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THE EtJGENE EEOISTER-GU AED
in. i
nviraiAIIIll
TO BE Mi
D
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Am. 20. U.R)
Senator Tanker L. Oddie, Iiepn.,
Nev., promised today that h would
place "sensational cnarges-' neion
the Irrigation and reclamation com
mlttes when it meet! here on Aug
ust 20.
Senator Oddie, a recognised oppon
ent of Secretary of the Interior! pol
idea, will attempt to prevent appro
prlatton of aauiuonsi mnns lur i
Hoover, dam, unless adminiatration
workers' conditions Is changed,
At huge labor mass meeting last
night, he described methods of pay
ing workers and feeding and bousing
arrangementa carried out by contrac
tor at Hoover dam, on the Colorado
. river near here.
"r-h hniiflinir And feeriinr srrancs-
ments have been monopolized by the
wHitvinlnn M hn nliRFf'eil. "In Kll(-h fln
extent that their profit is eiorbitant
and too large lor me womcr
bear,"
CHARGES SURPRISE
; SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. OJ.R)
Senator Tanker Oddie'a charges
concerning Six Companies, Inc., buiiil
ers of Hoover dam, came as a ur-
prise to Alnn MncDonald, a director
of the construction company, lonnj.
This is all now to me," Aiacxran
aid said. "A committee of congress'
men looked over tlio whole works
aome time ago, and gave ub the nign
est recommendntiona.
"We are-paying our men the high
eat wages in the oountry for similar
work, higher than men employed
there by the federal government.
Their bousing conditions are the best
in the country. They have houses
that are artificially cooled during the
hot season. Wo feed and bouse tnem
for $1.05 a dny."
MacDonald denied that the men
were nald entirely in script.
"They are paid in cash twice 1
month," be said. "In between, it they
want advances, tbey receive script,
to keep the money from going to
other towns. The script is cashed
at it! face value.
DENIAL ISSUED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. U.R-
, Joseph M. Dixon, acting secretary of
the interior, today wired Senator
' Tasker L. Oddle, of Nevada, a gen
ral denial of Oddie'a charges of lm.
" proper treatment of workers employ
ed on Hoover dam.
Oddle wired the interior depart'
, ment yesterday alleging that workers
were forced to accept wages in script
- instead of cash, that excessive prices
were chsrged for quarters, and that
' other abuses occurred.
Tom Mooney Alibi
Clock Is Removed
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. (U.R)
-Workmen unconcernedly destroyed
one of the most Important bits of de
f ense evidence In the Tom Mooney
case yesterday.
Tbey took down the "alibi clock"
en which Mooney'a chief claim to In
nocence in the San Francisco pre.
paredneaa day bombing, July 22, 1010,
rested.
A photograph taken at 2:01 p. m.,
the day of the parade showed the
clock bands at that time, and, to one
side, a man Identified aa Mooney
watching the parade from a building
top. Five mlnutea later a bomb ex-
ploded more than a mile away, killing
16 peraona.
Mooney'a defense claimed the pho
tograph revealed that he could not
have planted the bomb and made his
way to the roof top b'iforo It ex
ploded.
Smoot Favors Prohi
Stand of President
. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 20
e Senator Heed Srooot today re
affirmed his approval of l'resldont
Hoover's stand on the liquor question
in bia recent acceptance speech.
Arriving from Wnsblugton today to
attend the republienn atate conven
tion, Rtnoot aaid he bad only one
statement on the prohibition question,
"That la:
"I hsve been a prohibitionist all my
life and I Intend to romniu such, lint
I believe the policies of the republi
can party, as announced In President
lloover'a acceptance speech, so far
superior to thnne advanced by the
democrats that 1 Intend '. stand upon
these."
Revenue Freight
Loadings Increase
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. UR
Car loadiugs of revenue freight for
' the week ending August 13 totalled
fi12,4!il cara, an Incrense of 10(:t$
care above the previous week, the
American Kailwny association an
nounced today.
Tho figure for last week represent
ed a reduction of it'll, 10ft enrs below
the corresponding week In 10,11 and
410,302 cara under the same period
two yeara ago,
. . The Increase In loadings over the
preceding week was reported In all
divisions surveyed by the association
including mlscellnniv. s freight, grsin
and grain products, conl, forest prod
uct!, ore, coke, Hv .'stick and mer
chandise in less than rarlosd lots.
Marines Kill Nine
Rebels in Battles
WASHINGTON, Aug. lO.OJB
The nnvy department was advised to
day that during the past week Nica
ragunn nations! guardsmen, led by U.
8. marine officers, had ten inntscts
with insurgent groups during which
nine rebels were killed and many
bounded.
