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VOLUME IX, NO. »
Single Copy, 5 Ceni»
Ilea verton. Washington County, Oregon.
St. Mary’s Hoopsters
Win Three More Tilts
M ary's
W ins G sntr
From I'll«- |
w
-
Hill M il.lary .V n a iin i T ram
Attain St. M ary’» trium phed o v e r '
lu r opponents In three huril fought
liimki'tlittll g an u a.
bdn mini Lowe to the Fox Movie­
The initial gamo of thi' wt'i'k wa»
to n e tlla n ia , ‘‘S c o t la in ! Y u i J ”
u ri'turn tfmin' with tin-
Alumni.
Thi* tilin' the nnrii nl» uf tln> *i hool
were fully pro|iared to inflii-t u de- 1)1 Al. ROLE IS PLAYED
fi'ut. an,| tiroiiifht »king twelve ex
HY EDMOND M>WE
Saint *tai*.
Thi' game »tartiil with pep, both
“.Scotland Yar I.”
forceful dram a
t.'am* playing
splendidly.
After
of an im poster'« a tte m p t to u su rp
*|M'< tai'ulnr »Imts here ami there, thi*
u n o th cr mun » pluce in society, in
half i'iiili.il with the xtuilvnt* I*
rluditiK the uffectioi.a of hi» wife,
himl *ix point* P utting th r first
i» to show at th e Heaver T h eatre
*i|uail in tin.' Saint»' |t*upeiul>*d
T uesday, W ednesday, and T hursday,
from thm r lo»»»», and w hin tnr
F'ebruary 4, 4. and 5.
whistle hlrw t h r M'orr w ai a tie.
Kdmund
I .owe 1 » featured in a
A n o th rr tivr nnnutr» w rrv playeil.
dual c h a ra c te riz a tio n in which he
inch train ili'ti’i niinnl to sling th r
displays the full ran g e uf his cell -
mid bucket. T h r final whistle hlrw
hruted uctiiiK ab ility . As “ Dakin
with Uith UaiitN cvci).
Kin roll.'
notorious th ief, he bring*
T h r line up was as fallow s t
to th r s rrre n a m u sterfu l |io rtia y a l
(JH) Alumni of a smooth workuiK man of the
St. M ary's (2X1
(4) F isher. F! underw orld matchiiiK hi» wit» with
la-R««y. G. (4 (
F'
(M) t o r i o ran the cunnuiK of IHeolland Y ard. A»
Hill, R
1
lau-ry "Mir John Ijisber,*' he i» the |ie r-
T urk. J .
C
(4) T u lare »unification of K entlem anly
Hi Hum (2 )
G.
charm ,
(2) M oyers, J . rulturs- and poise.
Mackey
••
.Sut,«til ilm n- St. M ary’s: Grrac«'
To Jo an
H ennett, u» •‘X an d ra”
15 1 , Leroy t Hr 1. *'diuli-r (6 ). and wife of “ S ir John l,a»het.*' falls the
I m relay ( . ’ I , A lu m n i.
h 'u h rr, A
honors o f the fem inine lead.
k n » h y ( - ) . M r y r r » . K. ( X ) . M r y r r *
W illiam K. H ow ard, who directed
I*. (6 )
Lowe •„ effectively in “Hood In te r
K rfrrri
F’. Kahlir».
lion«,” directed
“ S cotland
Yard.*
T h r follow ing evening S t. Mary'» w ith every a tte n tio n to the subtle
m et and defi ated . nr o f hvr nut* nu an ce, th a t m ark this unusual pic­
«(uniting
rival«, tnr
McMinnville tu re.
llarhrlor» T h r t i n i r i had l* r n a
M a itili w ith
eag ern ess hy
both
EIGHTH GRADE (¡RAD-
tram «. T h r Sam t» w ent into thr
CATES ARK NAMED
fray a» harli llor»r* w ith th r odd«
a g a in st them
T h r Ani»h
of th r
The list o f riK hth (trade g raduate*
gom e, th r h a rk H orses had Won by
a nerk. T hr »core w as 29 to 90. fo r Ja n u a ry 16th, P»'t|, h»s been
T h r Kam» wa» m ir of tha taaUa.1 com pleted th is w eek.
