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TIIE EUGENE GUARD
DEALERS OF STATE
ATTEND ROLL-CALL
; Opening the 21st annual convent ioo
of the Oregon HeUil Merchant asso
ciation d gat hr ring of ubout 150 visit'
ing dele (jutes and' ICugeno business
men met t evt-uiug at the Usburu
hotel lor a "gt-toKether'' huuyueL
The aim mil roll-culi ounng which eueh
guest rose, gave hit name and bum
httt, was followed by an add rent, by
living J-J, idihk ot Atibluud. presi
dent or the Uveguu mate chamber of
commerce.
Air. Viuiug in optimintic vein pic
turcd the opporiuutttes u Oregon in
the way oi tuurx-t attractions and
U'ged tlie Mtate merchuuta to "meet
ou common ground, cuat out uiiter
eiicen of opinion concerning creed,
race or viewpoint on oiber nuitleru in
order to create u cooperative apirit to
take advantage ot Oregon's rebour
ces." in touching on the rcnult of a lack
of harmony, the speaker declared
that the mtuutiou at the mute cupital
today was the reamt of failure ot the
U-giglutivc 11 ud executive brauchea of
Oregon to get together ou common
ground and uolve pressing problem
that are now vital lo ihe welfare of
the atnte. "Good h meat men, all
Oregon are handicapped in their ef
forta by Ihia lack ot viewing u prob
lem from the simie angle," Mr. ining
atuted. " 1
The speaker alKo told the btibincaa
men to eliminate the strewn und
lira in tendency of modern business
life and look ou the morrow with faith
und confidence.
(Continued from page one)
disciplining of a junior member for
failiiiK to wear his cap. At Ihe end of
the ceremony the "freshmen weiv
presented with Green wps nd requir
ed lo kins Ihe Oregon seat.
The addrcHH of welcome wit given
by Mu.vor 10. It. Parka of Kugene,
and Jvric W. Merrell tendered a wel
come lu behalf of the local organiza
tion of retail and wholesale mer
oliauta. J. W. Melnttirff of Coos bay
responded for the asanclation.
Luncheon was nerved for the con
vention at Mio Anchorage, and the
delegates will this afternoon listen
to an addres by Coleman Cox of
Han Francisco upon "Advertising."
Irving K. Vining, president of the
Oregon chnmber of commerce deliver
ed the address nt "get-together"
banquet at the Osburn hotel Sumiiy
evening, bpenking on 'Tli American
tiiHinc8s Man." The convention will
continue through Wednesday.
Passengers Make -Charges
of Fraud
Stanley Austin Trent, according to a
neatly engraved calling card found in
bin possession, bus joined the county
jail imunlcH having hern arrested Sun
day by Melvin Ttirnbul!, county traf
fic officer. Trent It la alleged brought
two men and a woman from Seattle
having agreed to take them by car to
ah Angeles, ."When he arrived here
with bis pasaengers he is said to have
declined to proceed farther, lie claim
ed he wtiH out of funds to defray gas
billM en route. When searched at the
jail he was found to bo solvent to the
extent of Bpcreted in various
parts of hia raiment. It haa not been
determined what charge will be placed
figuini't him, according to county offi
cers CnrryitigpHeHengers through the
Mate without a license in one possi
bility and fraud may be another, they
stale.
School Change of
boundary Planned
. Transfer of a quarter-section own
ed by J. Jl. Machine from county
school district 117 nt Wcstfir to the
Oak rid go district number TO will be
taken up at the special meeting of the
boundary board called for Friday,
February 117, according to K. J.
Moore, county superintendent of
schools. When the Westfir dierict was
formed from the Oakridge district re
cently it win not intended by the pe
titioners to include the McClane prop
erty as the owner desires to have his
children attend the Oakridge school
which is more convenient. The trans
fer of a part of the district ii5 at
Latham to district at Cottage
Grove will also he discussed lit the
boundary board meeting.
Possession of Rum
Cause f pr Arrest
Chantrd with rinsrsion of liquor
E. J. l'artlow in iu I ho county jail
hating been arrratrd Saturday night
at a dnnce at Noti by a representative
of tho Law Khfnrri'tuput Ir-aifiiP.
Too La to To Classify
FOU SAIK tu-e site Incubator,
l'iione 34r, apartment l".. flu
i'Oit HUNT One furnished light
linuackrcplng room Ciirl. i'hone
017. . fls
EAGLES, ATTENTION!
Drolher Del. Carry Smith, of Spo
kane, Wash., will be with ua at our
regular meeting TtirMlay evening Keb.
17th. A lujrge attendance la requested.
117 BKCUUTAKY..
CARD OF THANK8
Vi'a with to thank our many frlmdt
and neighbor, for their kindness and
sympathy during the lllnrss and death
of our beloved wife and mother.
