Pago Ten
THE EUGENE GUARD
Wednesday Evening, Decern,. 10
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TWO FIRESDO
DAMAGE HERE
AT SAME TIME
WOMEN'S CLUBS. SOCIAL, PERSONAL
By MARIAN LOWKY
Club Hums Should Be Phoned To the Society Editor Between
8:3u A. M. und 11:30 A. M. Telephone Number 1200
Mr. and Mrs. George Bueh
ler Forced To Jump From
Second Story
Hoboes Blamed For Igniting
Blaze Which Destroys
Frame Dwelling
l'ire, breaking out almost simul
taneously In opposite parts of I'.ugenc,
)uhi iilKht, destroyed olio House nnu
'diiuingeil three rooms of another, The
first fire, on the western city limits,
started about 10::iO, anil the other a
few; miuutes Inter, nt Ti'SJ. Eleventh
it venue oust.
No one win injured in either fire,
nltbouch Mr. and Mrs., iieorRO II.
Uuehler and family, nsleop on the sec
ond floor of their Eleventh avenue
home, were forced to jump out of the
windows to escape the smoke and
flames that were pourinlt into the
.rooms. Mrs. Hurhlc-r was hurued
about the hnndu niid bend in nttcmpt
ini; to save Home clothing. The chil
dren wereHiiken to neighbors' hmwa
.to 'hpend the night. . .
The lira jo believed 10 novo amn
mA frnm mnohlprinir emhcrB in the kit
ihrn Btove. It wan owned Is Mark
Fleming. Claude (Iray, paying teller
of the First National bank, turned in
the firo nUrm when lie nuueru me
' ....nU humiiitr from the windows
downRtairB.
The firm fire, whlcji started about
10:110 o'clock, was In an unoccupied
frame dwelling acrons the rnilroad
and near the Far West Manufactur
ing compn.iy'8 plant. Hoboes smoking
inside the building are believed to
have started the blase. The structure
was a total loss, as the city has no
fore hydrants outHide the city limits.
' The two fires at onre proved n test
of Uie city's new fire apparatus, as
jjiirt of the equipment was still busy
with the fire near the railroad when
the second alarm was turned in. The
city expects to utilize Us old iluick
engine for secondary fires, and has
placed H behind the new hook-nnd-lr)d-der
truck in tho firo hall. When 'the
new American La Franco pumper ar
rives, one more engine, will have to
be placed In tho rear of tho room
bthlnd the rest of the apparatus, ac
cording to V, K. Nusbaum, fire chief.
An iinportunt meeting for- (his eve
ning will be (hut of the Ladies auxil
iary of the Kugfiio chuiuber of com
merce.
An intercut ing program has been
planned with .Mis. John It. Patterson
in charge, jihHistcd by a committee.
After the program niriln will be the
diversion of the evening.
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Mr, and Mrs. (Jeorge lnvin will be
Louis to the Jjttle Club Around the
Corner at their home, HJ Klevcutu
avenue wokI, Thursday evening.
The l'attersou I'arent-Teaeher as
sociation is to hold its regular ses
nin Thursday aftenoou at three
o'clock. .Serious will close promptly
at four o'clock and will be followed
by n social und teu hour.
All patrons of the school are ask
ed to attend the meeting,
The Woman's llelief corps Needle
club is h'Jding its regular monthly
meeting in the post room of the ar
mory Thursday j,fternoon. The birih-
day anniversaries of all veterans,
their wives and widows who have had
birthdays during November and le
ceinber will he observed. There will
also be u Christmas tree.
On ThurHdny afternoon Mm, Maude
Itryan will entertain Kill Kare Klub
at her home in Springfield.
Among the Thursday clubs to inert
tomorrow will be Kefo club whom home in California.
Mrs. I red Fmdtner Is entertaining at
her noine.
''
The Washington I'arent-Teaeher
association will meet Thursday sfttr
noou at three o'clock. The address of
the occasion will he given by a mein
ber of the dour ill society on the care
of the teeih. The Hecoud grudo mo
thers will serve, tea.