Thos,. K rnduated from D istrict IT.
played thi» yrar, and b oth tram s
w rrr rv rn ly m *tih«il
II ig ri |a>int Jaektow n, were: F'rvin lle a to n , tlrlo
Daniel, und Paul Fldward Fielding
man for St. M a ty ’» was Ix-roy fol
F’nim D istrict 2tt. Heedville, t h e f
lowed I'U '.rly by Itrlluio anil terrace.
St M ary'» I to »
2» I H arhrlors w vre: C arl ('. N ess and llu rln n K
la-roy (HI
( I d i Ballai Rolph.
F
B eaverton. D istrict 4», h’ad th ree
V anilahry
Ci«*me«* (? )
F
lump K radunts's: D orothy F innell, lurura
C
T urk (¿1
lint. lim. I 11
ti
K rieg -r Chinn, and F’rerla M erritt.
ti
( I ) I'olton H erbert K ris.h was g rad u ated from
t'lbulre (21
D istrict 64, Ris'k Creek.
I :
St
Substitution
Front D istrirt SH. Sherw ood, the
( 7 |, H olt; Bachelor«: C am eron (41.
Lucille
I.’ornuril, W’iilne*» (ti), llern ard . < . follow ing were Kr u<U a te d :
M arK aret H«Ken. la-la M ay'T iaizc,
(I).
KuKenia Lucile
H u n ter,
H a rrie tt
R eferee: Lour« T u larr.
M arshall
St. Mary*» hiMrpslers Umk an o th er Helen Sm ith, and John
fast Kami- from th r B a a k rtrrr» of Smock.
Hill M ilitary a t th r St. M ary'» Gym.
J a n u a ry 27th. T h r Kunir held the SYMPHONY ORCHES­
at tin t ion of ev ery one from w h is­ TRA TO HIVE PROGRAM
tle to w histle.
S p re ta ru ta r shots
w ere tn»»rd from every angle on th r
An intriKtiinK. satisfyinK p ro g ra u
Court. Thu final »rore was 10-12.
for uny disposition o r tem p eram en t
Tin Imlir of th r i onKreKational
r h in .ii a i r »tartinK n i las» in th r
«tuily o f India u m lrr the direction
of th e Miasit n a ry ro m m ittee. Mr».
Mi.Minn is condurtinK
the class
which iiirels a t 11 on o’c lock fol
lowed by a p o t luck d inner at I2:.’I0
o’clock
T hese classes in ert the first un I
th u .l ThurM lays of carl) month.
T h r afternoo n s of these days will
lie tu rn ed over to th r reKulur aid
meetiiiK.
T h r last m retinK »’»<
held T hursday , Ja n u a ry 20. A n y ­
one in terested is invited to a tten d
these ineetinK*.
For th r a fte r
noon,
brinK your own
sew ing
ASSO. (¡RANI) MATRON
V I S I T S CHAPTER
H eaver t lin p lrr No. loti met >u <t
niKhl w ith a Ini go uttem lnncv. .Mrs.
Minnie W hite A ssociate tirn n d Mil
trim of Oreitun, w as present fo r the
purpo-e of holdinK >> School of In ­
stru ctio n . O th er visitors w ere Mrs.
T heresa C astn er, P a st G ran d Ma
Iron; Col. Kohl.
A . Miller, lirst
tirn n d P atron o f Ori'Kon in IMS!);
Mrs. Lena P eters of llillslsiro ; »no
M rs. Htella H ennett of P ortland,
aleo past grnnil ollicer. A num ber
of o th er visitors were also presen t.
It. fresh m en ts of ice cream , cake, and
coffee w ere served.
