OREGON STATE NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Brief Resume of Happenings
of the Week Collected for
Our Readers
T H E M A R K ETS
I'.»n!uxl
W heat — Big Bend blueatem. hard
wheat, 58«; »oft w hit« and west
ern whit« 4 9 J tc ; h ird winter,
northern »print and western red.
«TW e.
H ay— Buying price*, t. o. h. Port
land: Alfalfa. Yakim a. «1«.««.
B u tterfat— 15 9 l ie .
Epps— Ranch. 15 9 15c.
Cattle— Steer*, good. 55.25 9 *■<••
Hogs— Good to choice, 53.55 9 5.35.
L a m b s — Good to choice, 55 25 9
5-54
S E A T T I.E
Wheat — Soft white and western
white. 52c; hard winter, western
red and northern apnng. 52c;
blaestem, 59 c.
Butterfat— lie .
Egg*— Ranch. 15 9 15c.
Hoga— Good to choice, 54.49 0 4.50.
Cattle— Choice steers, 55.55 9 5.55.
Sheep— Spring latch*, 55.25 Q 5.59.
Spokane
Cattle— Steer*, good. 54 25 9 5.99.
Hoga— Good to choice. 54.99 9 4.19.
Lambs— Medium to good, 54.75 9
5.9«.
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Members of the Colombia River
Fl*herm en'* Protective onion at Aa-
toria have declared tBemaebe* In
favor of a policy of "Astoria fisher
men for Astoria." They w ill take the
m atter op with the American Federa
tion of Labor and urge that organisa
tion to do what it can to keep outside
fishermen from flocking to the Col
umbia daring the commercial fish
ing season.
A tobacco can In h i* vest pocket
probably saved Lloyd Rider of Red
mond from serious inju ry when he
was kicked by a mule. Rider, who
works on the Fred MeCaffery ranch
at Powell Butte, was leading the
mule to water, when it kicked him
just over the heart and flattened out
his tobacco can.
Douglas county Is operating on a
w arrant basis, for the first time since
1512. Approximately 59999 In war
rants have been issued against the
general fund. Local banks are re
fusing to cash the warrants even at
a discount, because they are unable
to rediscount them under present
conditions.
An opportunity to learn to swim at
minimum cost is being made possible
by the Benton county Red Cross.
Grade and high school pupils from 6
to 11 year*, and women, may regis
te r for a short course in the depart
ment of physical education for wo
men at Oregon state college.
New orders have been coming so
regularly Into the Silver Falls Tim
ber company m ill offices at Silverton
fo r the last ten days that the m ill
officials found it necessary to in
crease the operating schedule of the
planing m ill from three to four days
a week.
The city of Astoria has saved
5114.927 through the cancellation of
Interest coupons on bonds that have
been turned in by local property
owners In payment of assessment
liens during the past six K auth*.
Twenty-five 4-H Forest club boy*
of Latham , Wildwood and Dorenu.
in Lane county, have planted 809
tree* on a tract three miles above
the forest ranger station a t Rujada,
in the Umpqua national forest.
Akers A Haight, operators of the
Rich Gulch mine near Copper. Ore.,
came to Medford recently to an
nounce a new strike in ore. which
runs 5150 to the ton. The rich ore
is found in an eight-foot ledge.
The Lane County Tax Conserva
tion league has adopted a resolution
demanding a 39 per cent, reduction
in the city school budget. No action
w ill be taken in the matter of the
county unit system.
A 1209-poond sea lion, was lassoed
by Nelscott residents recently. The
rope was hurled around the body of
the big sea beast and six men suc
ceeded In dragging him ashore.
The sawmill of Peter E-iekson,
located on Whiskey creek in the Ne
tarts neighborhood, burned recently
w ith a loss of about 55090. or about
one-half the value of the plant.
Forest Grove's annual daffodil
show w ill be held A pril 7 and 8 in
the Congregational church, members
of the Forest Grove Garden club de
cided.
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The Spokane, Portland A Seattle
R a ilw a y company has taken over
the operation of the belt line at St.
Helens and w ill eliminate switching
charges. This w ill save the Industries
of St. Helens 51090 to 51509 per
month.
M ining men of the low er Rogue
were much excited recently over the
discovery on land owned by Jose
phine county, near the home of Gene
Spencer, of a metal said to be pallad
ium, closely allied to platinum, and
more valuable than gold.
