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Saturday Evening , Page Sixteen THE EUGENE DAILY QUAED I AUDITORIUM BOND ISSUE SUIT PILED William T. Campbell Moves To Stop ' Carrying Out Of Provisions Of City Bond Election Of July 2. Suit In equity, geokinjr a court de cree declaring the $500,(00 municipal auditorium bonds of the city of Eu gene null and void, was filed in cir cuit court tli ta morning by H. E. Slat tcry, attorney for William T. Camp bell, plaintiff in the case. Mr. Campbell, in his suit,- is sock iug a decree that would declare the special election, iield July 2, 1024, cancelled; that would restrain the common council of the city, each member of the council, and their suc cessors in office, perpetually from acting in any manner under tho terms of the charter amendment voted in the special election; that would re strain the council from issuing any of the bondB, from constructing the auditorium, and from levying any tax to pay for the bonds; and that would enjoin the regents of the University of Oregon perpetually from permit ting any of the real estate belonging to tho state of Oregon to be occupied by tho auditorium, and would also en join them or their successors in of fice from' acting in ony manner, by, through or under the terms of the charter amendment voted. City Officers Named. Title of the case Is: ' William T. Campbell, plaintiff, vs. the City of Eugene; B. E. Parks, as mayor of Eugene; George A. GHmore, as city recorder of Eugene; Dean H. Walker, Carl 6. Washburne, Frank N. McAIlster, Alexander L. William son, George W. Monroe, Lawrence E. Simmons and William Kay Wallace as the common council of Eugene; James W. Hamilton, Mrs. G. T. Gerlinger, O. C. Colt, Henry McKinney, Herbert Gordon, C. E. Woodson, Vernon H. Vawter, William 8. Oilbert, Fred Fish, and Philip Jackson, as regents of the University of Oregon,, depend ents. ; ... The suit has been pending since be fore the election of July 2 was held. At that time there were 2104 votes cast, 1112 being for the auditorium boud issue and 1082 against It, ac cording to the official canvas of the council. Objects to Tax Levy. In his suit. Mr. Campbell ehnrgeB that the common council of the city, the regents of the University, and some others, desired that tho sum of $500,000 bo raised by the levy of a general tax upon all of the property located within tho corporate limits of the city, to be given to the university as a donation, and thnt the $500,000 be a part of the $5,000,000 being raised among private parties as a do nation to the university. He states that ordinance 4174, calling for the snccial election of July 2, 1024, was not enacted by the council until June H, that the votes of the counrilinen were not taken by ayes and noes, nnd that the enactment of the ordinance was not necessary for the immediate preservation of peace, health or safety of tho city and thercforo was not on emergency. Ho also states that ordinnnce 4203 provides that the sum of $25,000 bo paid on tho principal of tho bond issue each year and that Interest at tho rate of 5 per cent be paid annually, and that the sum of $50,000 (includ ing the principal to be paid and the interest) is to be raised annually by general taxation to bo levied on the taxable proper' within the city lim its; that the assessed valuation of the property taxed Is $0,153,251); that the council levies taxes for city pur poses, and the present and last levy is $131,302, and that the council throhtens to levy the additional sum yearly of $50,000 for the purposo of paying the principal and interest on tho auditorium bonds contrary to the constitution of the state of Oregon. Refers to Agreements Ho further charges that the city council, acting for tho city, nnd the board of regents, acting for the uni versity, have entered into some kind of a contract, by the terms of which the auditorium is to be constructed on tinivorsity real estate and become property of the university, that tho city is to have'partial control of the auditorium when built, nnd that the I contract provides for somo kind of a IIAIUttSBURO. Ore., Aug. 2. (Special) According to latest Infor mation, tho first pier for the bridge across tho AVillamette here will be begun by the end of next week. The pile driver, a huge affair 80 feet In length, which 'r being erected on the grounds will be ready for work by tho first of the week. The foreman of tho job, L. H. Huff, came this week. A couple of cor loads of mochinery arrived the first of the week and are being hauled to the spot. Included in the mochinery are several donkey en- ginco, one of large size. Quick results anticipated by the Portland Bridge company, the contractor. WOMEN'S CLUBS, SOCIAL, PERSONAL J By VELMA RUPERT Club Items Should be Phoned to the Society Editor Between 10 a. m. and 12 m. Telephone Number 1200. E (The Service-Giving Drug' Store) One of our many services to our custo mers is free delivery. Save a trip down town this hot weather by phoning 217 if down town, or 114 if you live near the University. , -' - USE TALCUM AFTER BATHING Jade O'r ..... Melba Talo Pompeian Talo Page's Talo ... Armands Talo ,.30o ..15c ,.15o ,.15o ,.35o Three Flowers Talo 25c Mavis Talo .......25c Toknlon Tnlo 25o Quel que flour Tnlo $1.00 Enchantment Tnlo 50c Mary Garden Talo 35d POPULAR PRICED PATENTS Petrolagar .'