OTTO B. KRAUSE IS
CO. SUPERINTENDENT
F riends of O tto II. K rnuse. who
w ns fo r three y ears
principal of
Kinton school, w ere glad to learn
of his nppnintm ent ns county school
supcrintcm lcn t,
to
succeed
Mr.
F ro st, deceared. For the past nun»
her of years, Mr. K rnuse hits been
principal
of th e
T u alatin
high
school.
Mrs. 8. J . Bocken wns opernted
on fo r appendicitis n t S m ith's h o s ­
pital a t IHUshorn on T h u rsd ay .
N atu re's A ffinity
1 w onder w hy th ey they h a u n t me
The love songs of the m oon-kissed se a ?
For Ah! the restless ebb and flow.
L ures ever w ith it* m ystery.
'I he inontain’s d is ta n t un tio d h eight
Beckons my ea g e r footsteps on.
W here bleak crags rest the eag le’s flig h t.
W ith tim e gnarled fo rest, v ast and lone.
7 he desert, w ndsw ept, gleam ing w aste.
Tim e guarded in its b u rning ss rd s.
There, w ith m ind visioned eyes I trace
The cam el’» slow draw n ia ra v a n .
Of these I feel I am a rn r t.
¡'lain, m ountain, de ert. m ocn-loved sea.
T h eir tasacties th rill and pulse the h eart.
Pro claim ing th e ir a ffin ity .
T h - crowded city lures no more.
I hate its turm oil, strife, and din;
The m isery o f it* unfed poor;
The false glow of its gilded sin.
H ere h e a rts break like the ta u n t s tru n g lute.
TF.e pleasure Y outh in glad n esi sins.
T u rn s like the fabled Dead Sea fru it.
To ashes on the th ratin g lips.
The fearless mind in freedom w ings
ri’ke f a r u n rh s rte d h eights of th o u g h t.
T h - gl«.wing h e a rt in triu m ph sing*
L ife’s song w th m yst c m eaning frau g h t.
Roamin." the realm s of star-g em m ed space.
Tie ,!m * w here D ivinity has tr«xl.
T here in the silen t secret place
The ; a l u 'l soul cor.rr.unei w ith God.
— G ertrude M artin C hr stensen
Before Our Legislature
ALUMNI GAME IS TIKI)
LADIES AID IS HOLD-
IN(a STUDY CLASSES
$1.50 Per Yew
January 30, 1931
Some Problems Now
Came With .McMinnville Is
One of the Fastest Ones ,
I'layed This Year
S |.
Friday,
is announced for the sym phony m e ­
in « ' run e :t, for S unday, F'ebruary
first, to be p la y td by th e Portlii.id
Kymphony O rch estra in the P o rt-
Innd A uditorium .
The “Sym phony
P a th e tii|u e ,” T chaikovsky's e x tre m e ­
ly po|iular and appealinK com pesi.
tio n ; W eber'» guy “ In v ita tio n to the
D ance;” B ach's sim ple, sw eet ‘‘Ait
for S trin g s ;’" and one o f the ever
vi ) H'JUKiit an tiia
dies by Liszt
m ake n pr g:'am of pow er and de
light. The concert begins at 3:00
p.m. in th e au d ito riu m , and m akes
a m ost enjoyable hour and n hnlf
of Sun 'ay a ftern o o n diversion.
HOMK L E G ISL A T IV E l'K O I*08A L h
in the sta te textbook* owned by
I rnercia! purposes is -o u g h t in Senate
them or to exchange them fo r other
A F T FAT ING A G R IC U L T U R E
: Bill Numb« r 'J, whi 'h provides fo r
textbooks.