Hidden money continue« to flow
Into the W allowa National bank at
Eatorprtae. since the bank holiday ta
over. Many of the old. large-etoe M ile
are being turned In, which w are «ail
ed by the government tour years ago.
One eaan. who came in town on
horseback, brought in 51599 In these
U rge bills la h l* saddlebag*.
A new salary schedule to go Into
effect May 1 la before the Aatona
city eounciL It calls tor a reduction
of between 5 S099 and »909«. The
salary of the city manager Is fixed
at 525« per month, chief of fire de
partment 515«, chief of police 5155
and superintendent of the water de
partment 515«.
Lamb feeders la Deschutes county
have Just completed one of the most
successful seasons In recent years.
Though lamb prices were not par
ticularly high, feed was cheap and
abundant, while the fat lambe found
a ready m arket at prices good in
comparison with many other farm
products.
A bottle dropped into the ocean
1400 miles off Cape Maxima. Japan,
was found on the beach near Astoria.
The bottle was dropped by the vessel
Fuse Manx la May. 1931. according
to a note Inside, w ritten la Japanese,
[t was intended for study of ocean
currents, the note said.
Sale of 30« barrels and kegs, ks
well as 50 doxca bottles, seised la
liquor law violation cases, were or
dered by Circuit Judge Bagley. Lest
Sheriff John W. Connell be trampled
in the rush of customer*, i t should
be explained that all the container*
have been emptied.
Versatile and Gay Spring Fashions
How I Broke Into
i The Movies v
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By CHERIE NICHOLAS
CaevrtgM M Hel C M i ron*
By GRETA GARBO
I F YOU think tt la bard to break in-
* to motloo picture* ta America you
should try it ta my satire country.
The Swedish government encourages
young boys and girls la their theatri
cal aspirations and eedewvore to re
move as many obstacle« from their
path as possible Thia, la itself, twsn
encouragement to the ambitious but.
by giving nearly everybody an equal
chance, make« the competition even
sharper than It ta ta the United
Statea
Ever stove I can remember I wanted
to be an actress and would hare quit
school at an earlier age to take up
theatricals had It not been for the
wishes of my parents to se« my edu
cation completed.
Neither my father nor mother were
professional people, bet when they
saw I was determined to achieve his
trionic sueceaa they did all they could
te help me.
My first public appearance on the
stage was in a spectacular scene in
one of the old Swedish playa I was
only one of many young folk who aj>
peered In it for the experience and
to observe the technique ef the fin
ished artists who hew led the cast. By
working is such play* with many oth
er young folk. 1 began to learn the
Miss Kate Stine. 45. fo r many
years a teacher in the Medford
schools. was found dead of monoxide
poisoning In her garage last Satur
day. She had backed her ear Into
the garage and was apparently
pumping up a fla t tire w ith the en
gine running.
PO IN TLESS
The disappointed Humorist was I*
dined to he rarher hitter
One day he said to the editor of
• comic paper:
"Hang it a ll sir. yoo ait oe svsry
Joke that I submit."
-B ut there's a reason." said the on
sympathetic editor.
"There always la. as far as you're
concerned." snapped bask the hum
oris«.
"And the reeane ta suite plain." con
tinued the other. "I should certainly
not sit on them If there was any
point to them I”
EXPENSIVE LOSS OF COLOR
e
W h a t* Annette worrying about)
She seem* to have io«« color since last
night."
" T h a t* precisely It—« big box of
IX—and It's so expensive, too."
The resignation of Thomas L. Ohl-
sen as manager of the Eugene Farm
ers' Creamery association has been
accepted. H e has been with the
creamery 15 years,
four years as
manager.
Spoke T e o S eoa
ba!" laughed the loud voiced
young man to the older man at the
»uffet. "1 slipped Into thia Jolly old
party without an invitation."
“That's funny—so did L" said the
jlder man.
"Really!” exclaimed the young man
"Two Jolly old gate-crashers, what I
Hnw did yon manage It 7"
The older man glowered down at
slm.
-Easy." he replied. "My wife is glv
ng this party.*— Answers Magazine.
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Issuance of 51«.««« worth of scrip
In 5 «-cent and 51 denominations has
been authorixed by the city eonneil of
Silverton. The scrip is secured by
Marion county school w arrants, re
deemable on or before December 31,
1934.