An interesting meeting of last eve
ning was the bnmpjet, dsncing and
card parly which members of the Je
gree of Honor held at the Osburn ho
tel, an an observance of the member
ship campaign which the lodge has
just finished.
About sixty-five or more attended
tho affair, Guests of honor for the
evening were Mrs. Mamie Uriggs, of
Ioa Augelegt,past president of tho or
der, and Mrs. Maggie Gilchrist " of
ortland, past president of the state
organization, and a number of other
officials and representatires from or
ders of the lodge in otlie.- cities.
Mrs. Itoaclla Starr was torutinii
trens, nnd addresses were given by
Mrs. FUio Anderson, Mrs. Alberta
McMurphey, Mrs. Thomas Xlriggs,
Mrs. (iilchrist, Mrs. JJriggs.
The annual election of the order Is
to be held this evening in the M. W.
A. hall.
Mrs. Jtriggs who has been in Ku-
gene for several weeks past on an of
ficial visitation to the local lodge.
plans to leave this evening for her
SEATTLE MEETING
E
wins AT-
With what- i mnniincnl as n finil
'settlement of the diffnully bclwo
the management of I he lleilia Ibenl' r
mid the Knceno inilsiciniis' union
enmea a further nnnoiiineiiienl that
Kolh and Dill will be scheduled fni
Ufa l eal playhouse, Friday. Decem
ber 20, iimirdinn to V: II. .McDoiuil l,
local tnanarer of the MciHg.
"The Kolh and Dill limnimeiiieut
cancelled the dale nt ,i.ilein in order
to piny nt Eugene which speaks v,ll
for the regard that Ibis city bis
am.. lie theatrical orgnnijatlolis," Sir.
M, l lonnlil Muted.
Tho settlement of tho inusiclnin'
iLriko also assures Eugene theater
goers of seviinl hig road shows a n.l
motion pictures that were hooked hut
li:ter cancelled as B result of t'lc
labor trouble. Among Uicse ale "lll.n
som Time," u musical comedy, nu.1
"The Ten t'oinmaiiilmeiits." t!i
spectacular mot ion piclu. o feature,
the manager lates.
Klan Session Will
Uc Held Thursday
Owing to tin fact that the armory
could not be obtained for the meeting
of the Knights of (he Ku Mux Klan
this evening the event has been pout
toned until tomorrow night, according
to M, .1. Thompson, secretary of the
local order. A representative of the
nntioiial K. K. K. from Atlanta (..
will be here to address the meeting
which is open to the public, the hoc
.rotary state.
Dr. Atnton tr Chiropractic ami
Electro-therapy. Op,oi, Ileillj the
atre, Thone 600. tf
The company engagement of Flo
tow's Incomparable opera, "L'Ombn,"
presented here under the direction of
the Association of American Univr
sity Women this evening at ths Ku
gene armory, will mark one of ti9
red-letter musical events of tJie cur
rent season.
Local people are taking a great In
terest in the forthcoming production,
not only because of the fact that the
personnel is made up of an all-stir
cast of distinguished artists, but nMo
because of tho fact that it is the
first American presentation of Flo
tow's operatic company. The operatic
notables who will give the production
are: Stella Norclli-Lamont, soprano;
Suzanne Frnntst, mezzo-soprano;
Obrad Djurin, lyric tenor, . and 'Carl
Formes, baritdne. Arthur Lydell Is fia
musical director and pianist of ths
company.
The musical scores were arranged
and the production coached by Isaac
Van flrove, conductor of the Chicago
Civic Opera company, one of Amer
ica's mot brillim masters 3ot the
baton. i
Fortunately this fascinating tuneful
opera wsn written to he sung either
with or. without .chorus snd hence It
(a pernllnrly adaptable for tour presentation.
TOXIIU ADVISED FOR
Youths Taken Here
Admit liurglaries
.7 oh ii Chilcolt and I mi Morrison,
two youths arrested in Kngene re.
cently for stealing front automobiles
nnd turned ofer to authorities at Sit
em where they were alleged to have
burglarized n store, have confessed,
according to word received this morn,
ing h, W. (1. .luilkins, chief of police,
from Sheriff O. 1. I.ower, nt Hale.n.