A s the th irty six th session of the refund of the present tux paid upon
I All textbook* purchased under p ro ­
trieg o ii slat«' leg islatu re sw ings in­ such d istillate or gasoline.
vision* of thi* a c t shall rem ain the
The bulb industry of O regon has
to uetion It is evident th a t th e s e t­
p ro p erty of the d is tric t and shall
ting uf sg ilc u ltu re will be in bold enjoyed rapid d<.-veftipment since an
be labeled as its p ro p erty .
hits U-or. m a in la n d
on
relief. All th ree of the m ajo r phase 1 i em bargo
C u rren t expression
heard
in d i­
ol the li'Kislative p ro g ram as it n rcissus and daflsal 1 bulbs- A bill
cate s th a t this a c t will be approved
Gill
now ap p ears hold a g n c llu ia l b e t - sponsored by K n re a e n tu tiv e
a t th is legislative session.
tiriiie n l as uf m arked unportanoe. and He n s to i Jobmpvi continuing this
Ani'.'iiding the th ree way income protection from cheap Fluropegn la ­
I VISIT HTATK in stitutions
tax plan through the re-en actm ent bor and p lan t disease passed both
The tim e-honored cutom fo r the
houses w ith o u t contest.
of the intangibles tax law a s pro
The im portance ®f curing the <le- W ays and M eans C om m ittees o f lAe
vided by a bill sponsored by the
s ta te tux com m ission and w hirh has fect in the intangibles tax law and Senate and House of v isitin g and
re tain in g the th re e -w a y plan of inspecting s ta te and s e m i-s ta te In ­
for its ohjet t a m ore equ itab le dts
income
ta x e s in ord' r to reduce the stitu tio n s located in various portions
trib u tio n of tax es, thus lessening
the burih-n on n -a l-e sta te . Is an o u t­ tax es on real property is em pha - of th e sta te will he continued this
y ear. Sub-com m ittee« have been a r ­
sta n d in g featu re o f the tax p r o ­ sized by the tax com m ission which
ranged and «late* fo r the v isitations
point* nut w ays of H eatin g it.
gram .
are under consideration. T here a re
(ft
special
in
terest
to
a
g
ricu
ltu
re
M unicipally owned h y d ro -electric
over th irty
in stitu tio n s
scheduled
legislation w ith th e em phasis upon is the personnel of the follow ing fo r visitation.
ro
m
m
ittees:
power and light as a re su lt of the
A g ricu ltu re :
S enators
W heeler,
lust election fund initial expression
SA LE S TAX
of approval in S en ate Jo in t Me- Brown, D unne o f M ultnom ah, F'isher
It is expected th a t R epresentative
m o iial No. I, u rg in g C ongress to of B eaverton, Mann, and R ep resen ­
I.onergen will w ith o th ers in tro d u ei
pass a t this session the bill now ta tiv e s ( hinegren. iSwift, T om pkins,
a sales tax law a t this session of
before it providing fo r the dev el­ Gill, Day. Johnson, Oxman.
R ailroads and U tilities: S enators th e leg islatu re. It* purpose will be
opm ent
of the U m atilla
Rapiu t
approxim ately $2,500,000
Brown,
Flberhard.
Burke. U pton, to raise
project. T his m em orial p assed the
through tax es levied on re tail sales
sen ate by unanim ous vote, and the C raw ford and R epresentatives Gill,
of m erchandise
The re -u lt it is
hous«' over the objections of tc* T om pkins. M anning. Snell. L ew is,
pointed out would be reduction in
pr« sen taliv i s la wis of P o rtlan d and Gordun. G lsss, T h o rn b u ig o f F'orest
the am ount o f tax es now levied
Glass of The Dalles. This w as the Grove, T aylor.
A ssessm ent and T a x a tio n : S e n a ­ upon real estate.
lirst a d m in istratio n m easure.
tor* Fiddy. Miller. Schulm erich of
Such bill w as introduced a t the
P u rsu a n t to the passuge of the
IlillslMiro, b ailey, Ihinne of Jackson, last session of the le g islatu re but
co n stitu tio n al enab lin g a c t a bill
H ennett an,] R epresentatives N orton,
sponsored by
the O regon
sta te Day. A ndrew s. Tem ple, M cComack. received scan t consideration.
g ran g e, emlorced by Meier, and p ro ­ Johnson, C hindgren.