.Marine L. II. Puller of Wot Point,
Ya., led Gusrdla patrols In six clash
es with limirrertiunists. His nien
killed seven of the Insurgents and
captured arms, ammunition, corre
ipondence and food supplies.
WHERE 175 SHEEP DIED!
I v fit anil WeSSj3SSm.jmdMtMmal
When the leader! of a band of sheep being driven along a moun
tain trail above Weatflr left the trail and atarted off down the moun
tain aide on their own hook, hundred! of other sheep followed them
till they reached the apex of a huge V formed by two loga lying
acrosa each other. Here the leaden were unable to leap the loge and
stopped, the aheep behind pressing on, killing those In front and In
turn stopping at the logs aa othera kept coming. Above you lee what
happened. Nearly 200 animals were trampled to death by the band. ,
SPRINGFIELD NEWS ITEMS
NPRINUK IKL-D, Aug. 20. (Spe
clnl) The frirmln cIobh and tho mar
ried men of the ChriNtian church will
meet In a third banebnll game Mon
day evening to play off a tie. Each
team has won otie same. They will
meet Monday on the Brattoin school
field at 0:30.
Delegates Named
to State Meeting
SPRING FIELD, Aug. 20. (Spo-
clnl) Walter GosBler, W. N. Dow,
and M. 13. Huntly wero elected offici
nl delcxntea to the state convention
by -Springfield post No. '10, of the
American Legion at a nnecinl meet
tag Friday evening. Alternates will
be .T. M. Larson, M. A. Poh, and H.
1. Mniey.
The state convention is to be held
in Portland at the Multnomah county
armory September 0 and 10, immedi
ately preceding tho notional conven
tlon in the same city.
Several member, of the local post
will attend the district council meet
ing of the Legion at Riverside park
Sunday afternoon. This will be the
last council meeting before the stnte
and national gatherings.
Poindexterg Return
From Seminar Meet
SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 20. (Spe-
clal)--Rev. and Mrs, Dean O. Poin
dcxter returned late Fridny evening
from Euwnrtu Heights, Washington,
where for the past 10 days they have
attended a seminary iu religious edu
cation sponsored by the Methodist
church board of education.
About (10 ministers of the church
In Oregon, Washington and northern
Idaho attended the seminar, and in
addition there were approximately fiO
laymen present. Iho undergraduate
school of ministers was held at the
Heights at tho sam time, although
sops. rate from the seminar in religi
ous education.
Epworth Heights Is about half way
between Seattle and Tncoma.
Epworth Leaguers
Going to Grove
SPR1NGKIKLD, Aug. 20 (Spe
cial) About 20 members of the Kp
wni'th lengue are planning to go to
Cottage Grove Sunday evening when
they will present the program for the
regular meeting of tho Urore league
at 7 o'clock.
The tonic for the evening's pro
gram is to be, "What Can We Lenrn
from Jesus shout (jetting Along With
'eople," Miss Eiinheth Hughes Is
in charge of the program.
1 ho group will meet at tho church
at 0 o'clock and go to Cottage Grove
together. A party is being plmmed
In their honor following church services.
Donald Fandrem
Honored by Party
SIM1INGKIKLD. Auk. 20.fNne-
cliiH Mrs. Henry Kandrcm enter
tained Saturday afternoon with a
party for her son, Donald Fandrem,
who observed his fifth birthday on
that day. The afternoon was spent
playing games. ...
Guests for the party included Mac
Wilson, Dillard Wright, Bob Moffitt,
Ann Gossler, Jackie Barber, Nadine
Neet, Jack Perkins, Edwin Sandathe,
Teanuette Smith, Patty Lou Tomseth,
Diane Beeson, Joan- and Dorothy
Ward, and Shirley Fandrem.'
Car Badly Damaged,
Boy Bruised, Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 20. (Spe
cial) Paul Henry Lawrence, 12, suf
fered a Beverely-bruised nose when
the enr in which be was riding, driv
en by Verne Caldwell, of Walterville,
crashed into a road sweeper on the
McKenzie highway just enst of here
early Friday evening. No one else
was hurt. '
The dust from the sweeper Is said
to have obscured tho view completely
according to Mr. Caldwell. His ma
chine was badly damaged.
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PERSONAL ITEMS
SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 20. (Spe
cial) Mrs. George Morgan returned
to her home In Brownsville Friday.
