Saturday Evening, April 11, 192fl
, THE EUGENE GUARD
Pago Seven
JT HARRISBURG !S
OLDEST VALLEY
HAKRISBUJIO. April 11. (Spe
cial) recent celebration held
,t the Chritin church here on its
fifty-fifth dedie'atorlal anniversary,
man, interesting facts o( Its early
history were brought to light. The aU
51 v meeting was largely attended and
.' , great home coming for many
ut of town member and specially m
viied guests. Entirely new furnishings,
Lest linoleum, remodeled balconies,
aural aud pulpit decorations were a
most commendable feature of the
-dedication. This began by one of the
members suggesting an improvement
another one there, lesulUng in
Sunday's culmination. Last spring
Bay fine young walnut tr.es were
nknted in the church grounds. The
church itself is a Ilarrisburg land
mark and tue first eh"101 t0 be bullt
First Valley Church.
This church is also of the very first
homes of any sect erected in the up
per Willamette valley and stands to
day straight and true in a perfect
state of preservation. Douglas Love,
ei-iuarsbul, recalls climbing when a
child upou the loads of heavy timbors,
hand licwn, which form, the frame
work. These were donated by Charles
Both, living a mile eoubh of here. In
cidentally, Love is perhaps the first
male child born in Ilarrisburg.
Official church records were seem
ingly lost but when the old seats were
coin out, on a board from the back of
one of the seats was found the fol
lowing inscription, written with a car
penter's heavy lead pencil: "Uegun to
build this home in June, 1SUS), finished
on the litih day of March, 1870 and
was dedicated on the first Sunday in
April 1870. The builders wore Al
ford Simmons and John Martin and
others who helped were Willoughby
Churchill, Mr. Humphreys and Thom
es Koach."
Board Is Preserved.
The bouril held an bonorcd place in
last Sunday's celebration and is now
carefully preserved in the archives of
the edifice.
The Hnrrisburg Christian church
organization was effected November
7, 18(13, oj Kcv. John E. Murphy with
31 members. Meetings were held at
the Alford and the Harris school
house as well as the one here prior to
the building of the church. Two mem
bers subscribing to the articles of
this organization were present Sun
day and are Mr. and Mrs. William
Davidson of Brownsville, the latter
then Miss Sarah K. Morris. They are
the parents of Oral Davidson, at
present the operator of the old home
stead and for many year superinten
dent of tbe Christian Sunday school,
another son, Bruce, helpedin the de
signing snd reconstruction of the in
terior. At the original dedication in
1S70, the names of Mrs. Margaret E.
Canter, Miss America Hyde and Miss
Maria Portor were added to the mem
bership, all were present Sunday.
Miss Hyde has long been Mrs. H. It.
Sberrill, Mrs. Canter's husband, de
ceased, was one of the workman car
penters employed on the building of
the structure.
Reorganized In 1877.
The church was reorganized in
1877, two years later Walter Huston
was chosen one of the deacons and
about 12 years ago he was given this
office for life. He and his wife, re
siding near the church, for the past
15 years, have been most faithful at
tendants. Special mention was made
of the long and faithful services of
A. M. Pryor, deceased since 1023, who
with Mrs. Pryor became members in
18!1. lie was Sunday school superin
tendent for many years and often the
only man present
Dr. D. G. Clark, In reviewing the
church history, gave a list of Its early
ministers. Of these mentioned, but
one, is living and is A. D. Skags of
Vancouver, Wash. The first minister
was Rev. Campbell, father of Presi
dent P. L. Campbell of the University
of Oregon. Other early ministers were
James- Camnh.ll John wii.. t n
McCorkle, John E. Harris, John Pow-
Barnes. Tom Hamsker. wmiam rtn
side, A. B. Wade.
Wrecked car Burns
On Coos Highway
ROSEBTJRO, ' Ore, April . 11.
An auto belonging to Miss Har
riett L. Veaxie, a school teacher
of North Bend, waB wrecked and
burned yesterday evening on the
Coos Bay highway near Camas
valley. Miss Veazie and a lady
companion escaped Injury when
they were thrown out of the
somersaulting roadster Into a
pond at the base of a 10 foot
embankment.
the car skidded over the grade,
throwing out the two occupants
and landing bottom side up in a
ravine. The women were brought
Into town by a passing motorist,
and when a service car was sent
out to bring In the wrecked au
tomobile tbe mechanics found It
completely destroyed by fire.
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Blossoms Bring Memories of Japan Home
most beautiful of the arias in "The
Creation." In the third part are many
choruses and duetrbyAdam and Eve
praising God for the Creation of the
world. "Sing the Lord, Ye Voices All"
sung by the chorus and quartet is the
closing aria of "The Creation."