M I-LIG H TS O F I M l SE SSIO N O F
viding for the creatio n of Peoples
Ilorticu to re ;
Senators Johnson,
T H E L E G ISL A T U R E
U tility D istricts w as de|>osited in
B urke, M heeler ami R epresentatives
the leg islativ e h opper this week In (■ill, Nichols, Day, Hill, and tSinith. S en ato r Karl F'isher, C orrespondent
S en ate F’ishing
In d u stries Com­
th is m easure it is understood p rae-
m ittee will hold a public h earin g
tirally all
the objections urged
I'FA M’l.K 'S UTILITY
D ISTRICTS Monday, F'ebruary second a t fo u r
a g a in s t the «o n stilu tio n il
enabling
The p e o p le ’s U tilities
D istrict* P. M. on th e Lincoln C ounty Clam
act d u rin g the la st cam paign have
hi'l the g ra n g e m easure whose aim Bill: H . B. N . 12. Both side* a re
been elim inated.
is to m ake effective th e c o n stitu ­
The Arst step in the a d m in is tra ­ tional am endm ent passe«! a t the last re<|Uestcd to p resent th e ir arg u m e n t.
tio n 's public u tilitie s p ro g ram was election and which made possible
M r. E. J . H ufford resid in g on
Senate l ill N um ber 10 introduce i the fo rm atio n o f d istric ts fo r the
2, C ornelius,
W ashington
by Burke of Y am hill county, p ro ­ purpo-e of h y d ro -electric pow er de­ Route
viding fo r th e repeal of th e C e rti­ velopm ent reached the senate d«'sk «urunty, ap p eared before the S enate,
ficates of Public Convenience and on T h u rsd ay afternoon. Its a rriv a l T uesday. His m ission a t th is tim e
N ecessity act which practicully f o r ­ caused a ripple of excitem ent in w as in b ehalf of th e T ra sk River
bids u tility com petition. The p u r ­ even th is a u g u st governm ental a s ­ route to the sea coast.
pose of this bill is to open the w'ay sem blage.
S en ato r F ish e r recom m ends th a t
for la rg e r com petition as a m eans
A ttached to this bill as sponsors
to the success of sta te o r munici|>al a re the nam es of sen ato r B ailey, every tow n o r com m unity in L in ­
coln. Tillam ook.
W ash in g t n, and
control.
lirow n, B urke, W heeler, and re p r e ­
Y
am
hill,
organize
C
om m ercial Clubs
A second public u tilities m easure sen tativ es Gill. T om pkins, Johnson,
or C handlers
of C om m erce,
elect
sponsor«'d by
the a d m in istratio n , M cl'hillips, Law rence,
S w ift, Ho­
officers, have the local p rin te r p rin t
d ia ls w ith the
specific control of w ard.
som e official statio n ery , and g e t busy
public u tilities. H igh lights o f this
It has the favor also of the Meier
w ith some ap p ro p ria te resolutions
bill incluile:
ad m in istra tio n and fo rm s one of the
fo r th e best in te re sts of o u r g re a t
t l ) The alsd itio n o f the present im p o rtan t links in the h y d ro -elec-
section of the sta te . In union th ere
public service com m ission.
I trie pow er program .
is stre n g th .
(2 ) The crestio n of the office of
Public U tilities
C om m issioner ot
F R E E TEX T BOOKS
Hon. J . U . S m ith of N ew berg
O regon.