. $1.50 Albolene (gen. Russian Paraffine Oil) $1.00. Phenolax ..25c Bromo Quinine . . .25o California Syrup Figs ...50c tfuxatod Iron ...,$1.00 Tanlno ...... .. ; .$1.00 Milos Romedios . .$1.00 The best hair tonic is a good hair brush. We have recently stocked the justly fam ous Kent brushes. Famous the world over for their excellent bristles. Hughes' . Hair Brushes .$1.25 up Prophylactic Hair Brushes . .60c up Pullman Style Brushes ...... .7 5c THE LATEST IN FINE STATIONERY. AN EX CELLENT LINEN "GREY DAWN". SEE THIS ; NEW SHADE. PER POUND, WITH ENVE LOPES v $1.00 The f'rst dow:.town bond concert of -the year w.s given in the county pnrk block south of the courthouse by the I. O. O. F. lmnd last night when it gave tho third concert in the series sponsored by The Guard. A thousnnd people, and more, walked or drove to tho park and heard a pro gram that was warmly received. The new bn dstarid was uHed for the first time. - Arrangements are now being made for a concert shortly on the Univer sity jf Oregon comp'is, where Fair mount resident! and other east siders may find it shorter walking. The program given last night un der the direction of Fra lk SI. Splcer, director, wos as follows: . March "Wizard of the West," Duble. . Overture ".Sky Pilot," Laurens. ' Dance "The Dancing Midgets," Cnrlton. Serenade "Mildred," Corlton. Patrol "Knights of Old," Klefcr. Overture 'Altar of Genius," King. Novelette "A Wild Rose," Tobanl. March "Wedding Feast," Taylor. Medley "War Songs," Laurcn deau. , "Star Spangled Bnnn.r." Mrs. II. W. Thompson ' of San Francisco, who is visiting with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Magladiy was the Inspiration for the pleasant afernoon of bridge which Mrs. W. I Beyer planned oil Thursday when she asked a number of friends to make up several tames 01 bridge in her apart ment at the Osburu, Coral shaded gladioli and sweet peas were especial ly pretty in tile living rooms. , Several vocal numbers contributed by Mrs. T. A. Pearson added pleas ure to the hours of cards. Mrs. Pear son was given the. prize for highest score and Mrs. John Baird, the consolation. Guests for the afternoon Included Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Mugladry. Mrs. T. A. Pearson, Mrs. John Jiaird, Mrs. Carrie Matlock of Pendleton, Mrs. B. h. Barber, Mrs. A. E. Roberts, Mrs. Earl Curtis, Mrs. Max Anderson, Mrs. Royal Gick, Mrs. W. ,W. Moore, Mr. F. O. Marks, Mrs. Otto Schmidt anl AIrs.G. R. Sheppard. were accompanied by Mrs. Packard's mother, Mrs. M. L. Davy, and two couBins, Miss Mildred Livensplre and Ralph J.iveospire, of Santa Anna, California and Hershei Brown, of San Pedro, California, who drove norti to visit. Mrs. Packard plans to accom pany the party back to California next week. DIAMOND DOLLARS "Kill Two Birds" ,; With One Stone! "SURPRISING" friend wifo with a Dia mond is a smart way of "giving" and "keeping." A Diamond on "her' finger is "ready ensh" any time you need it! Prices So Low They Surprise You! . Convenient Credit Terms SKEIE'S 927 Willnmetto Street f ; 3s partnorshfn or Joint adventure in the project. Tho council hna agreed with the regents to construct the audi torium on university property, and lenso it to the university "forever, without any consideration other than the occasional use under the auspices of the common council," ho states. Mr. Campbell also seta forth that the armory has a seating capacity of ,'1500, and thnt it is always available for the use of the city at a reasonable price. Tho city paid her share : of $ 'J 5, 000 toward the construction of the armory, and issued negottnthle bonds to raise the sum necessary, he charges, and tin bonds remain unpaid. Tho Availability cZ the armory makes tho auditorium unnecessary as far as the city is concerned, he states. Mr. nd Mrs. L. E. Bean have as their .bonne guest Mr. Bean's brother, E. A. Bean, of Seattle who is mak ing a brief visit here. Mr. Bean has been with. bis wife and daughter. Eli zabeth who are visiting relatives at Mapleton and will continue