Mr, and Mrs. Hugh Cowart, of Los
Angeles, California, arrived Friday to
visit Mr. and Mrs. A. J; Cowart and
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harper and fam
ily. Mrs. Ralph P. Laird, of Creswell,
was a business visitor in Springfield
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garrett, of Mar
cola, shopped in Springfield Satur
day. Mrs. Riley Snodgrass and Miss
Mnxine Snodgrass will leave Monday
for San Frnucisco, where they will
visit Mrs, Snodgrass's son, Kenneth
DeLassus. They plan to return Saturday.
METHODIST SERVICES
SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 20. (Spe
cial) Services at the Methodist
church were announced Saturday
upon the return of the pastor. Row
Dean C. Poindexter. Sunday school
will be held at l:H0. At the morning
worship at 11 Rev. Mr. Toindextor
will apeak from the text. "Follow
Thou Me". In the evening at 8
o'clock his topic will be, 'A Light In
the Darkness", The Epworth league
members will conduct the meeting of
the Cottage Grove league nt 7 o'clock
in that city.
Murder Suspects
Are Sought Here
State police were on the lookout
hero Sulurdiiy for two men who are
suspect ell of having murdered mid
robbed Donnsiano Gumboa. s Mexican
seel ion hand, nt Lvle. Washineton.
Thursday night.
1 1 1 e , I ex iea n Was f a t a 1 1 v be n I en
and thrown into n dry cistern. He
bed at a Hood River hospital. He
was ritnltcd of Sl.'iO. a check for
and his wjm-h.
I lis assailants were reported to
have come 1o Port land, where it is
believed they took a stage for Eugene.
Help
Wanted
To Take Advantage of This Great Slaughter in Price
Prices Reduced
A Penny
Saved la
A Penny
Earned
A Penny
Saved la
A Penny
Earned
Dentistry right hore In your own
elty hat bean so greatly reduced
la price by eae who has been
giving you reliable and construe
live dentistry for 3ft years one
ot your taxpayers, home,
builders and nnn .hn h. .1.
ava helped to build the rlty
otters dentistry at the price that
oiy una win aiiora even II
raaes have been cut. We are
dividing our profits to you. It
Kill toon be school days again
do not delay having the children!
treth filled. They rannot study
with arhlng teeth nor ran you
work with old snags and decayed
teeth poisoning your system. Try
our Painless Dentistry, both In
fllllnos and extractions. By the
Re'lnble Fsmllv Dentist. All kinds
nl dental work done. Get our
prices. We will accept tome pro
dure or wood In exchange. Our
work Is guaranteed and If you are
not pleased It It your fault Con
tullallon free.
DR. S. D. READ
204 Tiffany Bldg.
Phone 397
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CHICAjGO, Aug. 20. U.R John
D, liocjtefeller, Jr., accompanied by
Mrs. ltockefeller and their son, Johu
D. ltockefeller, Ml. arrived at Chi
cago at 11 a. m. today and hurried to
(be bedside of hia sister, Mrs. Edith
ltockefeller MeCorraick, critically ill
at the Drake hotel.
The Rockefellers were met at the
station by Muriel McOormlck Hub
bard, elder daughter of Mrs. McCor
mick. -
"I have come to Chicago because of
-the serious illneHS of my sister, Mrs.
McCormick," ltockefeller said. "Kince
I vieited her earlier in the summer,
I have suffered, an attack of the
shingles and my physicians have ord
ered me not to travel. Hence. I was
unable to come sooner.
Asked whether John D. Upekefel
ler. Sr., planned to visit his daughter,
ltockefeller said:
"It would be unwise for my father
to attempt the trip to Chicago, not
because of his health but because of
bis advanced age. You must remem
ber, be is OU. He travels only' be
tween Florida and bis home at Pocun
tico Hills." , ,
Flying Boudoir"
. Continues Course
VALLEY STREAM. N. Y., Aug. 20.
WJ Already aloft longer tbnn any
other women in the history of avia
tion, Mrs. Frances Marsalis and Mrs.
Ijouiso Thaden flew on today with a
full week in thenir ns their next conl,
They established n new women's
enduruncn record of 123 hours at five
p. m. eastern standard time yester
day. At one p. m. tomorrow it will
be just a week since, they left the
ground.-: -:: ----- - - -.-..-
- After taking tm about 80 gallons of
gasoline from the refueling plane this
morning, and catching their breakfast,
lowered in a bucket, they dropped
several notes saying they were near
exhaustion but would stay aloft for
the time beings
Grace Lutherans to
Have Sermon Series
A aeries of three sermons' has been
planned for Grace Lutheran church
by Martin P. Simon, 'pastor. The
general topic will bo "Old Testament
Church Members."
On Aug. 21, the subject will be
Cain, a Church Member Gone
Wrong." "Joseph, a Church Member
in Prison" is the topic for Aug. 23
and on September 4, Rev. Mr. Simon
wlil Bpeak on "Gohasi, a Coming Minister-.