The m u c h -ta lk e d -o f bill p ro v id ­ w as before the leg islatu re T uesday
(3 ) FI very city and town shall ing textbooks fo r free use of alt g reetin g old tim e frien d s.
h sv e: (a ) Pow er of one to d e te r ­ pupils a tte n d in g the public elem en­
mine
by contra«t, ordinance
or ta r y uhd high schools of O regon has
S enators F ish e r and b'urke s ta te
otherw ise the qu ality of service to m ade its appearan ce in the House. th a t H . B. N . “4. “ FYce T ex t Book
fifteen
represt-ntatives B ill” will place an o th e r trem endous
Is* fu rn ish ed hy any public u tility ; N am es of
tb ) to require any public u tility to and eleven sen ato rs give it an in i­ burden of over two m illion dollars
m ake m odifications or extensions to tial m om entum seldom the lot of on th e ta x payers of O regon. “ If
its physical p ro p e rty ; (c ) to fix o th e r m easures.
th is practice keeps up w here is O re ­
rates, ch arg es oi tolls to Is« paid or
I t is herein | rovided th a t 1» ard s gon headed f o r ? ’’ They advise ev­
of d irecto rs shall set aside in its erybody la c k home to get busy im ­
collected by any public u tility .
(4 ) The evils of stock p y ra m id ­ annual budget a sum a g g re g a tin g m ediately. Some stro n g resolutions
ing and
subsidiary
m anipulations not less th a n $1.50 p er child a tt e n ­ a g a in s t th e m easure H. B. N . 34
come u n d er the ban o f th is m e a s­ ding said schools in th e ir resp ec­ should be forw arded to m end ers of
tive d istricts. This sum shall be the leg islatu re.
ure.
A th ird ad m in istra tiv e hill Icrm eu used by those boards in th e initial
th«> W a te r C onservation Bill p ro ­ purchase of textbooks fo r the free
J . H . H u lett. e d ito r B eaverton
vides th a t preference shall be given use of pupils.
Review, called F rid ay on m em bers
F'or d istric ts o f th e second or o f the W ashington county delegation.
to m unicipalities in the m a tte r o f
th ird class textbooks shall be p u r­ Mr. H ulett. aciom panied by his wife
w a te r filings.
chased th ro u g h the s ta te board of and d au g h ter Jo y , w as on his w ay
A rtd u c tio n of costs to fa rm e r
education. D irectors of d istric ts a re
an«l o th ers using d istilla te o r g a s ­ em pow ered to receive donations of to a tte n d a m eeting of th e S tate
Factorial A ssociation a t Eugene.
oline fo r propelling tra c to rs, •sta­ textbooks front o th e r school* d is­
tionary gasoline engines or fo r com - tric ts o r m ay sell to o th er d istricts
A nother im p o :tan t link in W ash-
ASSOCIATION CHAN-
(¡1 S MEETING DATE
The ann u al m eeting of th e C o o p ­
e r M ountain C em etery A ssociation
was held a t the church. Monday a f ­
ternoon, Ja n u a ry l'.tth a t I :30. A f­
te r th e ic g u ln r business o f th e a s s o ­
ciation w as concluded th e m eeting
w as adjourned, follow ed hy u m e e t­
ing o f the honrd of tru ste e s. Some
changes w ere made in reg a rd to the
d ate of the annual m eeting, it iK'ing
deem ed Is'tte r to eh an g c th e date
from the th ird M onday in Ja n u a ry
to D ecoration day, May 40. The offi
cers of the association hope th is will
lend to n g re a te r in te re st in the
atten d an ce nt th e ir m eetings, and
in th e work whieh th ey are try in g
to aeeom plish.
KINTON SCHOOL HAS
(¡001) ATTENDANCE
The Kinton school report for the
m onth of Ja n u a ry has been received.
