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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1933)
THE EUGENE REG I 8 T E R G U A H (' rage Ten , c. c. The men from the 8-C camp atj Oakrldge have ttarted work on tne new road that la to extend up Bai mon creek from Oakridse and have ' made good headway, according to O. C. Olsen, construction engineer in 4h Willamette national foreet, who baa returned from trip to that section. The men have completed the first mile of the road which is double width and which extends between the Willamette highway and tne Creek ranger station. It has been graveled and ! In excellent shape, ' Mr. Olsen said. Another crew is working on the aame road at a point ome distance up the creek ana one is working on the Hills creek road hove Kitson Springs. A crew has practically completed the Heckletoolh mountain trail, a bunk house at the Flat Creek ranger station '-as been completed and con struction work has Just begun on a bouse for the assistant ranger. Hev eral of the men from this camp have been called out to fight fires during the past week but none of the fires baa been bad, and all .were quickly extinguished, Mr. Olsen said. In the v'jdnlty of the RIgdon camp a mile of road has been built along Summit lake on the road to Hills Peak and the Hills Peak bridgo over the Willamette has been completed. Trails to Grass mountain and Bear bones mountain are well along and a 60-foot lookout tower on Grass mountain is about three-fourths com pleted, it was reported by the en gineer. Men are working on the better ment of the upper Willamette road to the way of widening and smooth ing and fast time can be made over it by any Tehlcle. PLAYS AREPUT ON FOR WALTERVILLE WAWEHVnUB, Aug. 12 (Spe dal) The entertainment sponsored - by the local Christian Endeavor and presented by the University players, a group of five young people, waa a , success in every way. The first num ber waa a religious play In which the audience was carried back to the time of Christ and the scene along the ahoree of Galilee. Musical nnmbera 'followed and the rest cf 'he evening waa taken up with skits, come'ly and tun. Two solos were :ung. The door receipts were divided between the east and the local JSniloavor. A pie and lemonade sale was held In the social room after the piny and the proceeds went to the Endeavor treasury A aoclal time of vlBlting fol lowed the play. Eddie Lou Schults of Gillespie Cor ners, who visited with ber grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Scott, a week ago at WaltervlUe and returned to Bend with them, came home last Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Schults, who ha'd gone to Bend after ber. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Scott are planning another visit to their borne in Wnlterville soon, E. E. Potter and 0. It. Sylvester made a business trip to Eugene tho latter part of the week. Word has been received here' by Mr. and Mrs. Greely Cabe of the marriage of Miss Mamie Cabe of Ben ton, Ark. to E. E. Brown of New York and they ore now nt Passaic, New Jersey. Mrs. Brown spent some time here last summer visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cabe, who live south of Wslterville, and made many friends while in Oregon. She returned home the first ot August af last year. The Workers society met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lew man at Waltervitle. Several of the membership were linnb'o to be pres ent because of the man of thj sea son's work. Mr. and Mrs. George Willlan and family of Upper Cnmp creek attend' d "the ploy at the WaltervlUe church Friday evening, Several from Leaburg were also in attendance. ' Mr. and Mrs, Jesse Cooper and family and Mr. and Mrs. Lewman spent Saturday in the woods baiel nutting. Wild trnlt and nuts are more acarce this year than had been for aevernl years back. The cold weather of last winter seemed to freee out the berry vines In places. 41 YEARS ON A BIKE! a- ' ' ' " i Hera Is Billy Knickerbocker, Eugene resident, who hat apent 41 years at bicycle riding. Knickerbocker Is a familiar alght about town, and rides his wheel at express train speed. Ha expects to make a bicycle trip to California this week. 41 Years Riding A Bicycle And He's Still Going Strong By RICHARD JOHNSTON Forty-one years on the bridge of a cruisinz bicycle!- That's the record hung up by Billy Knickerbocker, who has bocome a familiar sight in and about Eugene during the past few decades. Knickerbocker's parents moved here in the fall of 1888. and Billy started his career as a bicycle rider in '02. He's been riding ever since, and bow the boy can go! "Boy" is used advisedly, for anyone seeing Mr. Knickerbocker flitting about the streets at express train rate could place him in no other category, not withstanding his 65 years. Billy is a truly picturesque char acter. Clad in knee-breeches of a loud plaid material, a flannel shirt, and a cap surmounted by a flaming red feather, he stood in the Register Guard office and told of his .days on bicycle built for one." Like "the old man of the mountain" his feet are bare, but he does not wear long hair. 