Turned Thief." The sermon
will be delivered at the regular 11
o'clock morning service.
Mollison to Get
Montreal's Best
MONTREAL, Aug. .20. UP)
Montreal prepared today to- extend a
tumultuous welcome to J. A, Mollison,
trans-Atlantic flier when ho flies here
from St. John, N. B for the air
pageant this afternoon. v
lie is to be guest of honor at a
civic luncheon at St. John and ttf leave
immediately afterward for Pennfield
Ridge, where ho left his little air
plane overnight. After checking his
engine and tnking on extra fuel he
will leave for St. Hubert airport, a
flight of some six hours.
Cent-a-Mile Rate
Planned Sept. 1-5
Ijibor dsv travel In trie n-f(- tiiiu
year gives promise of rolling up record-breaking
traffic, following an
nouncement by the Southern Pacific
company .that cent-a-inile roundtrip
fores will prevail over its lines, Sep
tember 1 to 5, inclusive.
All arrangements for the fivp-rlnv
offering of reduced trnusnnrtiitinn in
six western states have been com
pleted, according to A. J. Gillette,
agent for the company here. Persons
nvailing themselves of the low fares
THE BEST
DENTISTRY
AT LOWEST COST
- . DR.
FEE8E
2 BIO PLATE
SPECIALS ,
ONE AT . . .
A splfticlld plate with
alt -pink materials.
ONE AT . . .
Perfoct flttlna:, youth
restoring nnd normal
appearing. See them!
"IT TAKES TWO HANDS TO
PRY MY PLATES LOOSE"
$7
$10
Painless Extraction o f
Teeth a Specialty ffAf
Per tooth. U'
"If It Hurts, Don't Pay"
Dr. Geo. Feese
Opposite Heilig Theatre
will have until midnight September
J2 to complete their Journeys, be
said.
Inasmuch at the Monday holiday
makes a three-day week-end, excur
sionists will have an excellent oppor
tunity for abort trips, it was pointed
out, while long-distaum travel is
made possible by the generous return
limit of the railroad's excursion pro
gram. O ,
Bird Flies Through
Propeller, Is Unhurt
WASHINGTON', Aug. 20. (U.R
Pilot Fred Davis was forced to fly
through a flock of pigeons when
landing his transport plane at AVush-,
ington airport.
One of the birds passed through
the propellor, which was turning L
000 revolutions a minute, and lodged
between the cylinders of tho engine.
Davis removed the pigeon when he
landed and put it on the ground. It
hobbled a bit and then flew away.
Service Station At
Creswell Is Robbed
The Gillemvater service station at
Creswell was broken into Friday
night and some pennies and a quan
tity of cigarettes tjken. State police,
and the sheriff are investigating.
Frank Bloom's meat market at
Mar ool a was entered Thursday night,
according to a report to the sheriff's
office. Somo meat was stolen.
ASTORIA"
ASTORIA, Ore.,' Aug. 20. U.R
Just on year and five months from
the daj ot his disappearance, Henry
Y, Peacock, absconding assistant
postmaster of Astoria, was appre
hended yesterday near Helena, Cal.,
by Postal inspector C.-W. Line
baugh, according to a teli-gram re
ceived by Postpaster C. W. Halder
mau. : .
The inspectors some time ago learn
ed that Peacock wua panning for gold
in the California mountains and had
been close on his trail.
' Peacock fled from Astoria March
19, 1931, when he- learned that his
accounts were being inspected. -Investigation
showed that he was short
fpS,uU.5il nnd he Was, indicted sub
sequently for embezalemeut by the
federal grand jury.
Having been a postal Inspector
himself, Peacock covered his trail
well. He had destroyed all pictures of
himself nnd had secretly obtained the
negative In the filing cabinet of a
local photograph gallery. Ho over
looked the fuel, that four exposure!
had been taken nt the time and a
search was msde through 50,000 dis
carded negative! until one of Peacock
was found. ' r
They'll Probably
Discuss Weighty
Matters At Meet
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. U,R Hun
dreds of Tons will be gathered in
Wicker park next Thursday.
There will b big Tons and little
Tons, fnt Tons and lean Tons all of
them member! of the Ton Family,
Inc. .
There nre, leading Tons eay, 1,000
Tons in Chicago. On the aiime date
100 Tons will meet in Los Angeles.
The Tons, one of the largest org
anized fanilies in tbei nntion, settled
in the United Slntes in 1840, coming
from Holland.