Society is Active
The Oratorio society is for the
purpose of bringing musical people
together not only in Eugene, but by
eventually organizing musical socie
ties throughout the surrounding coun
try and combining them -with the Eu
gene society in a large concert at least
twice a year. Those that participate
get pleasure as well as musical in
struction. Itehcarsals are held every
Monday night in the auditorium of the
school of music and at present there
is a waiting list of SO desiring mem
bership. "It is our hope to make Eugene the
musical center of the entire North
wost," said George H. McMorran,
president of the society, "and this is
not impossible considering the advan
tages this city possesses by having
the University of Oregon school of
music here, one of the best on the
'Pacific coast. We also are anticipat
ing putting on a Musical Week in the
near future, which will bring people
from all over the northwest. It is my
opinion that the Oratorio society will
grow to be an organization of 200
or 250 in a very short time."
Soloists Coming
For the presentation of ''The Cre-!
ation" three well-known soloists willj
be brought from Portland. The organ
ization is governed by an executive
committee which is composed of the
following. Mr. McMorran; C. D. Eor
er, president of the Bank of Com
merce; John'Laudsbury, dean of the
University of Oregon school of music,
and Mrs. A. C. Dixon. Glen Morrow is
secretary.
An Oratorio society such as this
has been the dream of Dean Dands
bury and John Stark Evans for many
years. Not until the completion of the
music auditorium and the installing
of the new Keuter pipe organ recent
ly, could this dream become a reality.
Many Take Part
Those who are taking part In the
oratorio are:
Sopranos Achterman, AHcn, Ash
urst, Barker, Bayard, Beytien, But
terworth, Berkley, Clark, Church,
Coleman, Corey, Dawson, Ditto, Ed
monds, Evans, Evans, Fell, Gale, Gar
diner, Graham, Green, Halvorsen,
Halvorsen, Harvey, Hazard, Hender
shott, Hyatt, Inwood, Jewett, Jones,
Johenaon, Kennedy, Koke, Louchs,
Manchester, Marsters, Mater, Mc
Duff, McKnight, McMullen, Miner,
O'Farrell. Palmer, Palo, Parker, Pur
sley, Pearson, Rich, Richmond, Schae
fers, Stacks, Smith, Stockdale, Tate,
Temple, Terchner, Thorp, Thome,
o o - o r
Madam Tamura, wife of the second secretary of the Japanese
embassy, Toljlre Tamura, with her little' daughter Sum. are carried
pacK to oia japan with the aroma of their native blossoms which
surround the Tidal Basin in Washington.
"Watt, "Whitten, Woodard, Young,
Zimmerman, Stevens, Nelson, Booth,
Hay nie, Walker, Baldwin.
Altos Agee, Andrew, Baldwin,
Booth, Boughey, Brodcrs, Clark,
Dixon, Duncan, Edwards, Enright,
Fish, Franzwa, GiLmau, Gils trap,
Hatt, Horsfell, JoneB, Lang, McAy
real, Mills, Morgan, Nash, Owens, 01
sen, Powell, tParker, Pierce, Rao,
Scott, Scougall, Simon, Winnard,
Whitton, Williams, Wolff, Wolfer,
Phy, McCornack, Densmore, Winnard,
Paulsen, Harvey, West,
Tenors Adams, Caldwell, Chich,
Dawson, Gilstrap, Jue, Mack, Pen-,
gra, Petersmeyer, Pierce, Slgnor, Ste
vens, Temple, Tuttle, Christensen,
Cretzer, Bcardsley, Rhoades, Ross,
Stephens, Siefert, Rainey, Howe,
Cook, Moody. ,
Basses Alderman, Beattie, Blade,
Cooley, Constance, Davis, Dart, Ever
ett, Gardiner, Greene, Halstead, Hill,
Howe, Hunt, Hulin, Kid well, Lake,
Leake, Maxwell, McMorran, McMul
len, Miller, Morrow. Robe, Scott,
Scougall, Stivers, Woods, Winder,
Thompson, Wardner, Ruble, Jones,
Edmisten, Dawson.
STATISTICS
BORN
DB FOE At the maternity hospital,
688 SUth avenue west, Friday,
April 10, litto, to Mr. and Mrs.
Ross DeFoe, of motor route c, a
daughter.
TERRY At Pacific Christian hos
pital, Friday, April 10, 1025, to Mr.
, and Mrs. A. IS. Terry or JMigene, a
daughter.
E
BLINDED TO WEED,
Eugene's first elks, the forerunners
of the herd now at Hcndricka park
were brought here from Portland fol
lowing the annual natlonnl convention
of the B. P. O. E., it is recalled by!
many members of the Eugene lodge
who took part in that convention. The
elk were brought to the convention by
a lodge in Washington state and they
were one of the features of the big
parade. The elk were given to the
Eugene delegation who brought them
here for Hendricks park.