'I been rldin' a bicycle for 41 years," he related, "and a doctor tol me this year I got the best leg muscles of any man in Eugene. Yes sir, you can't beat bicyole ridln' for exercise." Billy believes bis long term aboard is a record, and chal lenges any other citizen of Eugene or the world to equal it. "One bike lasts me about five years," he confided, "and then 1 git a new one. I've bad a lot of 'em since I started in." "How long do you expect to keep riding?" he was asked. "Well, till I get to California, any how," was the reply. He went on to tell of his proposed trip. "I'm goln' to start south about the middle of next week, and I reckon I'll git there all right." For some time bi cycle riding was scarcely the rage, but press reports indicate that the old-time eport is coming back, and by the time he reaches the Sunshine state, Knickerbocker should be "right in atyle." Style or none, however, that's theway he's going, and if he maintains the pace of the past 41 summers, dollars to dimes he'll make It. Grace Lutherans Plan Event Today The Grace Lutheran church Is to observe Its annual mission festival in a picnic at the Cabin City auto park today. There will be a first service at 11 o'clock, in which Walter Sylvester. Lutheran minister at Roneburg, will preach the sermon on "l'hilipp, an Everyday MIsalonnry." Then a lunch will be served by the Ladies Aid. In the afternoon at 2:30 there will he another service, in which Pastor E. W. Ilinrlchs of Cornelius Is speaking. Ills topic will be: "Wanted, a Mis sionary Church with a Backbone." There will be music by the choir, the ladles' quartet, and the beginners' class. Refreshments will also be served. In the long run those in authority In a democracy are best off when their acts are subjected to constant and Impartial analysis and criticism Alfred K. Smith. Now la the Time That VENTILATING Problem! should be DRAIN, Aug. 12. (Special) Mrs. Myron BlackweU was hostess to the Civic club at her home Wednesday afternoon. After the business ses sion a program consisting of songs, violin and piano solos, readings, and ent Trouble in Cuba," was given. Pres ent Trouble in Cuba." Those pres ent were Mesdames Bruton, 'Spalding, Dixon, Whorry, Esther Newton, Swearengen, Bartholomy, Graham, Renner, Drain, Zilpha Patchen, Van Kirk, Gilbert, Benson, Monson, Volma Cool, Cowles, St. Ores. A. F. Davis, McOlarnam, Dclk, Misses Anna Belle Davis and Mildred Young, and the hostess. Refreshments of lem onade and cake were served. Royd Bruton and family of Rose burg were dinner guests at the A. Bruton home Thursday evening. Donald Moorman la spending this week In Eugene with bis sister, Mar Jorle Moorman. The last reports received here from Benton Mires is that he is very low. He is at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Wid Wise, in Eugene. Henry Fnnnan came home from Mercy hospital in Roseburg the first of the week, and ia reported to be a little better. Mrs. Frank St. Ores baa gone to Sisters where her husband Is em ployed. Miss Maureen Mnttoc.n is in Oak ridge this week visiting her cousin. Lena M..ttoon. Miss Gertrude Galllton has as her guest this week. Miss Helen Smith ot Eugene. Jesse Redlngton left this week for the John Day country where he will look for employment. Warrant Interest Ceases Saturday Interest on general warrants called by the city treasurer, Fred Went worth, stopped Saturday, August 12. The warrants amounted to about $I"IK) In the registered number 20.0H1 and brought the warrants paid up to reorusry 1. Drew C. C. C. Boys Like Western Books Western stories, with plenty of two- gun action, prove the most popular fiction with the men of the C. C. C. camps a cheek of the library at Drew reveals. "Mix t.un Todc," is the most often read, with "Trigger Justice" second and "Riders of San Pedro" third. 'King Kong" is fourth in popu larity, "42nd Street" ia fifth and "The Gambling Kid" sixth. The Drew men are from Nebraska. The books are in the travelling libr ary of light fiction. Each camp in the district is also equipped with a per manent library of text books, non fic- Many Poultrymen . . To Be at Picnic Many poultrymen from all sections of Cane county will attend the third annual Lane County Poultrymen's pic nic at Dilley'a Riverside park Sunday. Every person in the couuty interested in poultry is invited to attend and join the discussion to be held on the industry. H. E, Cosby, extension poultry spe cialist, Oregon State college, will be a guest speaker. Music will be given by Cox's Melody Makers. A baseball game will be played between the Eu gene branch of the Pacific Go-Operative Poultry Producer's association and the local plant of Swift and com pany. Eugeneans Open Oak Park Pavilion Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Loud of Eugene, have opened a new ballroom near Onkridge, known as Oak Park pavil ion. The new ballroom is similar to Willamette park near Eugene. The latter place will be .under the man agement of KAy L. Boeholt, who man aged it for a time when it was first operated. David McCormack of Los Angeles, has been placed in charge of the new ballroom at Oakrldge. SEE Our Complete WATER SYSTEM A Mighty good outfit at a Mighty low price C. P. Tillman Co. Plumbing 4 Electrlo Suppllea 858 Pearl St. Quality and Service Buying cheap product! to lava money la Ilka stopping tha clock to ssve time. What la quality anywayt "Quality It tha product of a disposition to choose and do those things that are excellent and superior." It la the ten dency to buy and use nationally advertised Optical Merchan dise. FUL VUG frames art quality products. Wa carry stand ard makes and offer you these attractive framtt both In shell and gold. DR. ELLA C. MEADE OPTOMETRIST 14 West 8th Ave. Phone 330 SECOND 3-C MEET TO BE HELD TODAY The second of a series of "vest pocket" track meets will be held on Hsyward field Sunday with men from 21 C. C. C. camps and the headquar ters detachment participating. The pole vault, broad jump and H yard runs will be staged this week with the preliminaries at 10 o'clock in the morning and the finals at 2 o'clock In the aftermoon. Fritz Kramer, Eugene high coach, is chairman of the events and hi co operating with the district headquar ters in staging the meets. The purpose is to pick the track and field champ ions of the Eugene district. A third meet will be held uext Sunday. . The men are brought into town on the last ration trucks tu leave their camp and are returned with the first trucks to go out after the meet. This gives each man two or three days in town where he is quartered and fed at the headquarters detachment camn beck of Skinner's Butte. Bill Hayward, veteran Oregon track coach, has returned from his fishing trip to the Rogue river and will be on hand to lend his moral aupport to the meet. The University of Oregon is cooperating with district army offi cials snd is supplying track shoes and equipment for the meets. County Chamber To Hear Bailey, McMorran Speak George H. McMorran, Eugene's general in the National Recovery Ad ministration program, and Edward F. Bailey, newly named manager for the Eugene branch of the Home Owners' Loan bank, will be the two main speakers for the regular meet ing of the county chamber of com merce at Sparks ranch. Blue River, next Thursday evening, announces Howard S. Merriam, president. - Mr. McMorran is to explain the relation of the NRA to the smaller communities and farmers; and Mr. Bailey will talk on the work of the home loan here. It Is expected that assistance will be asked the chamber by several in the county mining districts for the opening of roads adjoining the mines. The dinner Is to be at 6:30 p. m. and "it ia to be better than ever. It that ia possible." ssy officials when reminded of the "feed" there last year. Many To Go For Mining Congress f. Many from Eugene, Cottage Grove, and the Bohemia section, as well ag other sections of the county, will be going to Baker this coming week-end to attend the annual meeting of the Oregon Mining congress which opens there at JO a. m. Fridoyi Robert M. Betta of this city is president. Dr. Warren D. Smith of the university is on the program for on of the main talks.'' Among those going froln here aiu -Mr. and Mrs. Belts, Mr. and Mrs. George Jennings, Dr. Smith, snd E. G. Harlan, cham ber of commerce secretary. A letter from Baker states more than 1110 miners from msny parts are looked to be on hand. Spokane is sending a special big delegation to the event. Others will be present from British Columbia, Idaho, and other places of the northwest at well aa Oregon and Washington. The Lane county road oiling crew ia completing the job of patching the Eugene Lorane highway surfacing and next will move to the Eugene Crow road by way of Eleventh ave nue west, according to P. M. Morse, county engineer. ' The crew, will then move to the Goshen-Pleasant Hill road and do some patching, and some work will be done around Cottage Grove. It la planned to soon break up the sur face of several small sections of the Mohawk highway between Marcola and Donna where it la badly dam aged and resurface it entirely like the mile or more of the Mohawk highway just out of Springfield was treated some time ago. It is probable that a small crew of oil workers will be kept on the job the rest of the summer to do patching here and there, the engineer said. The surface of most of the oiled roads in the county was so badly dnmaged after the freezing weather of last winter that it neces sitates almost constant repairing this year to keep it in condition. Zane Grey Visits Near C. C. C. Camp Zone Grey, popular fiction author, Ib vacationing with his son on the North XJmpqua river near the Steam boat C. C. C. camp and many of the 3-C men have bad an opportunity to meet biin. A crew of-10 were em ployed by the famous writer to carry htB luggage and equipment into his cabin. , Major Charles H. Corlett, district commander, and Lieut Harry W, Kill pack, adjutant, visited Kane Grey