to Seattle tomorrow. He is with the Marshall Veils company. Mrs. Bean and daugh ter will be entertained here later as they return to their home in Seattle. Mr. and Airs. Herbert Roome and children have returned from a ten dnys vacation which they passed at Canon Beach. Womrn of the G. A. K. circle of Springfield entertained a delegation of Members of Bich Mountain circle of 'Eugene yesterday Afternoon at two-thtrty o'clock. The afternoon was passed in the circle's rooms in the W. O. W. hall and were devoted to an in formal get acquainted party. Mrs. R. L. Paeknrd and children came back last evening from Corval lis whero they spent six weeks. They Mrs. Emma Drain and Miss Ethel Gaylord left yesterday by motor to enjoy a vacation of Beveral weeks in San Francisco and other California cities. . A very pretty wedding occurred lait Thursday evening when Edward Jen sen and Elizabeth Rice were united in marriage by Kev. h Q. Jennings at the bride's home in the Willakenzie district. The bride, who wan very be comingly attired in a dress of white crepe, wns given away in marriage by her father, C, A. Rice, and was at tended by her sister, Miss Gladys Rice; , Arthur Rice, brother of tho bride, acted as best man. Only the m- mediate relatives of the young couple were present at the wedding which in cluded the impressive ring ceremony. For the occasion the living room wns artistically decorated with Ore gon grape, gladioli and sweet peas. The bride is a graduare of the Eu gene high school and has taught for the past two years at Cushman where the young couple plan to reside. FROM FOREST FIRE Smoke Is lessening on the Martin creek fire, near Nimrod, south of the McKenzic, according to reports of lookouts to the Cascade national for est headquarters here today. The fire is not within the forest boundary, but is under Booth Kelly patrol supervis ion. ' The fact that the Bmoke was' dying down wns taken as nn indication that the fire flgbtors were naming control of tho flames. Two of the thrco fires reported to have started from sparks from a loco motive about a mile above Oakridge were extinguished at once, while the other burned about an acre and a half. It is now thought to be under control, aa fire fighters were putting water on it Friday evening. New con struction of the Southern Pacific wob not included in the area of the fires. Legion Drum, Bugle Corps to Lon&view Thirty-eight members of the drum and bugle corps of tho American Le gion post of Eugene left early this morning for Portland, where they boarded Eaglo boat No. 57, N. S. N., bound for Longvicw, Wash. There they will attend the "Pageant of Pro- gross," nnd will compete m tho drum and bugto contest. The Engeno drummers and buglers reached Portlond at 7 o'clock and marched througU the streets of that city to tho dock whero the Eogle boat was moored. There they were joined by tho drum and bugle corps of Port land and Oregon City, and the three corps were taken to Longview. Littlo Buddy Russell, star of the corpB as mascot, went with the rout. He will leod the corps, dressed in his natty llttta uniform, and beating is drum with the best of them. For final rehearsal before the com petition at the Ivongvlew pageant, the corps paraded the streets of Eugene Friday evening, and were accorded a grent oviuinn by thoe who witneaw.d llioin. STARTS AUGUST 9 Ono week from today the first qunlir.ving rutin Is in the annual tour mimcnt for the Willametto-Pf oifio cup will played by members of the ugene (Solf nnd Country club, it was decided by the directors at a mooting lust night. Eighteen ho'e rounds will bo played. TUo play will continue over th ;e successive week-ends. A now handicap system is now be ing devised by Herbert Roome, chair man of the tournament comv.uttee. It wns riaidrd to forbid mem bers' fnmiliog from phiyin Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings be- luuse of congestion on the course. Personnel of throe now committees wns made public, as follows? Ladies locker room: Miss Elma Hendricks, Mrs. J. K. P and Mrs. Woldo Arinm; club house: Mrs. Lynn Mc Crendy. Mrs. M. M. Tuft and Mrs. Frank Wetherboe; club house grounds Mrs. Herbert Clark. Mr. W. Fi Moxley and Mrs. Lawrence Manerud. Bilyeu Office Taken Over By Travis, Inc. L, M. Travis, Inc., will have great ly enlarged offices in the United States National bank building afto the four rooms formerly occupied by ttie late Irfirk IHlyen, Mtorney, have been romodolel to suit Its needs. The law firm has now three rooms. Al &. Barnes To Show His Circus Here August 22 Kurene'a first elrcua for th 1WM summer station comes Friday, August 22. according to Announcement. M U. iWnea' jrild tuatl icsuAi,tht