P upils n eith er nhsent n or ta rd y are
a follow s: P ete K erry, Lois Hierly,
M ablennn i (JetnlieHa, H a rry L u d ­
w ig, Glenn P ringle. Robert Rich­
ards, C arl Van Kleek, E ugene Van
Kleek, W illiam Van Kleek, F’velene
dolin g . F’.rnm Savles. and
Philip
Sayles, of th e upper g ra d e s . Those
in th e p rim ary g rad es w ere D otn-
t hy Van Kleek, Ja m e s
Riehnnls,
Fllmor Hierly, C harles Ktilhel, K a th ­
ryn Pom eroy, N eidra Miller. Gwen
dolyn H olm gren, F!nrl W ard, Alice
(iemlM'lla, and C lifford Van K leek. 1
at
Six Weeks More
D
Gets Well Under Way
Basketball Boys Win i’rom
Hillsboro, and From
Forest Grove
MANY PALMER PINS
New F'ull-Tim e T eacher Is Fhnployed
To Help D epartm ental System
‘ THE
G ecrge O 'B rien In
LA ST OF T H E D U A N ES"
PICTURE IS TAKEN
FROM ZANE GREY
On the dodge—outlaw ed— Au.iteo
by men— his one claim to happiness
w as R uth— th a t lovely and innocent
g irl o f his dream s
and th ere she
stood before him — in the doorw ay of
B land's house— Bland, the m ost no­
to rio u s killer in th e S tate.
T h a t’s th e situ atio n which con­
fro n ted “ Buck” in
“ L ast of the
Ih ia n e s’’, the Fox Movietone dram a
of th e g re a t
S outhw est, opening
F e b ru a ry 6 fo r a th re e -d a y s ’ run
a t th e L eaver T h eatre.
G eorge O’E rien e n a .ts the leading
role in th is all ta lk in g version of
Zane G rey’s th rillin g sto ry . L u cib
B row ne. M yina Loy and W alter Me
G rail are the o th e r featu red p la y ­
ers.
F ilm ed and recoriied alm ost in its
e n tire ty in the superbly b eau tifu l
and picturesque A rizona. " L a st of
the D uanes,’’ is one film you w ill
long rem em ber fo r its th rills, its
action, its rom ance and its beauty.
A lfreri L. W erker directed it.
MiSS NORA SUYER IS
GIVEN
A PARTY
M iss N ora Suver w as su rp rised
w ith a su rp rise b irth d ay a t h er
hom e F riiiay evening. J a n u a r y 25.
A pleasant tim e w as had by all.
D ainty re fresh m en ts, including a
lovely b irth d ay cake w ere served.
Those p resen t
w ere:
Miss Mertv
D avies, M rs. L.
L. W alker. M rs.
D essinger.
K ath erin e
D essinger,
M iss May* P a tte rso n . Mrs. A. C och­
ran , M rs. W m. E ngelke, G enevieve
Johnson, Mrs. W a lte r C avaness, and
d au g h ter. Helen.
ington co u n ty ’s road p rogram a t the
p resen t
w ritin g before
th e sta te
H ighw ay Com m ission, is the w iden­
ing of the highw ay betw een H ills­
boro and
T eaverton.
The county
co u rt offers
to contribute
$10,000
tow ards th e project. I t is a m e ri­
torious m easure deserving action a t
th is tim e to relieve congestion in
traffic.
H. B. N . 17 passed Senate T u es­
day. T his bill g ra n ts Lincoln C ounty
C ourt the rig h t to convene co u rt on
T uesday
instead
of
W ednesday.
H aving previously passed the H ouse
the bill is now before the governor.
Mrs. LeRoy Woods of Sherwood,
correspondent
fo r
the
Sherwood
V alley News, has been appointed
clerk of special u tilities com m ittee
o f th e H ouse
by
R ay W. Gill.
C hairm an.
The w ork of the second h alf ot
the y e a r is well sta rte d in the
grade school w ith some quite def­
inite changes in th e upper g rad es.
D epartm ental w ork w as begun in
these grad es la st fa ll, but w ith three
teachers fo r th ree graties, th a t did
n ot relieve the d ifficu lty of an over-
crowded room. T he school
board
recognized the m alad ju stm en t, but,
feeling th a t th e ir duties required
both the best school possible and a
consideration of th e d is tric t’s f i n ­
ances, they fe lt th a t an additional
full-tim e teac h er w as not an ab so ­
lute n e o s n ity fo r th e firs t h alf of
th e y ear. The te ac h ers in the sy s ­
tem bent every e ff o rt tow ard co­
o peration w ith
th is
plan. Both
school board snd teac h ers a re to
be hig h ly com m ended fo r th e m an­
n e r in w hich th e y have m e t the
congested situ a tio n .
