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.se who are interestea in
KT. in store at the
iif" '"";,,. Np..,nort.
1 .A. n... from the col-
''. Mr and Mrs. George H.
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(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-
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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
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IMCTI'RE FKA.MES
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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.
And to get the most for your mon
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store. Another good check is to
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firm and should not pull out easily.
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with the main lines. Baker's Walla
Walla Railroad carried wheat to
p. Dmiif AnMom Drcre.l of
PMnt Piiif,, ,y. c, is tnoiuii
pitj her friends an a charm
waiXutguuMd hoaten.
frankly, we serve smooth
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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. ELLIOTT, Optometrist
62 West 10th Eugene
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