Uy, K. E V , Harold K. Hodge, 80, died at his home at 1900 Alamadcn street to day. He was a veteran of the World war and a member of the I. O. O. F. lodgo of Coquille. He had lived In Eu gene for about a year, coming here from Coos. BcRtdes his widow, Mrs. Adelia Hodge, he Is survived by f. one-year-old son and two brothers, Walter S. Hodge of Redmond and Arthur Hodge of Union. Tho body, which Is at the Veatch chapel,. will bo shipped tonight to Co quille, where funeral services will be held. ' Harrisburg Girls Have Water Scare HARRISBDKGj Ore., Aug. 2. (Special) A somewhat mirthful in cident happened In the AVillamette riven here Thursday afternoon. In an effort to ricure a ball which was floating on the water, Melius Hill, daughter of Mr. and MrRQlcnn Hill. waded so far out into the river "thaTT she lost .her footing and became holp loss.lBhe" Vas in the; river in com pany with a group of other girls, and one of these, noting her need, awam out to help her. Melius, however, grabbed the other girl in such a man ner that both of them became in need of aid. Still another girl went to the rescue; but the three got such a stran gle hold on each other that all were powerless. Still another girl went to the res cue, and. soon it continued until eight girl? ;iwex afloat In the river, each with a drowning grip on the other and each.iquite panic stricken. . Two men tourists who happened to be swimming at the same time, bow the girlB, and realizing the situation, went to. their old and soon had 'them all safe qgain. The girls included Mel ius Hill, Elizabeth and Oretta WU helm, Linda Windlbgler, Opal Jack son, Edith Bilyeu, Sybil Gilbert and Mrs. ErneBt Guthrie , s E HARDWARE TEAM LIGHT P JUST ARR1VED-NEW WOOL BLANKETS, SHOP EARly DRUGS AT CUT-RATE PRICES AX BILLV DEPARTMENT STORE TEED SILK Bon, '1-25 Exceptional! Price Silk Sale . Always something doing in the big piece goods s. .t'ion. This particular time SILKS dominate, half-price silk sale involves SILK SKIRTINGS NOVELTY DEESS SILKS CEEPES, TAFFETAS, ETC. Just look at tho price tag tliqn cnt tne price in iwo anu you nave it. SUt6 ly a wonderful value-giving plan. V2 $2.25 EARLY FALL ,VOOL Granite Cloth Enters This August Special At, Yd; $1.95 With school time but a short space of time before one, this should par ticularly appeal to many who wish to be fittingly togged. An all-wool 42 inch fabric with a crepe finish in early fall weight. The shades most in de mand, too Fallow, Green, . Grey, Mode, Navy, Tan, also ' . ' . Steel.' . ; 500 YARDS OF BEAUTIFUL Challies Enter This August Special, Yard 19c And they are wonderful values at 22c a yard which are our regular sellers and what's still mors inter, esting is the fact they are the pret tiest and newest patterns obtainable For inexpensive drapes and comfort covering this yard-wide fabric i most suitable. Silverware 1-2 Price Consisting of ."1847 Eogers" dis continued patterns, odd lots, etc. Indeed a wonderful opportunity to get high grade silverware at a great reduction. Early shopping is ; advisable to assure best selec tion as wo anticipate an unusual rush. " YES, WE 'EE SELLING TO $1.00 Table Damask At 49c A Yard At this astounding price you'll want to buy at least one table length, others in all probability will see fit to buy ono of each pat tern (pretty ones, too). Save your all-linen table cloths, for state oc casions and substitute with inex pensive ones like these. 58 to 63 inches wide and perfectly bleached. Ladies' Home Journal Patterns Will Solve Your Dressmaking Problems. C.E. T A ffaln of 19.78 per cent In post al receipts for all departments of the Eugeno postofflce wns shown for the month of July, 1924, over July of ltfari, accoruihg u Durwin B. Yornn, postmaster. Tho Kln 1 In keeping with that shown for the first six months of the year over the same period of last year, as the bulness of the postofflce for the alx-month period gained practically 20 por cent. Anchorage Ts Sold To Meek and Ford Ford Itnvo iiurclinsp(lhe AneliornRe from John W. Connwny. according to nn announcement made today. At the present time tho mill race establish ment la closed down (or remodeling work, hut will be formally opened un der the new management the last of next week. U'he canoe and Bwlmmini conces sions are not affected by the closing. -Mr. Connway rnrchased the estab lishment In May from Mrs. Marshall and Miss Mary Kieffer. Mr. Meek graduated from the Uni versity of Oregon In June, while' Mr. Ford is a former O. A. C. student. New York Housing Commissioner May Speak Here Soon John Murphy, housing; commis sioner of Now York city for the, last IS years, may epeak In Euirene early iioxt weok If a date can he