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Lee Display lap on Exhibit L 8, Newport .se who are interestea in KT. in store at the iif" '"";,,. Np..,nort. 1 .A. n... from the col- ''. Mr and Mrs. George H. ' , nvTi.no will be on dls- (0r one day only. 0( the group u "vC temple set of handsome 1 somewhere be- id-Hth and sixteenth i(S, The ueiwovo framed "as only the L know how to do such . lacquer " r hand warmers and wine r pewieii and a few of the porce- from their couecuuu i fragile piesp y tarved ivories onua, ..j m v,p of exauisite beau- B1 be on exhibit. L will he some tapestries, e bedspread ana some run from an old temple from ullection of Mrs. James M. . ,.. Portland librarian Lnt many years in china- mn Lear Iroideries Society Women's Organizations ANN C0NNK1.I ;!. in j cjuiiur By CAROL CURTIS lusters for 39 leaves, some 3, 1 4 inches: corner motifs are B inches. Embroider in vane- I oranges, yellow and scarlet . Use on place mats, run- I aprons, curtains. kd 25c for Pattern No. 185, name, address, pattern num- i CAROL CURTIS, Eugene Itcr-Guard, 652 Mission St., Francisco, Calif. summer Needlework Guide, fges, 150 designs for knit crochet, embroidery, hair- t:e, dozens of beautiful color in. Get your copy before lion lime. Order as you do letrork patterns. Only 25e. Mrs. Drexel HYDOYOU PREFER BLUE BONNET? Growth of Transnortntinn In Pioneer Years Sketched By MRS. F. G. II AVE MANN Of Fortnightly Club ' jibe coming of the railroads. "The year 1843 marked the be- "Oregon's isolation had been ginning of a fundamental political, broken at the beginning of the social and economic change in the '5us D-v a ma' service between history of the Oregon country," : Porll!lnd and San Francisco, in Mrs. Chase said by way of intro-' nugurated by the Pacific Mail and duction, "and it serves as a con-: Steamship Service," Mrs. Chase! venient division point indicating i ?xplalned' ani a,so by the de the shift from fur trading and I vcloPn'ent of the Overland Stage missionary activities toward se-ian? Pony ExPress. With the of dentary agricultural pursuits by ?'a's ot these companies grow the native Americans. It could be & weaI'h and control, they termed 'the year of sparsely setJd'scuraged any attempt at rail tied farming' and a trend on theT.acl building within the state to part of the settlers toward im-join ,he line a'ready completed, proved means of communication 'EaRcr as the People were for a shorter routes into the Interior f ' ,he acIvance of survey valleys, better roads for wagon partles from the sou,h was travel, futherance of water traf- wed with concer"- An Oregon fic and the building of ferries and railroafl dominated by California bridges." j interests was viewed with sus- saw'hetrlm'11 ,he ""P rime" of lTT& K,t ft i iu. n j.. . .. 'he portages on the Columbia and u ed more-to th prosper! of fefS werf aTT ST the Willamette Valley "and I the fu S of thc riv, boats. Now! the railroads of 70s. V'" railraatl instruction. ROAD BUILT AJ5?JLA'!,NED . "The Barlow road, which dim- of bu ckboartsl gfro mated the perilous water rip tween SaU Lake citf and St. Jo-! L, "," m- seph, Mo., but now a steamboat I portant as t seemed, was but a magnate, came into the picture! S:nn!'nrMd construction, Litn capitaI and Jueree for the Oregoruan says in an early Tnrougn the purchase and MJ Z ,Z'. .Trt, ,"'1":,c dizmg of newspapers and an elab- to travel Oregon roads in winter 0rate publicity campaign he was: west of the Cascades So much abe to mold adverse scntimcnt rain falls it is difficult to keep into sympathy for his plan of an the roads in repair, especially east side. railroad south from when road beds, embankments ; Portland toward Roseburg. This and retaining walls are all con- pian cuimialed in the 0l.egon slructod for the place, time and and California Railroad Co., and! scason the floating of an Sll million bond j "Road building was further re- issue in Germany and Central tarded by the gold rush to Cali- Europe, and grew into one of the fornia, the accompanying lack largest railroad involvements in of labor, and the trend to travel the northwest. Becoming suspic the longer routes by packtrain ious of the project, the German rather than wagon. j stockholders contacted a former "A partial solution to the dif- native son, Henry Villard, who ficulty was the building of plank; hod emigrated to the United and corduroy roads, since timber! Stales, and asked him to reprc was plentiful and sawmills were! sent their northwest holdings. As being built. Early newspapers ad-1 'he result of his investigations vised the settlers that plank roads and approval the railroad prob the length of the valley were!10 of Oregon finally was re more practical than railroads. slved and trunk lines were es Companics were formed such as tablishcd." The Portland Valley and Plank! Mrs. Chase concluded her re Road Co.' with ambitious plans) view of transportation with a to build along the west side of! short explanation of the short the valley. Col. William King, of i lines .of the stale. Portland, president of the com- "A shorthne railroad." she as- ipanv, laid the first planK at a .wawui ' Miopij a lamunu uia; i ceremony that included no less j is not very long and usually has than five orators and a barbecue . aucmpiea to nc an orainary ran dinner. A second project was! road on a small scale. Usually a started from Portland to Albany, j shortlinc has some local purpose, "Contemporary with these road fithar