Jean Dysert. 9-year-old daughter
of M r*. Roy Jones of Melrose, was
brought to the Roseburg hospital re
cently suffering from severe burn*
received when her nightdress caught
Ore before the fireplace at her home.
E asiest Way
Maid (to her postman sweetheart)—
rudiments of technical grace as well A birthday card for ma. and three
pence re pay I But It's from you I
as to develop stage presence.
Poor man— Tee— I forgot to stamp IL
It
came
to
my
mind
that
I
might
F ire last Wednesday night de
—Weekly
Telegraph (Sheffield).
stroyed a barn, stables and a ware make good oo the screen, bat since
house on the Swope A Berry peach there are so few motion picture stu
H e l D o g *!
ranch north of Independence. Mrs. dioe la Stockholm, I thought I would
Sophomore (inspecting freshman)—
Cecil Swope released the stock in not really hare a chance because so
many other girls were applying for What are you doing with your sock«
time to save it.
m wrong side out)
film work.
Freshman— My feet got hot and I
A lfalfa is moving ont of Freewater
Sweden has a traditional character
In carloads briskly and several hay whose life has been dramatized Into turned ihe ho** on them.
balers are being kept busy. Hay is "Goeta Berling's Saga" which, la Eng
P o p e l a r G irl
selling now at 51» f. o. b. ear. quite lish. means the story of Gosta Berlins
“Oh. yea. Sybil has often been asked
an advance on what much has been
I was fam iliar with the play, so
contracted for.
when 1 heard that Director Uauritz to marry "
“By whom."
The steelhead egg-take at the Ne- Stiller was to produce it as a picture
"Her mother and father."—Sidney
at
the
Swedish
Film
Industry.
Inc.,
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eanicum fish hatchery has reached
Bulletin.
determined
to
seek
a
role
in
the
east.
200.990. The small total for this
time of the year is attributed to a I didn't have much hope of in o es a
R*4ec<iea
late run of fish. Few fish have reach hut I put on my newest drew and
"I'd like to see something cheap tn
sought
an
Interview
with
Ur.
Stiller.
ed the racks at the hatchery.
When I talked with him I was much s felt hat."
"Certainly, sir. Try this ooe o e -
Plans for a fish-duck hunt in an surprised to leern he had noticed me
effort to rid the Umpqua river of on the stage. The result of the Inter rhe mirror's on the left.”—Tit Bit*
these birds, which are destructive ol v‘ew was that I was given one of the Magazine
fish life, are being made by the three Important feminine roles In the
O rd e r ia the C o u r t!
Douglas County Sportsmen's and picture of which la rs Ijirson. who it
Judge (in dentist c h a in — Do you
Game Protective association.
now well known to screen audience«,
«wear that you edit pull the looth. the
was the star.
Five men were overcome by car
The picture was well received whole tooth, and nothing but the
bon monoxide recently when they
throughout Europe and many critics tooth?— Boston Transcript
entered a tunnel soon after a blast
spoke of it as one of the best ever
had been set. while working for the
MONKEY BUSINESS
produced In Sweden, the country
Newport Construction company on
which for some years led the Euro
the W allu la cut-off highway.
peen producing field.
Louis B. Mayer, head of the i l - l r »
The Lane eoanty court has ordered
a cessation of al! county relief work, GoMwyn Mayer studio in California,
as a result of the county's financial happened to see the picture while
situation. The order involves the lay abroad three years ago. and offered me
ing off of 59« men. I t is hoped that a contract to come to America and
work may be resumed soon.
appear in picture« produced at the
M G M studio. I accepted and have i
The Tldeport Logging company since been with that company
has resumed with a crew of 15« back
My only secret of beauty is scrub
at work. Logging operations are go sing the fare with a complexion
ing ahead at fu ll speed and may con brush and snap and water. Nothing
tinue indefinitely, it was reported more exotic than that.
"AVhai * yuut Mncle doing)"
from camp headquarters.
In my country. Sweden, we do not
"H e a a collector for a gentlemsi
aae cold cream *o much a* in America
The 245 cows In the Rogue River It sounds strange to American ears. with a tnuaie bos "
Herd Improvement association aver I know, but a good aosp. plenty of
A T e v tim o e ia l
aged 491 pounds of m ilk and 25.7 w ater and a small scrubbing brush is
"The wort with all its faults." de
pounds of butterfat during February. the best skin medicine cosmetic.
dared the st-eaker. "la a good place to
Forty-one cows produced over 40
fine of the recent pictures In which live In. and lf Is doubtful whether any
pounds of bntterfat each.