W ith the s ta te ex am inations a p ­
proaching. how ever, it is im perative
th a t m ore individual help be given
the pupils p re p a rin g fo r them , and
so a n o th e r te a c h e r has been em ­
ployed and th e d ep a rtm e n ta l system
expanded so as to include th e six th
g rade, seventh g rade, and tw o divi­
sions of th e eig h th gTade.
The basket ball boys have been
acq u ittin g them selves very
s a tis ­
facto rily . L a st week they drubbed
H illsboro on the home floor w ith a
score o f 19 to 9, and the follow ing
n ig h t tallied 13 to 4 a g a in s t th e
F'orest Grove team in the enem y’s
te rrito ry .
S a tu rd a y n ig h t th ey w ill
m eet G aston here. T here a re only
three gam es le ft on the schedule
before the to u rn am en t. T o d ate no
decision has been m ade as to w here
the to u rn am en t will be held, b u t an
e ffo rt is being m ade to brin g it to
the home floor.
Mr. R ohr oi the A. N. P alm er
com pany w as a v isito r in the local
school this w eek, and gave five s e p ­
a ra te dem o n stratio n s of penm anship
fu n d am en tals.
In te re st in his d is­
cussion and exem plification w as e s ­
pecially keen because a num ber of
the pupils in th e school have won
aw ard s from th is com pany fo r c re d ­
itable penm anship. The la te st te s t
resu lts include the follow ing recog­
nitions: stu d e n ts’ certific a te s— Jo h n
Mason, R uth FTlley; im provem ent
ce rtific a te s — G enevieve Johnson,
George Klein, H arold S tu m p ; p ro g ­
ress pins— E lizabeth Galloway. L a -
M erne D ean,
O ris N elson, F red
Bean, D illa A llen, A rth u r
F lu k e;
m erit b u tto n — M arilyn Brown, G eor­
g ia K a/nberger, Jo h n L aw ler, V era
Me E lroy, Billy W ood; P alm er m e th ­
od bu tto n —-W a lte r N ees, A gda M at-
son. H arold P eterson.
S till th e B eaverton school grow s.
T his week new people are
Allen
Low ry in the eighth g rad e and E m ­
erson Low ry in the six th g rade.
T hey h ail from G arden Home.
T erm re p o rts a re o u t fo r th e u p ­
The H ighw ay en g in ee rs' recom ­ p e r grad es this week w ith th e fol­
m endation th a t th e crest ro u te he low ing people listed fo r honorable
adopted— S h o rt C ut to the Sea b e ­ m ention: eighth g rad e, A leth a H u ­
tw een P o rtlan d via B eaverton. H ills­ lett, G race K ingston, E velyn A l­
Gene­
boro, F o re st Grove, Glenwood, and exander, M a rg arith , K ehrli,
M ohler, ««'cording to S e n a to r F ish er vieve Johnson, R uth T illey. Beverly
w ill u n ite th e b est in te re sts of th ree B ielm an; seventh g rad e. K atherine
D enney. H igh bonus point stu d en ts
rii'hest counties in O regon.
W ashington county has w aited a a re : ejg h th g rad e, M arg arith K e h r-
long tim e fo r a d irect ro u te to the lt 199, Aline Boswell 194, Evelyn
coast, and a t la st th e good news A lexander >189, A letha H u lett 134;
has arrive«!.
F o re st Grove to the seventh grade,
K ath erin e D enney
coast w ill be 56 m iles, H illsboro 62,
B 'eaverios 71,
and P o rtlan d 78.1 156, D orothy Baldw in 155, R obert
j
(C ontinued On back P age)
j m iles to Tillam ook beaches.