ln, ca.r7 grain or produce projects was the progress T,a(lejio export points or to handle local hi .ri tmhnl Interests, who Passenger traffic to a connection caBHMHKit: : msastm ii. " n HuaR Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. I Wed., July 21, 1954 9A t I'lLlUItt!, IMCTI'RE FKA.MES GREK I'ING CARIIi n It Briiadx; rh mi: When You Think oj BOOKS Think o) CRESSEYS' Bookseller! Si sutlonen 864 Willamette Wiltshire engravlngl MORE THAN 100 persons attended the annual picnic supper of Eugene Very Little Theatre, which took place recently in the garden of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eyler Brown. Thc grounds are on several levels, which is both picturesque and also convenient for presentation of entertainments. Shown above, at far left foreground, Henry Korn; back of him, Mrs. Charles Fredrickson, Mrs. Ethan Newman and daughter, Janet; next group, in foreground "Chuck" Fredrickson, unidenti fied woman behind him, then to rear, Mrs. Francis Bittncr, Mr. and Mrs. Don Laughlin, -and, to right, Francis Bittncr and son; unidentified person sitting behind Paul Price; to right, Virgil A. Parker Jr., and back of him, Mrs. June Hansen; boy in foreground, Douglas Newman; back of him, Kenneth Griffith, new president; to rear, Jim Noycs and Joe Early; men with backs to cam era, Dwight Newman, standing, and Kenneth Poull, retiring president: faring them, in front of hedge, Keith Wesp, Miss Corrinne Barrows, Gene Hcrlockcr, unidentified man, Mrs. Betty Hough, Mrs. Kenneth Griffith; in foreground, Mrs. Gene Hcrlockcr: at rear, Robert Near and son; Glenn Hassclrooth of New York City, Jack Neville, and unidentified woman, Mrs. Neville, hidden behind Mrs. Rudolf Ernst, and in foreground, -Mrs. Dwight Newman; to rear. Marvin Krenk, Mrs. Roger Houglum, Miss Laurie Kay Fisher; to right, George Northam; back of him, Mrs. Charles McCoy, and farther back, Mrs. Oliver Morgan: Mrs. Marvin Krenk, partly hidden behind Mrs. Ray Sicgen thaler and daughter; In front, Mrs. Virgil Parker Jr., and at far right, Ray Siegcnthaler; figures atop of hedge: first, unidentified man, George Hcbert, Miss Lucy Hart, Miss Hazel Lylc and Mrs. George Bcvcrs. Women's Church Council Meet For Discussion Several issues of community interest were discussed when Eu gene Council of Church Women met at the home of Mrs. Arthur: Beebe. at a 10 a.m. coffee hour recently. The possibility of liquor licenses being issued to two stores near Eugene High School and Condon School was discussed. Letters ex pressing disapproval are being sent to the Eugene city council and the Eugene school board. The annexation issue in the coining election, because of. the lack of water facilities on West 11th Ave., and the disapproval of dog racing also were brought before the group. Reports of standing committees were heard, and the report of the Garden Tea. given recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andreasen, was given. The final total contribution of $285 for the Week Day Bible School was re ported by Mrs. J. O. Holt. A Missionary Work Shop will take place the last Monday of September, with Mrs. Clarence Elliott as chairman. Mrs. George Getting, president, presided at the meeting, and devotions were given by Mrs. Henry R. Burch Synthetic Fiber Blanket Tips Given Blankets made from synthetic : by holding them up to the light, fibers are nice to have around the ' If lhin spots show through, the Dianuet naa dcsi remain in tne house if someone in the family has an allergy to wool or cotton. 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Dmiif AnMom Drcre.l of PMnt Piiif,, ,y. c, is tnoiuii pitj her friends an a charm waiXutguuMd hoaten. frankly, we serve smooth ing Blub Bonnet regu I m our home because every- a lOVes Its RU.nMftjwl tlnvnrf (Bonnet P foods, whether used as a pspread-or in cooking. For pi Nutrition nnrf Economy, pommend Blue Bonnet!" advocated roads primarily for transportation to steamboat land- the waterways, boat landings ap- peared at convenient distances. Lv Thc whoe Pa. GHOST TOWNS NAMED !cifjc Northwest and woods liler- "Do you know Canemah Lin-, ally were criss-crossed with rail coin, and Buena Vista, whose pot-1 road grades long since abandoned, lerics once led the Pacific: many of them logging roads. Coast?" Mrs. Chase querie-i. M"Hj more ambitious project was Champocg, Orleans and Peoria? the Corvallis and Yaquina Bay These are some of thc ghost line headed in 1870 by T. Edgcn towns of the river traffic. j ton Hogg with the purpose of con- "It was at Canemah," she con-' necting Corvallis, then consid tinued, "that the Clinton wasjercd for state capital, with Ya built by the Clinton family and;quina Bay and thc Orient on thc launched with Eugene as its des-,wcst and across the Cascades to tination, a deal having been made , a trunkline east. For fifteen years that the citizens would Invest Yaquina was under construction; S5.000 in the craft when it docked, j the section from Corvallis to The caplain, Leonard White, cas-, it operated for a number of years ily made it to Corvallis, but the j but ran intoVinancial difficulties next 50 miles required three days : all along its course, and finally of puffing and pushing up the tor- j became a 'feeder' for the South- tuous river channel, a cuniD pi era n more than 200 feet, before it fin ally arrived. That event inaugu rated service to Eugene by such shallow draft vessels that it was DR. 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