while on an inspection trip of the southern camps. The author and his son have promised to visit the Steam boat camp In the near future. Clinic To Be Held At Santa Clara A pre-ffenool clinic will be held at the Santa Clara community ball Thursday, Aug. .17, from 10 a. m. to 11! noon, it was announced at the office of the Lane county health unit Saturdny. Dr. W. H. Chapman and Mrs. Delia Fitzgerald, county nurse, will have charge. - w A similar clinic was held by Dr. C. E. Hunt and Mrs. Fitzgernld at Lowell Saturday forenoon. The at tendance whs 14 and it was a very successful affair, Mrs. Fitzgerald said. " Eugene's Own Store McMorran & Washburne , MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY ' PHONE 2700 mm Monday Tuesday August 14 -15 Only - You Can Select Fur Goats from the complete line of Benioff Furs 85 Fine Fur Coats Neckpieces and J acquets PRICES THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED AT A LATER DATE AM new Fall and Winter Stylt I A Great Showing at Lewett Pricet SECOND FLOOR TILLC.C.C. MEN Thrilling stories ot old pioneers and the equally thrilling if not unau thentic stories of Psul Bunyan and his logging days were recounted to the men of the Rigdon 3-C camp -by J. Ed Turnbull, and William Lyle Skin ner, of Eugene, who attended the camp "pow wow" Frldajj night, They were accompanied to the camp by Lieut. Roy Craft, public relations officer, and were the guests ot Major Ralph C. Smith, company commander. The "pow wows" are a regular fea ture of the camp life and are staged informally around a campflre. Turnbull, an authority on early Ore gon history, told the men of the pion eer days. He explained how the road on which many of them are working was originally charted and told of the origin of the Bigdon Ranch where their camp is located. Skinner, a ra conteur of tall stories, regaled the group with Paul Bunyan and mining camp yarns. Several camp members rounded out the program with songs and music ' Major and Mrs. Smith snd Lieut. and Mrs. John W. Keating, entertain ed the Eugene party at their log cabin following tne camp lire. Marshfield WiU Play Tennis Here A group ot Marahfield tennis play ers will be here today to play an Eu gene aggregation on the University ot Oregon courts at 2 p. m. The public is invited and there will be no admis sion charge. Those playing In the singlet for Eugene, are Tom Mountan, No. 1, Eu gene Slattery, No. 2, Carl Robbina Jr., No. 3, Fete Buck, No. 4, Dr. Carl Robbins, No. 5, Dr. C. A. Lelghty, No. 0, Sanford Piatt, No. .7, Jack Camp bell, No. 8. . Playing for Eugene in the doubles will be Pete Buck and Carl Robbins Jr., Sanford Piatt and Tom Mountain. A few women players are looked to come from Marshfield and effort will be made to match them with En gene feminine players. "ome Low, Oten M i " for buslnei. uTT ..? Mr. R.H.. "Iki T -""ene,t i. I Bailey. Startia 'v.'."? TWO lliArT,.Ltl- . 1 Eugene visited (J,,? Thursday nigh. jwork of th. lodg," 2SL.h, joint picnic net saT2?M th..ffa,rtoUbeM41fji A Program for tk, pfl! arranged and aU OdTVl Rebekahs ars beL.L) WE DO OUR PART How Does the cCode Affect Our Business! E signed the N. R. A. agreement, and since August first have displayed th Blue Eagle . Many customers have asked us the effect of toil action on our business. A statement of the facts ap pears to be in order. Our organization is on a 40 hour week, except in several departments where & 48 hour week ia per missable. ' This action required placing on a full-time, schedule six employes who were working part-time before August 1. ; We have engaged six added part' ' time employes. s . This number will grow as Fall business develops, At the peak of the Fall season, probably"25 or 30 fall, time and part-time employes will have been added, due to the Code. The effect on wages has not been material, Th state minimum wage requirement is higher than tha Code provides, except for apprentices. Consequently, only four employes of this store were receiving on August first a wage as low as tha, required by the Code. These four employes have, of course, been advanced. No employe of this store has received a wage re duction this year except for a temporary emergency reduction in March during the bank closing. "De pression Wages" have never been paid by McMorran & Washburne. It may interest our customers to know that tha organization of this store has not been cut down, due to tho Depression, at any time. Except for three minor jobs that have been eliminated through department reorganization, we have as large an organization today as we had during the 1929 peak. The business of the store has, of course, suffered from the Depression. The rapid fall of prices was th cause of very severe losses. But we have not passed our losses on to onf employes. The organization has been kept intact fair wages have been paid always good workinf conditions have been maintained. tea Ml I I I T tjaiJTVr VIvflgeTisjK.WJ,- We Do Our Vtf" -We Have Vex McMorran 6 Washburne solved. CHASE CO. Plumblno-Heatlno, 3t Oak Phone 243