made for him and he la willing to talk here. Rev. Father Edwin V. (VHara of St. Mary's Cathollo church, chair man of Portland's houjln com mttteo when he lived in that city and a recognised national authority on housing pYoblems. has Just re turned from Tortland where he In troduced Mr. Murphy to mnmbera of the Portland Civic club at their luncheon Friday. The New Yorker plans to come and spend a day or o with Father O'Hara here bfore continuing on hta Journey. Tho two are friends of years standing;. In tho final game of the season for the Twilight leaguers, the Hardware team, with the touted Skinner pitch ing, went down to defeat at tire hands of the Standard Oil nino Friday eve ning on the South Willamette field by a score of 0 to 8. The Hardware men, even wit.h the loss, remain at the top of the percentage column in the loaftde, arid have been awarded the lengue trophy by "Pop" Phares, presi dent. Both toamn slaughtered the ball in the Friday gnme, md the contest was rattoer loosely played. Rattcries were: Hardware, Skinner nnd Robertson; Standard Oil, Olsen and Dane. . L A crow of 18 men, employes of the Poatnl Telegraph company construc tion department, is inF.ugenfl today stringing the two new Portland-San Francisco wires through here. Increased business, it ia said, ne cessitates the Installation of the two copper lines. Tho company will have seven wires between the two cities Lwhen these are completed about two months from now. The crew started out from PortlanH SO days ago. An other outfit of similar site ia work ing on the southern end. ptHE BUTT0T! SHOP rieating, Buttons and Hemstitch ing. S3 7th Ave. East. Phons I715-J. tf O. E. Kllngensmlth, former'Eugen ean, for the last two and a half ycarB assistant to Chief of Police L. V. Jen kins of Portland, is dead. The end came after an illness of several weeks. A member of the Portland police force since 1012, Mr. Klingcnsmith has been conspicuous on the force for his ability and performance. Ab a po lice inspector he has built up a coast wide reputation. He was born i:i Iowa In 1870, com ing to Eugene about 30 years ago with hia mother and stepfather, J. S. Stiles, who was chief of police here for several years. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Inspector Klingensmith is survived by hiB widow, a daughter, Mrs. C. C. Coleman; a son, James Klingensmith; four half-brothers, W. Itu Harold L., Edward and Lloyd Stiles, and his mo ther, Mrs. M. Stiles, all of Portland. He was a member of Scout Young camp, Spanish War Veterans; of the Masons, the Icottish Bite and the Shrine. The body is at Finley's. Funeral ar rangements have not ucen completed, though it was announced yesterday by Chief of Police Jenkins that the funeral will probably be held Monday. Instruments Burn In Hospital Fire Fire believed to have started from a gas jet which waB found burning ruined a number of high-priced iu Btrumcnts and fixtures in the North weBt hospital in the I. O. O. F. build ing Friday night at 10:30 o'clock. Heavy smoke poured from the build ing, but the fire was extinguished be fore the structure was endangered. The alarm was turned in by a passerby. Announcement R. G. Masters and C. S. Benjamin having purchased the business of The Fisk Motor Co. of Eugene, who have been handling the Hudson and Essex automobiles, wish to announce their new location at 725 Oak street. Masters-Benjamin Motor Co, PUBLIC STENOGRAPH EH Room 15, Beckwith Bldg. 717 Willamette St. ' Phone 277 DICTATION TYPING BOOKKEEPING . STENCILCUTTH8 Neat Accurate Prompt Service Trip Is Planned Through Cascade 1 On nn inspection trip to various ' lookouts and road crew camps within-1 the fawnde national forest, Kelson I F. Macduff, supervisor of the forest, ! is planning to leave today, to be gone I about ten days. v i has signed up for the William F. Mc- Claren lot on Seeond vi nue west. I and will fix two peilormancea vn I General Repairing Let us do your repairing. We Repair Phonographs, Bicycles, Guns, Etc., Etc. Repair locks and make keys. 'Make nnd install awnings, both for homes and business houses. We repair anything and guarantee our work. Prices are reasonable. Hendershott's Gun Store Phone 151 " OUTING TOGS Women's Black and Khaki Knickers, regular and $4.00 values, to close $1.48 out at .... Women's Wool Tweed Knickers, cuff $4-48 knee, well made, special Wnnipii'a Tfrnico nnA C(nn TWnVc.nc innten-'' crepe, gingham and voile, values $3.9' $5.85 to $7.00, special Women's Blouses, colors: tan and white, PrtcrJ? collars, regular $2.50 values, 51,30 at w 1 Women's white hand made Blouses, lace Jf.So trimmed, regular $2.50 values, at .... 2UC All 30c and 35c Ginghams, special at, yard