The recollection of the 1912 parade
has led to suggestion that a pair of
the elk now at the park here be taken
by the Eugene lodge to the national
meeting to be held at Portland the
week of July 10, according to. J. iS.
Magladry, chairman in charge of the
plans for the visit of . the Eugene
lodge.' Mr. Magladry states that no
definite plan for this has been made
bue that it has been Buggester to the
committee.
4? M. Wilkins, chairman of the
park board, voices the belief that a
pair of the elk iberc, of which there
are eight in the herd now, might be
induced to behnve, wear harness, and
add to the novelty of the Eugene par
ticipation In the Portland festival.
KLAMATn FALLS, Ore., April 11
Charges that Secretary of the In
terior Hubert Work has blinded his
eyea to the true situation In the
Klamath irrif ation distriijt, were
voiced this morning by J. II. Cnrna
han, attorney for the district, at a
final hearing before Reclamation
Commissioner Elwood Mead. Dr.
Work was not in attendance.
The irrigation attorney declared
that the sale of the water rights of
the irrigationists to the California
Oregon Power company for $120,000
was a "gigantic swindle," and called
upon government officials to repudi
ate the contract.
"We have heard the charges re
peatedly since we have been here,"
was Commissioner Mead's answer.
"This contract was entered into un
der the regime of a former secretary
of the interior. If it was simply a
blunder, there is nothing we can do.
If there was fraud as you men have
alleged, then give us proof of such
fraud in order that we might have
something on which to base any in
vestigation." "We will furnish you evidence of
fraud," retorted the irrigation district
attorney.
At a public banquet last night, Sec
retary Work gave residents of Klam
ath county a figurative spanking when
he pointed out that they were too em
broiled in community wrangloa and
controversies to obtain the best re
sult from what he asserted were
among the most fertile acres of the
west.
Ho referred to the famous court
house controversy of a few years ago
when Klamath county was at one
tune the possessor of three separate
court houses. He suid tho farmers
should attend to their crops and their
irrigation projects and let the power
companies develop -the power possi
bilities of the district.
At Klamath Agency yesterday aft-
ornoon, the secretary met with the
tribal council of the Klamath Indian
reservation and listened to their pleas
for a government loan of $5,000,000
to tho Indiana, although he held out
man of the council, asserted the In
ma nof tho council, asserted the In
dians were facing bankruptcy be
cause they were u liable to make a liv
ing off their farm lands and said the
loan was needed to tide them over.
The secretary replied that if they
couldn't make a living at present, they
had no way of insuring the govern
ment that the loan ever would be re
paid. Secretary Work and party left here
at 10:80 this morning for tho south.
They will go first to Gerber, thence
to San Francisco and Yosemite.
E. It. Jackman, crops specialist for
the O. A. C extension service.
A fine, firm seed bed, one ton of
lime per acre, inoculation of the seed,
not too early planting are among the
precautions that will be observed in
starting these crops.
Crater Lake Park
Opening Hampered
That tha snow is nearly 60 feet
in depth on the rim road of Crater
lako national park and that there is a
possibility the route may not be open
before August is tho report of local
visitors from Modford who stats that
the park officials state that there is
more snow at the lake now than in
any year sine. 1021. It is not expect
ed that the Lodge hotel will be open
ed before July at least, according to
prosent plana.
FORMER OFFICIAL
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a sentence of up to seven years on
the second charge, . which has its
origin after disposal of the first case.
Judge Kelly annouueed revocation of
the parole granted in the first in
stance aud iu its stead the alternative
of a state prison sentence of not more
than two years.
"This case," said Judge Kelly in
explaining his previous parole of
Thompson, "first appealed to the
court as that of a young man with an
invalid wifo who had taken about
$1000 of state funds. He said ho had
iutended to ropay it, and showing was
made that he had repaid in that
amount The court believed the caie
at that time showed absence of vena
lity on the part of tho defendant.
Since that time It ban been disclosed
that the defendant actually took morn
than three times the amount that he
swore he had taken. It Is the judgment
of this court that the parole pre
viously granted be revoked and that
you be sentenced to the state peniten
tiary without limitation of time, with a
maximum of scveu years, this sen
tence to begin upon termination of
the previous sentence."
.W.F.O!
Mrs. W, F, Ostium has purchased
the Luck? block at Tenth avenue
east and Oak street, from Sehaefers
brothers, it was announced yester
day, Mrs. Osburn'a houne at 205
Eighth avenue east has been sold to
Charles Schnefers of tho firm of
Schaefcrs brothers. It in estimated
that the consideration involved was
$40,000.
Mrs. Osburn Is buying the property
as an Investment. She pin us to give
Hp her homo May 1, and upend a
fortnight in California with her hus
band. Upou returning to Eugene they
will erect a home in the Fairmount
district.