1 played was "Grand Hotel" with •f U» could roocelve » be. ter one*
In view of this whole-hearted In
Clubrooms maintained by indivld- Monel Barrymore. John Barrymore.
iXoraetneiM. we accept the world and
Wallace
Beery.
Joan
Crawford
and
, uals or organizations w ithin the city
aa long as [»«wlhle will use no other.—
of Roseburg w ill be licen-ed and po other prominent movie piayera
Iietrolt News
liced by the city hereafter, under
M a e C la rk A dvaw ce* R a p id ly
i the terms of an ordinance passed by
Q u e e re d H i* R e p u te tio a
Mae fla rk e first came Into screen
the city counciL
prominence with her outstanding per
"Het nnsfiend was a Judge, wasn't
For the first time In years r ll of formance of a "bit" is "Front Page." n e r
"Everybody thought so u ntil he mar
the cabins located in the vicinity of She has since greatly enhanced her
Gold H ill, Cre , are occupied due to reputation as a screen actress with rled her."— Boston T ra n s c rip t
a revival of the placer mining for i such productions as "Fall Guy." "The i
A t the P a rro t Shop
, Public Enemy." "Waterloo Bridge." i
gold In that region.
'Reckless Mvlng."
"Frankenstein." i "Too say there Is nothing wrong
and Columbia's "The Good Bad Girl" with our parrot and yet you say «►
W illiem Hurst. 59, drowned h im
canoot have It hack for tlx months)"
and "Three Wise G lrla"
self in the basement of his home at
" W e ll to t-t tell th lb the tr tr-tr
Hillsboro last week. His body was
truth It h-b-hh ha« bit-begun t-t-f-tn
Hanailtow aw Old Timer
found with a weight tied around bis
sr at at stu tter "-M tov-kholm V a n Hem
Hale Hamilton launched his film re
neck. A note upstairs read, "No more
reer many years ago. coming to pic
All b e l th e L a « * *
stomach trouble» W . H. Hurst. In
tures with a lengthy stage experience
Customer—Are three shoes worth
the cellar.”
as a background. Included among bis repairing)
F ifty families In Douglas county
productions are "Good Intentions."
Shoemaker—Oh. yes: I can put oew
are dining on venison this week. The
"Commoe Clay." "Paid." "Murder at anlee and heels on them and also new
state game commission has Issued ae
Midnight." "Greet Lover." "New Ad
uppers. The laces seem tn be el'
order permitting venison, confiscated
by state policemen in i ae violation ventures of Get-Rich Quick Walling
right.
ford." "f.'uben l» v r Song." "The
cases, to be used for distribution te
Chemo" and Columbia's "I» v e Affair."
the needy.
Greta Garbo.
IF
E V E R fashion* were tuned Io
* make up a perfect kpring etyle pe
rede, the mode« of th . present moment
qualify to perfection In that reei-ect
Parbape •• la their high color, for
clothes are wonderfully gay and bright
this reason, or maybe It la the quan
titles of crlap white organdie which
(latter about tbe new cuetumee In way
•" frills and bows and auch —whatever
It la. the spring atylee are simply faa
cl natlng.
What's mors they are that versa
tile they offer eeery opportunity to
dreea to type. Everything’s In fash
Ion. from quaint taffeta and woolens
whose colors are a riot, to types ao
aeeerely -nannlah aa to make one gasp
at sight of them
Speaking of taffeta, tbe newest thing
out Is the rough matelaeae weave. II
is shod as smart a looking material
aa one can possibly select for a "first"
spring frock. It la wonderfully good
looking for Jacket suits too. A most
advanced fashion styled of matelasse
taffeta Is pictured to tbe left In this
group It Is In brown, black and red
plaid, the colors showing up band
eomely due to the bllatery puffed eur
face, which gains for It tbe name ot
matelase** taffeta. Tbe sleeves I Well
they are to be expected now that fash
Ion has brought the Gibson girl to life
again.
Tbe fact that tbe bat tbla modish
maiden wears Is also of taffeta, goes
to show bow thia material Is scoring
In every realm of the mode. How
ever, do not forget that a touch of
velvet la likewise an Important factor
)• the making of fashions tbls spring
FLOWER GIRL
B t ( NIKKI K MH M O I AR
In tbls instance Ui* Bow
er* on the m«dl»hly
shaped chapeau are vel
vet. tuatao la tbe stitched
belt and (be Itevltable
big bow al (be neck. Of
cuurue II ta of velvet, for »be story
of fatblon would not be complete with
out Its repeated mention.
