl graduatjoa or. coafirmanon, - VI if 1 33 Enrolled Scout Camp, Firlinn T Tt'TJ A "KfYhJJZiri finrrt r.amW Virlfn finened With 83 htriris enroUed, From Lebanon yeu.-Corabeliaes, Lnanac Edes,'Betty uonnor, Marsraret Howe, Delores Hughes, Sally.Irvine, Adalee Mc- Kirmy, Jean Post, Donna Jean Preston, SMrley thman, Pa tricia Reeves, Leverne Stewart. and Ruth Zimbrlck; from Albany, Marcla Jean. Berry, Barbara Bus sard,; Carley Carpenter, Jean Gary, Betty Long. Elaine McClel lan, , Jerry ' MeMahon, ; . Helen Marks, Pauline Morgan,-Dorothy Mae Roth and Helen Roth; " from Sclo." Marilyn- Schrunk: from Salem, . Christine , Conmey; -from Portland, Connie - Kamaa; ' from Santa Monica, CallL, - Marilyn Walkey. .- . ; - . - ; -, ;-; Mrs. Ruby Scott, camp director, has twice - before been in charge of Camp Fiiilirn. She is a teach er in the Sweet Home school and formerly was- principal of the grade school in Toledo. She is a graduate of, the College cf. Educa tion In : Ashland. Her training, as camp director. was taken la Camp Chaparral In California. .. . .. In : charge-of handicrafts is Rath Wight, a teacher la the Lebanon schools; and a" graduate of the Oregon College of Education. Be sides training' in scouting she baa studied at -the Universities of Oregon; And . California. Assisting with ! handicrafts aad dramatics Is ' Mrs Dosnabelle - Dtehey,' a graduate of the University of Washington."' Lenore Sonle, who has charge of water sports, is an accredited life, saver who haa attended the aquatic school at Olympla and haa taught swimming In the Red Cross swim campaigns. Katherlae Kamm of Portland, a. graduate of St. Helena hall and of St. Mar garets la Victoria, BC, a sopho more.' at. Oregon. State,-has had camp experience at Wild wood and at Camp : Tamaraek. Edith . Slate of Portland, . who la a sophomore at LInOeld, has been at Firlinn tehe on weiqhQorieinaie fatp with a fee 5vap a buyal buij ijourslf a fillinq learn to dance pepup ... ' ..' ; if? at Girl are: Hallie Ashton, Helen Bil- Janet wneian, rajm fire years as a V camper. Mary Jane Comney of Salem haa had sereral s seasonsV experience la camping, before coming to Firlinn as a counsellor. She has attended Cam Trowbridge ' In Minnesota and a Girl Seont camp In Hono- f inltt; -Retty Howe of Lebanon. who has charge or mi games, was Junior counsellor at Firlinn ia-l37. She has been a camper at Firlinn six years and went to Camp Chaparral one season. She Is a stadent at Monmouth. -- - Marjory Wilson of Lebanon, a sophomore at Oregon State, and Mary Fredericks of Lebanon, who leads the singing, both hare sev eral years experience la scout ing. Marfan-Farroll. a graduate of Oregon State aad head -of the home economics department, in the. Lebanon schools, is- la charge of the' diet kitchen. She la assist ed by Mrs. Ruth Rathman. A registered narse who Is a grad uate of Bellevne hospital and. who haa Jxad both school and Jubll health - experience, -.. Is , ta charge of aa infirmary. x - Esther Aneel of Ban Francis co, a member of the Girl Seost national field' staff, who repre sent the national organisation in the Big Tree region which is made ap of Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska aad the Ha waiian: Islands, haa Inspected the camp to see that it meets scout standards. During the forenoons instruc tion is given In handicraft, na ture study, staging, achery and dramatics. The afternoon are given over ' to swim mis g. hiking aad games. In the evenings slag- .to buu aucfeor sell a cat Ornish a xsm that more piece toifib$to neforacov trsddri or $ell othottieina business , . Silvertori Council; Meet Monday Disagreement Vitlit TTatcr. V 1 Oimrxiisiiori Expected ..T H -rt" . - ' ; -( - '" SILVERTON SUverton cityX council; Is expecting a busy meet ing Mondsy night at its - regular . meeting time. Plans were mads for a special meeting within the past . two weeks, bat . because of vacation time and also the Salem Centennial it was found impossi ble '. to arrange for a meeting. However, - committees from . the council have met during that per iod J and , discussed various f p'rob-. Iema. Swimming ' pool . matters, under -the direction of Chairman R. A. Fish, have been eared for Including the obtaining of a new guard, Fred Reed, upon the res ignation of the former guard, and the v engagement of a matron, Mr. GraceBnrch. , ', , Of paramount interest Monday night will likely be further dis euasien on the water commission and city - council disagreement over the new city - charter voted In the May . eleetion. The matter of of the commission and the eabseqatnt -turning over of waur .funds to the city treas- settled and at present! the water department. Is being . forced ta work under the two heads. However, members of the coun cil report, they are ta hopes of some satisfactory agreement be ing reached in the near future. Ing and stunts around the camp fire bring all the groups together. The committee in. charge of the camp is Mrs. Daniel Ash ton, Mrs. George , Dewey, i Mrs. Irs, Forrey and Mrs. Francis Phelps. Mrs.' Edward Bo hie Is scout com missioner in this district, - m Is here a plow station i - r VkVl i I andtiiere ksssBslasgaF i " i -' qGdd 'location ,'y.J "o ....... I 5 -- - .s worpMiliala) when ife la a I