3. V. McKlNNIiY,
. MR. AM) MHN. A. U HENNETT,
MUM. A. O. DII.DINi:,
C. 1J. McKlXXKV.
Dr. Asbton for Cblropractle and
Electro-then ps. Uppoaltt Ileilli
taeater. l'hona SCO. If
Oeo. N. McLean, Insurance, WW
Willamette H. l'hona 017. K
Partlo and the enforcement officer
are eaid to have bad a battle in the
Hinall apace beneath the dance hall
building when l'artlow endeavored to
get Away under the floor. Ihe pria1
ouer waa cut ou the head by a blow of
a heavy flashlight held by the arrest
ing officer. Arthur l'l 1 1 it waa also
arrcated and lodged in jail having
been arrested at the Noli hall at the
sumo time, lie is charged with dls
orderly conduct.
J.
IS HE-APPOINTED
STATU HOUSE, SALEM, Ore.,
Feb. 1U. Governor Pierce toduy reap
po.ntod 1. .N. Fleischner of 1'ortluud,
a member of the Htate game commis
sion, and reappointed judge William
Duby ot jiaker, ua a uieuiuer of the
state highway couiiuishiou. Flcischner
ia chairumu of the commission and
hia term expires February za.
The term of Judge liuoy, who is
chairinuu of tho highway commission
expires -March SI.
The other members' of the game
commission are James W. Muloney of
I'endietun; Milliard w. Price of 'Port
land; Harold Clifford of Prairie City
and Ken Uorria of Eugene, with A.
E. Durghduff of I'orllunil secretary
und stute game warden. The' otlier
two members of the higliwuy com
mission are II. B. VanDuzor of Port
land and Wade 11. Mslone of Corval-lis.
0. A. Brown Speaker
At Kiwanis Lunch
Ad address on "Echoes ot the Past"
waa delivered by O. A. Brown of the
University of Oregon at today's lunch
eon of the Kiwnuis club at tho Os
burn hotel. Professor Brown dwelt no
Ihe principles and idesls of Washing
ton and Lincoln, and poitned out tbe
need for men of such calibre in Amer
ica today.
Several old-time songs were, sung
by Mrs. Donald Young, accompanied
by Mrs. A. E. Itoberts. Both were
dressed in colonial costumes.
Next week's luncheon committee
will be Dean V. Hale, Earl Immel
and Frank Jenkins, it is announced.
The pep committee will be composed
of Harry Bean, Mentor Boncy and
It. S. Bryson.
Funds are to be
Sought to Finance
Pageant of Schools
To direct the raising of approxi
mately fBUO to defray tho expenses
of the school children's pageant to be
held Jiero May 1), A. 11. McDonald,
proprietor of the Hex and Lowell
thenters, has offered hia services, ac
cording lo announcement today of E.
J. Moore, county superintendent "f
schools. About $'J0O is left from the
former psgennt held n few years ngo
and it is hoped that a total ot $800
will be available for the 4vent this
year.
Saturday, Mtiy 0, waa selected as
the dute for the affair aa that will
be before the eight grade examina
tions which will bo held May 14 and
15, According to Mr. Moore,
All cnnh prizes will be given for
floats' and pageant. Wiunera of tn
historical essay contests will be r
warded with appropriate gifts, otlier
than ciibIi, Mr. Moore states. The nr
mury has been obtained for the in
door feiituriB of tho pnRoont including
Ihe display of Oregon pioneer relief.
SOCIETY TO MEET
Tho Congregational women's mis
sionary society, will meet Tumday
afternoon nt o'clock nt the
church. Thirteenth and Ferry strcclB.
Mrsa Amy Dunn will tell of her ex
periences in I'hitin, All members and
friends arc invited to come.
WINDOWS DECORATED
U. K. Korten of Portland, repre
senting the Kellogg food products
company, Is hero tins week arranging
window displays for local merchants
bundling these Hues. Attractive dis
plays will he Installed at msny locul
grocery and provision stores, it ia an
nounced.
KIO PARTY WEDNESDAY
Members of the American Legion
auxiliary are staging their big pot
luek dinner Wednosday night, follow
ed by a "Kid party," it is announced,
tn which all legionnaires are invited.
No one will be admitted unless he
wears "kid " clothes, It is stated.
Dancing will follow the banquet.
DIES II AGE OF 75
SAN KHANCIHCO, Keb. KJ.M.
II. DeYoung, one of the last survivors
of tbe dwindliug school of personal
journalists in the United Slates, who
built a great newspaper from a the
atrical handbill he started on a bor
rowed fl'O gold piece in 1K, died
here last night, lie was 7fi years old.
His death was as sudden as many of
the events in his spectacular ca
reer which mode him a national fig
ure. Early last night he underwent an
operation for intestinal trouble. Two
hours later he waa aead.