Look to Ihe right In tbe picture end
you will get some Idea aa to how
bright-colored woolen* *re contra*tlng
Ibelr rlrtd ton*e to bl color sod tri
color ways tbls seaana. Just I M M
to tbl* cltatloo of color—lively blue
for tbe nobby hal of coarse ablny
straw, with t fire red quill, which the
picture falls to show The Jacket sod
skirt are of a gray and white mixture
with black and red stritwe on the
alcevi-a and for Ihe acarf trim
Aa te
atartllng color cunlratta 'ha audari-
oua doing* of faihloo In tbl* rt apart
era making history for apring and
summer IHS3.
Then there la thl* matter of wheth
er on«'* aprlng lu ll Is to be or oot te
be furred. If s surprising bow srntl-
ment for fur Is keeping up Of course.
II m in i be Jual the right dc'nty sort
which bleml* exquisitely with the del
icate grays beige*, tring colore and
other [wtiel shades which are to fash
ionable this spring
The pretty young mis* pictured tn
the center of our lllustraileo bee
solved the fur queetlon rooaf cleverly
In that ahr wear* with her youthfully
styled two piece of dove grey woreled
a boa of lovely platinum fox Tbe
bow tie of wide grey velvet ribbon
adds a charming (ouch, i’ leeae te
note the a Hover tucking on the sleeves.
I f a garment I* nut shirred this eeaaoo
or finely knife pleated, then It la al-
moat sure to he lavishly tucked, for
designer* are dolnx an Infinite amount
of thl* sort of thing.
• m i tv »»)»,» n » v » m w v Balaac
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HAIR STAYS SHORT,
NEW HATS REVEAL
Head glory will remain short In the
glorious spring time if early spring hats
tell anything about the question ef
lovely lock* They are made te re
reel perfectly waved eld« hair and
leave no room for any chignon in the
small crown or hack.
"Doubleup" la the very newest coif
fure being featured by tbe smarieat
hnlrdresaerw It Is the continuation of
the popular brushed atray-frnm the-
forehead style. The hair ia whisked
directly hack Into a swirl and finds
Ita way hark again around tbe earn,
ot only one of them, terminating there
In any one of the many curl faahlno*
**Double-up" really gets Ita name
from tbe fact that It la as atnart foe
the morning aa well aa the evenlnc—
a coiffure fur the mondalne aa well as
for the s|M>rtawoman.
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C o tto n * end Linens to
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This dainty little frock is an un
usually pretty style for Ihe (lower girl
who expects to piny an Important role
in a spring wadding. It can easily he
made at home at little expense of or
gandle. silk mouaaellne. chiffon or fiai
crepe. The arrangement of the pleat
Ing la very effective and quite along
entirely new line*
In Paris every
thing that can be finely knife pleated
la pleated. In the styling of fashions
for grown ups as well as for children.
Vivid Crape*
Crepe* are the favorite evenlna fab
rtc of the moment. Mplnahlna the
palette if black, lim an red and white,
which has been seen all winter, are
new and vivid tone* such aa cyclamen
mauve, cyclamen pink, canary yellow
and water green.
H a v e B ig S u m m e r V o g u e
All the sign*, according to couture
activities, point to another big eum
mrr for cottons and linens At pres
ent both cottons and linens that are
being shown are punting fashion peo
ple. because they ao often took like
w nolens.
The nntuml line-color suits worn
with dnrker blouses are a amart ex
pression of thia mode.
Other details that are registering
are Ihe nnrrower daytime skirts and
waistlines that are slightly lowered.
Necklines are atlll showing big*
tendencies, bill an open, square cut Is
used In a enuple of daytime dreaeee
and Jacket*
A
V eils A re Becoming M o re
Flippant Than F o rm e rly
Vella are more flippant than ever
They are found on tailored or forma)
lists, accented for rotor, pattern or
manner of wearing They may he any
length from eye to shoulder.
Thé
moat piquant novelty la (he Telhrt
atyla. the vet) tying under the chin.
Narrow belting ribbon In tailored
effects of two and three colors Is re
marked la recent collections of m il»
nery Importations:,
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