The youths said tjiey took n suit
case snd robbed a cash regisUr .it
Shafera llnrnexs shop at Snlem, wh1e
Victnri Sletter, the hoy who was sen:
home Ity Mr. .Indians, waited In a
car back of the atore. Two auto
robe", bring held In Coxvnllis, belon;
to the Salem ntnre, the letter said,
snd Chief .ludkiun is planning to atrp
tiiem to the Salem officer.
Car of Hops From
Lane County Sold
One ear, of hops containing 1it
bnlea was sold yesterday to the T. A.
I,lvpey coinpHiiy of Salem. The bops
are from the Mcpherson yards. Trie
lically all of the lOJ.'t crop of bops
in Ijiio county has been sold nnd
ahipped out now, according to K. It.
Parks, of tho Parks war. house, who
reports that between 1.100 nnd 1 IO:
bales of the UK! I crop are now at the
storehouse bete.
Use of toxin-antitoxin aa a preven
tative against diptheriu U being urg
ed by lr. H. M. Kerroo, city and
county health officer, on the school
officials and parents of Cottage Urove
nnd other districts in that vicinity thut
are reporting casea of the disease.
Dr. Kerron attended a meeting with
the Cottage Grove school board ia.t
nigJit to discuss the situation and sug
gested that every child under l'J
given the toxin at once. Dr. Kerron
will go to Ixmdnn toninht to confer
with the school officials and parents of
that district and point out the value
of the inoculation at the present time
to prevent a,ny spread of the dip
theria enses. (
"The toxin-antitoxin which provhhs
immunity from, diptheria will in no
way halt the regular school work n
it is a simple injection and the child
cm return to classes immefliately,"
the health-officer states. , . ,. . .
What plans will be mndo by the
ottago (irovo school boord for the
toxin treatment hove not yet bern
formulated but some menns will be!
found to take caro of the financing,
is the announcement.
Although there are several cases of,
diptherln in the Cottage (irovo dis
tricts and a few schools havo be;n
closed thrro is practically no danger
of an epidemic if the proper precau
tions are taken, Dr. Kcrrou declarer.
"Even the vast virgin timber re
sources of the great northwest the
last big stand of America's once
mighty natural forests cannot con
tinue indefinitely to supply the needs
of this nation aluue."
This thought will be forcibly brought
to the attention of the several hun
dred lumbermen who will assemble at
Seattle, Wash., December 11 and, 11',
by officers of the Concatenated Or
der of Huo-iloo, the international
fraternal order of lumbermen, accord
ing to word received here.
Seattle lumbermen are preparing
for the initiation uf several hundred
neophytes its a Hoo-Hoo "Concaten
ation," whhA will be held the evening
.f December 11, at the new Olympic
hotel, at the conclusion of the first
day's cessions of the lied Cedar Shin
gle congress, nud several officers of
lioo-jjoo will be in attendance.
JI. K. Itdierwood, International sec
retary -imiKiirer, of hr. Louts, and
lie v. I. A. Simpkin, of Santa Monica,
Cnl., inicinutionui chaplain of the or
der, who ib familiarly known to lum
bermen throughout the country as
"The Lumberjack Sky Pilot," will be
on hand. Audrew MacCuaig, of Spo
kane, Wash., supreme scrivenoter,
one of the supreme nine officers, also
will be preaent, his jurisdiction cov
ering tho northwest.
Hoo-Hoo has launched a movement
in the interests of conservation and
reforestation in conjunction with the
lioy Scouts of America, the title of
which is "Friends of the Forest.
While carrying its message most for
clblv to lumbermen through its more
than 0000 members, the order aJsQ,
endeavors to enlist the aid of all public-spirited
citizens. No dues or other
charges arc entailed by the movement
Hoo-Hoo furnishing the finances.