Wheat Distributing
Report Is Received
The Red Cross has distributed 3,
400.876 Imrrels of flour milled from
farm board wheat over the United
titates, according to a report received
br F. L. Chambers, president of the
Lane county chapter of the Red Cross.
This wheat helped 3.2S0.000 fam
ilies, according to the report, . It cost
the Red Cross nbout S4IH),(I(MI to dis
tribute tho wheat. -Ono milling ex
nert. a traffic expert and a clerical
forco were required nt the Chicago
central distributing ngeney..
What is exncoi.j i.
teresting feature of ih. i?'" i
ton Mining Congr,. , m,.Z?
stamp mill w,j h LilV nl
front of the nj
office. Tlii 7" " KmJ
Cecil Woole, c,"
is said to be 11,. . (i'w. ,!
stamp mill. It on.K." .'.
Irom an ordina,-. Vi ' ivl
a load of ore will h. k J
the Bohemia district i.111 '4
crushed ti, den, rat,"?,? 'H
for the visitors at ih. J. .?P"'J
The loti. r:.;..
commerce recently imJj.. f"
committee mt is iimu-""
nation on the
that dilri,.i i, .',!?' ",
Kugene meeting. utf
dn. y at the chamber off ' SP
Inrce ntteiul.,, ,. ""Ic.ii
of theiiorlhwest.The g Sl.'"
uer ot mmmerce mininr 31 "1
wrote that renreSiif,nl
come rrni,, Mint city. Th,"u"M
ning exhibition ha. ,1 "J
much interest and maay
to trv he r 1n,.l, ...i.i "I W
The meeliug vtn ntnrt if,M
in the chamber rH !Ah
to all persons Interest a"ij
President T. O. Ill? 7
chnmlKir will preside !e" ,f
Here is a Sale that
eclipses all previous
similar events by its
superb value giving
Eugene's Own Store
McMorran
& Washburne
MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY
' ' , PHONE 2700
50 Pieces of New
Fine Luggage
at about 1-2 price
$4.45
You've never before in 'your' lifetime been able to buv luir-
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this f'abriceid such values were impossible Now through
our New York office purchasing staff we arc able to offer
even these fine fabricoid cases at far below their real value
For any trip they are ideal.
Maie Tour Selection From These' Pieces at $4A5ed
- $4,45 22-in. Wardrobe Suit Case $4.45
- $4-45 High Grade Pullman Case ----- $4.45
- $4.45 18-in. Square' Hat Box $4.45
all cases beautifully lined
$15 Travelite Luggage
$7.95
The lightest and yet the strongest of fine luggageDe
signed to give greatest packing' space with lightest pos
sible weight Beautifully lined all in tan color
Laa
18-in. Fitted (in lid) Case -18-in.
Fitted Tray Case - -
18in. Wardrobe Hat Boxes -
natural mmhrMi
COLO frj'M'(' tS''.
LINEN A'? W;';
WITH - 'J ' W'P-C
color jfy? m .u,ui
STUIPE " ii linns'
Student's
Laundry Cases
10 X 19J. Ins. For students BendinK 1 X 21 InS.
laundry borne these save
$1.00 "", tlme an1 "nno- $1.29
Luggage HALF-PRICE
$5.50 Square Mat Boxes
$2.75
Ijirpe lie hnt boxes used frequently
nn nn overnlplit ban Sties IT'i i 17H
Inches nnd 8 inches deep. Smooth black
fabricoid with brass locks
$7.50 Overnight Case
$3.75'
iOlnch overnight case, durable fabric
old finished with durable locks and
well stitched handle. Thl Is an attrac
tlve case at a very special price.
$35.00 Trunk-On Sale $29.50
Multnomah Wardrobe Trunk of black vulcanlied fibre coverlnft-b.avv
lirnKB corners to leke the bumps brns hardware 5 Inner drivers 7 hard
wood hangers nnd figured cretonne laundry bag Now 29.50.
$45.00 "Indestructo" Trunk $29.50
Steamer lo trunk largely preferred by women tan or green hard vul
ranlied fiber covering-trimmed with black metal edge brass hsrdware
three drawers and shoe box washable lining and laundry bag Now 2S r,o
BASEMENT
$8.95 Zipper Ba?
$4.48
.
Women's Dazey Zipper ta&-m- "
iignt tan fabrtcom ngui'-' -,i.
but exceedingly strong. Will gl "
est satisfaction. I
Men's Elk Hide
Gladstones
$35.00 Values
$17.50
Elkhlde. Buck Is the most """Jl!
leather ever produced. Will "ol tet
will not wear tlirougli at ro"r,(01
folds-lots of pockets l"ldP". ill Tiltrt
finished A wonder value
f 17.50.