Mr. De Young was a director of The
Associated Press for 5 years. He
waa tbe leading figure in the mid
winter exposition in Ban Francisco in
the nineties. He built the first steel
frame building in the west, the old
Chronicle. He rebuilt it after the San
Francisco fire, only to abandon it for
what William Randolph Hearst was
pleased to term, the most modern
newspaper plant in the United States.
In politics, Mr. De loung was a
republican and for many years a na
tlonal 'committee man. A leader in five
presidential conventlona, he waa the
dominant figure in one.
In the art of international exposi
tions Mr. De Young was among
America's foremost exponents.
bids were submitted they were all
I turned down. J-ater the council or
dered Harry Devereaux, city engin
eer, to prepare specification for bids
on several varieties of pavement The
ordinance to be passed tooight will
call for bids on the various typea.
City council meetings have aver
aged more, than one a week since tbe
new council members took office.
Meetings have been held every Mon
day night ainc January 1. and several
special meetings have been held einre
the first of the year. Tonight's
meeting is not on the regular sched
ule, which calls for meetings on the
second and fourth Monday of each
month.
GDI STREET PAVING
Passage of an ordinance calling for
bids for paving of Third avenue west
nnd final reading of tha Hilyard
Btrect bridge ordinance are the chiet
items of business on tho calendar
for the city council meeting tonight,
announces Mayor E. B. Parks.
The Third street project has been
up before the council before, at which
time an ordinance was passed adver
tising for bids on the paving. When
y or weak,
Run-down
Condition
THE DOOR of opportunity f lines
wide Ita portals only to tha
man who is up and doing; who is
filled with pep and punch with
rich, red blood tingling through his
system. Mountain size obstacles
dwindle to ant hills and ambitions
become accomplishments to these
sort of njon.
Where is the employer who
seeks the man who Is physically
run-down? The man without stam
lna to withstand the knocks and
eaff of the hurrying;, scurrying
world of business?
8.S.8. Is the long oatebltshed and
time honored creator of red-blood-cells.
You cannot expect to got
very far up the ladder unloss you
re equipped with a body that Is
strong and vigorous. S.S.S. will
start you on your way. Don't al
low the "Door of Opportunity" to
be closed to you because you havo
not the stnmlna to withstand the
Kaff because your nerve power
Is lacking. Build up your system I
8.S.S. made of carefully selected
and scientifically prepared and
proportioned herbs and barks
makes you fltt Clot back that old
time punch! When opportunity
knocks bo ready to answer tha
call!
fl.fl.fl.tf aoM nt fetf rood Arnm
tor in two ili. Th larstf
Im ta mora eonomleal.
Explosives May be
Ordered for Lane
To determine whether there will rw
enough ordera for the purchase of u
ear load of pyrotol, the farm explo
sive manufactured by the government
from surplus war material, O. S.
Fletcher, county agricultural agent,
i making inquiry of Lane farmers.
The blasting powder is sold at practi
cally cost by the government through
the Oregon Agricultural college. The
cost is $8.22 per hundred pounds nnd
a blasting cap is furnished with each
two pounds purchased. These pric?
are V. O, B. Eugene. A car of the ex
plosive was sold to fanners here in
December and two more cars are to
be sent here next fall. "It may be that
there are enough farmers interested
to order a spring shipment of the ex-
EUGENE COLI.F.CTION AGENCY.
774 WILL. ST. PHONE 600. W. H.
ULOWiiltS, MGR. tf
KC C Crakes You Feel
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Worn Out Since the Grip ?
WEAK, nervous just tired and miserable most of
the time ) Back lame and achy, too ? Rheu
matic pains torture you at every step ?
Then goa thould look to pour kidnegt I Colds and chills
are apt to weaken the kidneys and allow toxic poisons
to upset blood end nerves. Then may come daily back
ache, stabbing pains, headaches, dizziness, and irregular
or painful passage of the kidney secretions.
Don't risk neglect. Help your weakened kidneys
with Doan's Pill: Doan't have brought new health to
thousands. They should help you. Aik pour neighbor I
Here la Eugene Proof:
Mrs. K. U Hales, 693 1st Ave. W., snya: "My
kidneys troubled me and I had pnlns through my back
and limbs. I couldn't got a night's rest because of
the severe backache. Mornings 1 felt tired. My kid
neys acted Irreiularly. Doan's Pills relieved the back
aches and I felt bettor In every way."
Doan's Pills
Stimulant Diuretic to th Kidneyt
Atatlduien, 60c a lea. Fosttt-MiIWi Ce Wf. CataatU, Bafsle, N. Y,
rlnsire and I would like to hear from
them, not to fill aa order now but to
determine if they ore Interested," Mr.
Fletcher states.