Seattle lumbermen plan, to organ
ize a Hoo-Hoo club at a dinner which
will n recede the initiation, and to as
sist through this club the nation-wiue
reforestation efforts of the order.
There are 33 such clubs in the United
States nnd Canada modeled on the
order of Htory and Kiwanis clubs,
but confining its membership to lum
bermen.
Many Present For l
New Hotel Opening
' More than 2000 people attended the
banquet held at the opening ot the
new Olvmnic hotel at Seattle last
Saturday, according to J. A. McLean,
of the Osburn hotel of this city, who
has returned after attending the af-
. . . . . 1 ,:nnll nll
rair, lioici men iroui ihhvulouj .
narls of the United States were pres
ent for the formal opening of the $1,
300,000 building. All rail and steam
ship lines with Tacific northwest con-,
neclions had temporary headquarters
in the hotel building for the opening
night nnd elaborate entertainment wns
tendered, tho visitors, .Mr.' McLean
stntcs.
VISITS R0SEBURG EAGLES
K. . Lee, state president of tn"
Eagles lodge-, wont to Kos.burg ye
terday to attend a meeting ot the
lodge there.
NEW SHOW
TODAY
CASTLE
"Home of tho Best'
An appealing drama of society and modern
conventions
"The tVlasked Dancer"
with
HELENE CHADW1CK
LOWELL SHERMAN
Comedy
"SPEED
BOY"
LAST
TIMES
TODAY
'The Most Glowing Romance and Adventure
Ever Screened .;
TTT RUDOLPH
Valentino
in
REX BEACH'S
Colorful Romance
"A SAINTED
DEVIL"
with NITA NALDI
and superlative cast
Also At
CHRISTIE POPULAR
COMEDY PRICES
Rosner's ' Matinee 30c
Musical Night 50c
Setting Child'n 10c
Atmospheric Prolog
Aubrey Furry
Baritone Soloist
SPECIAL at 7:20
EFFECTS 9:15
Electrical Gilts For
Mother And Sister
There is no gift
)-ou can make them
that will please
better than some
thing she can use
in tho home. That
is why you should
decide upon some
homo gift electric
ally operated. Mother -will, appreciate it greatly,
sister will appreciate it greatly,' because in ad
dition to being handy it will prove a great labor
saver. These are displayed in the Hardware
section.
ELECTRIC CURLING IROXS, ELEC- ,
TRIC TOASTERS, ELECTRIC PER
COLATORS, ELECTRIC GRILLS,
ELECTRIC IRONS, ETC.
Don't Overlook Dad or Brother
They, too, appreciate something practical for
Christmas. Flashlights, Safety Razors, rocket
Kn ives, Tools. Ginis, Cignrs, Tobacco, Ktc, Ktc.
' TIME IS FLYING ONLY 32 MORE
SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS
w " 20c8aenavt j
V Kiddles a Dima I
Ohio Electric Gleaner
New Improved Model
Special Price
$48.50
For short time with
extra attachments $56.
Regular price $5.00
ami $67.00.
Special on attachments
110.00
"The Cleaner "With the
Self Starter"
It Has No Equal
.
Expectations are that at leaBt
will attend the Eugene chamber 'i
commerce luncheon Thursday noon
when Irving E. Vinlng, president of
the Oregon state chamber of com
merc2, will be the principal speaker.
All farmers and others attending tJi-j
Oregon drainage congress in session
that daycare invited to attend tbi
meeting.
Mr. Vining, who has been a speaker
in Eugene aeyeral times is regarded
as one of the outstanding orators who
have addressed local audiences. Hi.
memorial day address at the anuu-il
service of the Eugene lodge of Eiks
lafit ttunduy is highly praised y,
those who were privileged to hear him
and officials of tiie Elks lodge have
received many comments on the '.i
spiring sermon delivered by the head
of the state chamber on that occasion.