The Luckey property includes a
two-story brick building on fhe cor
ner, a one-story brick building im
mediately west, and a one-Btory frame
structure to the south', occupied by
tho Sweet-Drain auto company, which
uses the brick building as a garage
Mack's Auto Supply houpo is in the
corner on the lower floor.
Educator Will go
To School in East
Rollien S. Diekerson, for five years
head of tho department of history
and social sciences at the University
high school has been offered a similar
position on the faculty of Ethical Cut
ture School of New York City. The
Ethical Culture school is a private
school of very high standing main
tained by tuition and an endowment
from a number of wealthy New York
busineHH men headed by Felix Adler.
Mr. Dickerson was principal of the
Campus high school for two years,
resigning to become head of tbe de
partment of social science in order to
devote himself to the study of civic
and social education. He has just re
turned from a visit to New York City
where he was called to confer with
the officials of the school. The atten
tion of these people was called to
Mr. Dickersnn's work through the ini
tiative of Dr. Edgar Dawson of Hun
ter college who visited the University
high tt'hool last year. Mr. Dlckerson
expects to accept the offer and to be
gin work there next fall
DR. JOHN SIMONS
Osteopathic phystolan and Sure eon
Is removing from rooms 408-409
in the McMorran and Washburne
building, where he has practiced for
the past six years, to rooms 404-407
in the same building, formerly occu
pied by Dr. Spence, al8
CREDIT SERVICE
Collection Specialists. 800 Willam
ette EL Thone 378. C B. Bill on, Mgr.
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MINSTREL AND DANCE
Nod, Oregon, April 14. Wonderful
talent. Good music and supper. Come.
Laugh and dance. Admission 85o and
15c &14
OREGON MOTOR CO.
Phone 040, 980 OHt
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Dr. Anfotxra tot Chtroprtvctin and
Electro -therapy. Opposite Hellig the-
iter, Phone 800. tf
DECORATE YOUR WALLS!
The new Systom of Blending colors. Tltfiiny Blends. Glazing
or stripping in Cnlslmlne or Oil Colors. W alBO do tinting,
paper lianging, enameling, floor finishing and roof statntnjr. Vft
tako contracts or day work. Skilled workmanship and better
material. Estimates free. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Eugene House Painting and
Decorating Co.
Phone 670. Call between 8 a. m. and 8 p. m.
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Many Farmers to
Test out Alfalfa
About forty Lane county farmers
are cooperating with County Agent
Fletcher in growing small plots of !
Grimm alfalfa this year. The Eugene
Farmers Creamery has furnished ,
half the seed needed to start 25 of
these demonstrations, which will be
planted and grown according to pro
cedure advocated by Mr. Fletcher and
Cleanse Household Articles
- .Now
be satisfied by highest quality
workmanship
rav"1' 'l ,h9 lnconrenlence of Spring honse cleaning
i fe aroldPd by sending na many articles that are difficult
J." ''"ansa at home.
tab! "'' hln!!ln8s and drapes of all kinds, tapestries,
, '? ,COTe. larnn shades, cretonnes, slip-overs, suggest
ht is meant.
Ir.'f! ,ll'M"'!nnl opnrtmmt is completely eonlpped. We take ,
n o'tin""" t0 do eTerythlns Iig,,t- w" d0 not Btlnt
Snfi0i U"' one requirement that needs your co-operation.
rn,n.i.rn ' ,lme must be allowed for tha quality of work
5nhlp that Is our standard.
"M1 gladly submit estimates.
Phone 220
CITY CLEANERS
W. E. NAYLOR, Proprietor
Suits and Topcoat
For All Occasions
Thrcrw off the staleness and weariness of winter by dressing now In
a smart, light, bright Spring Suit and Topcoat. Never mind what
date the first day of Spring falld on. It's Spring when yon feel,
and look, act, and above all, when yon dress that way.
Como in and see our Spring Clothes, try on the new thingpj you'll
find a good variety to choose from.
Low as $25
STORE -MEN
713 WILLAMETTE BT.
"Known for 3ood Clothes"
G
Steps Out of Her Wrappings of Tissue
And Brings to View New FashionsNew
Fahrcs and New Colors In
Facinating Adaptions of the Fantasies
of the Past To the Modes of the
Present
In the assemblage of Spring styles sponsored by the Gil
more Shops, careful regard has been given to the
thought of entity and harmony in
Coats Ensemble Costumes Frocks
Gowns Sportswear Blouses
Millinery and Costume
Accessories
The Policy
of Moder
ate Prices
AlwayB. main
tained by tho
Gilmoro Shop
was never
more strongly
in ov i d e n o e
than it is today.
Not only does our shop
abound with the famous 'spirit
of the new season but each
window looks out with a gay
welcome for Spring.
Correct jlpparcl for Women
"If We Clean It, It's Clean"