TRAFFIC SIGNS READY
Knforcement of F.ugene's new au
tomobile parking ordinance is at a
standstill until the new parking signs
sre erected, reports Ituiuey ttuch.
chairman of the police committee. Tbe
signs, which were taken down several
weeks ago, will be replaced in the
next two or three days, Mr. Hugh
states. Tbe first quota will be more
than 150 in number, and will be placed
on the main streets in the restricted
zones.
n llUJjUOd
ACHERMAN & HARRIS
Leon Lang
Comedy monolog
ist and Juggler
Vaudeville
Clifford
& Vance
Circuit R Bits of Vaudeville
Tonight
Mme. Verobell
& Company
Songs and Steps of 1925
Last
Performance
of Ackerman
& Harris
Gardner
& Revere
The Surprise .
Vaudeville
Photoplays
Lockhart
& Kiefer
A gem on skates
AESOP
FABLE
MONTI", BANKS
In "The Boys In Blue"
NOVELTY
SCENIC
THURS., FRL, SATUR.
The World's Moat Populsr Light and Comic 0per,
BUB,S9TNH,TE "BOHEMIAN GIRL
Most , tuneful, colorful and romantic of all Hh.
"Bin operas
"SPRING MAID" .
ng comic opera tn
secured her greatest success
"THE MIKADO"
Gilbert & Sullivan's gem of gems
FFtl. NITE
FEB. 20TH
Thf, amart. fascinating rnmln i
SAT. MAT,
2:30
SAT. NITE
FEB. 2IST
"ROBIN HOOD"
America's greateat and best loved opera
"Flooding the Earth with the Music of ParadlIe"
Superb Company of 30 People
PRICES INCLUDING TAX
Nights: Floor $1.65, balcony, first 6 rows St m
last 7 rows 50c. Matinee: floor $1.10, balco'nv so
All Seats Reserved. MAIL ORDERS NOW n
office Seat Sale Wednesday 10 a. m.
USE THE GUARD WANT AD WAYS
MIGHTY $35,000 DISPOSAL
A IT TO ATC TT ATnriTC9
Selling Has Been The Greatest Eugene Has Ever Known
And We Have Only Just Started
BEAUTIFUL DRESSES and COATS
Newest Spring
'" COATS
A fine selection to choose "from. Cood
styles, wanted shades especially priced to
aell them out aulck at
$11.95
Newest Spring"
COATS
This wonderful lot of new styles and
shsdes offered at the Surprisingly low
closing out sale price of -
$24.75
The Smartest Styles ! The Newest Colors!
Elaborately Trimmed ! Also Tailored Types !
At Less Than Cost of Production !
Women's
COATS
Beautiful Fur-trimmed Coats In Velora,
Bolivia and other wanted materials; won
derfully lined. Values to $59.50. Priced to
close out
$34.45
The headlines tell but little you must see the
charming dresses, the beautiful coats and the
smart blouses in this most unusual sale see
how well they are made how attractively
they are trimmed note the fine quality of
material, and the prices at which these gar
ments are regularly sold then and then only,
will you be able to appreciate the tremendous
savings this sale affords. Greater reductions
are being made than ever before heard of
Women's
COATS
Including msny of our finest women's
costs, fur-trimmed, newest materials. Val
ues to $79.50. Priced to close out
$49.95
Silk Dresses
A large assortment of women's silk dress
es Including Csnton crepe, flat crepe and
velvets. Priced to close out at Just
Half Price
Silk Dresses
Beautiful new Spring Frocks never be
fore shown. Newest materials and shades
to choose from. Priced to closs out at
'4 Off
Silk Blouses Silk Petticoats
All our finest, newest, dress- Women's silk petticoats In
lest Silk Blouses at drastic the new wsnted shades
snd worthwhile Values to $4.95. Priced to
Price Reductions to cl0" out
Close Out Quick N $2.98
Our Entire Stock of
Women's Real Price,
Hosiery Reductions
At Drastic Price Cuts Every dress In our fine stock
haa been drastically cut In
TO Close Out price, with but one object
Ouick to clo,e aut quickly as pos-
slble.
Women's SUk UmbrelIa8
Underwear One lot of beautiful silk Urn
Entire stock of cotton and J?"''" w'th. ornamental
wool underwear priced to p"., h" .'
closs out st from Prlce(i t0 elo,e out' nly
i To j Off $3.95
Dimity Waists Corsets
s;. "-Li? wl,.,r Tod sr.: ft :zn cr
sty,. regular $2.00 value. .'Vo'
Priced to close out ,,0.00. Priced ,0 0'Q
$1.48 79c
Wool Dresses
One big lot of excellent quality, wanted
styles In Women's Wool Dresses. Priced
to closs out quick
4 to 3 Off
ROBERT. W. PRESCOTT, SELLING OUT
LARGE'S APPAREL SHOP
865 Willamette Street
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