EUOENE COM.ECTfON AGENCY,
774 WILT., ST. THONE 600. tf
ONE OF AMERICAS STRONGEST COMPANIES
thenilMcof
5 0 0 0 'r t'lem f Tou die from natural
$ 10a,000 tiem yu frm accident
and in case of permanent total
disability the company will
. 1. Waive all premium payments ,
2. Pay you $i per week for one year; and in addi
' tion ' ,
3. Pay you $jo per month for life; and
.. 4. Pay $5,ooo to your beneficiary when you die
5. If disability invokes loss of limbs or sight as a re
sult of accident, rfe company wilt pay you $5,000
in cash,immf duitfly, in addition to all other benefits.
. In case of temporary disability, as a result of either sick
ness or accident, the company will pay you $25 per week
Ice a limit of 52 weeks.)
"A Service That Endures "
West Coast Life
INSURANCE COMPANY
HOMC OFF1CK-SAM FRANCISCO
MAJ. W. G. WHITE, District Manager
The Armory, Eugene, Oregon.
Wist Coast Lire Inmjuanci Co.
WIMalM.lNhiM
(17322)
ON'E OF AMERICAS STRONGEST COMPANIES
FOR CHRISTMAS
New shipment of women's dresses
Special pim-hnse permits us to sell Q-f A QC
this $23 value for V-l-'D
Women's Coats All Reduced. k
Women's Qfkf lo flA
Handkerchiefs Jv ?4UU
Women's Silk Hose Q4 Off nnd
All Colors tPJL.aGU
Pure Linen Lunch CI QQ
Cloths ?JLtJO
$3.00
'U.SH&UATM
We Are Prepared
For The Onrush 01
Christmas Needs!
A thought, buy a gift a day and avoid fl,a
. eleventh hour rush. le
Every ' department joins in this great festival
Christmas! .
It's A Wonderful
World of Toys!
What a wonder world the toy shop is! It is a
veritable fairyland, where you could imagine all
01 Alices Adventures" mignt easily take place
It's joylnnd to little hearts and hands.
Old Santa has thought of.tnahy' new toys. He
nas icii 101s or mem nere, as well as plenty of the
"ever-new" old lavontes. (2nd floor)
Hicuts (Boots) Of
Sturdy . Structure
WILL SOLVE THE CHRISTMAS
PROBLEM FOR BOTH BOYS
AXD GIRLS. $3.50 TO $5.85
One never saw more sincere glee than is usual
ly present around the Christmas tree when
Charles or Evelyn has received a new pair of
hi-cuts.
THEY'RE PRACTICAL, TOO
All sizes, from 8's for the little tots to 6'e for
the big boys.
Gift Booth
IN THE JAPANESE
Many who haven't any idea what to chooso for
someone who really has everything, you know,
find their perplexities smoothed away in very
few minutes after arriving in the Japanese. Gift
Section. v v t
For hero are hundreds of unusual ' , 1
IMPORTED THINGS
Sonio both decorative and useful, but all ap
pealing because so different.
Fancy Electric Porch Lamps 75o
"Ad.juslo-Litc" tho Lamp -with the Clamp
Clamps, hangs of stands, Special $3.95.
Unique Bird Cages $3.00
Mahogany Finish Nut Bowl With' Cracker, and
Six Picks, Set Complete $1.25
Ornamentnl and Picturesque Candles, 5o Each
To !)5c the Pair .
Candle Sticks, Mahogany Finish, Pair 75o
Vases, Vases, Vases The Best Selection Ever
Shown.
Japanese Incense Burners 15o
Fnnov Work Baskets, Trimmed With' Oriental
Coins and Colorful Bends, 30c To $1.00
Mnnv Other Unique, Decorative and Practical
Gifts In the Japanese Booth. They Are So
Different.
SLABWOOD
and PLANER ENDS
A combination that settles "the heating , problem
forever.
Planer ends are the ideal summer wood, also just
the thing to start the fires off with a rush on cola
winter days.
Now is the time to lay in your supply.
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.
5th and Willamette Sts. Fhone 452
CALL 1854 J
for free demonstration and trial.' No obligation-
J. 0. McCRADY
1164 Lincoln Street 1
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